This morning I saw someone tweeted about "going live on ProductHunt," which I guess is a thing. The announcement was for something called Resumey.Pro 2.0, which purports to be a tool that "lets your resume stand out." According to the product page, you can accomplish this with two simple steps:
1. Write your content using slash commands or Markdown
2. Pick your design.
Well, you lost me with slash commands or Markdown. I don't even know what slash commands are. I definitely know what Markdown is and can't stand it. If the person is using commands or Markdown, aren't they already doing the formatting? Why do they need you?
Most people already have a resume. Wouldn't a better solution be to consume the existing resume in Word or PDF format and work the magic? After all, this Resumey.Pro is not writing the resume for you. You have to come to the table with all the content anyway.
I reviewed someone's resume this morning and declined the interview. The candidate had some relevant experience for the role I'm recruiting for, but the format of the resume was terrible. I counted three different fonts using three different sizes and mismatched bullets, which all suggest sloppy copy/paste. The content was just as bad. Here is an example:
1. Write your content using slash commands or Markdown
2. Pick your design.
Well, you lost me with slash commands or Markdown. I don't even know what slash commands are. I definitely know what Markdown is and can't stand it. If the person is using commands or Markdown, aren't they already doing the formatting? Why do they need you?
Most people already have a resume. Wouldn't a better solution be to consume the existing resume in Word or PDF format and work the magic? After all, this Resumey.Pro is not writing the resume for you. You have to come to the table with all the content anyway.
I reviewed someone's resume this morning and declined the interview. The candidate had some relevant experience for the role I'm recruiting for, but the format of the resume was terrible. I counted three different fonts using three different sizes and mismatched bullets, which all suggest sloppy copy/paste. The content was just as bad. Here is an example:
Reviewing Overpayments and Underpayments Variance to resolve balances for resolve to clear balances...
Say what!?
Love them or hate them, resumes are still the primary tool used in the business world, especially in my industry. The purpose of the resume is to get an interview. For any candidate, I'm looking for attention to detail. If you can't take the time to create a clean resume as your first impression, then you are not getting my time for an interview regardless of your experience.
Love them or hate them, resumes are still the primary tool used in the business world, especially in my industry. The purpose of the resume is to get an interview. For any candidate, I'm looking for attention to detail. If you can't take the time to create a clean resume as your first impression, then you are not getting my time for an interview regardless of your experience.
Great sentence that they put. I need to write a post where I write in the style of a bad resume.
Also going live on
Going live!
But i know what you mean. There are clubs where only the makers/creators hang out. But it's not a place their audience actually hangs.
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see that fedex line sounds like something from Curb your enthusiasm.