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Show HN: What Do You Think Of My Resume?
- fmgg 16y agowell done. This definitely wouldn't work for most people, but it is a creative way to sell yourself as a social media guru, and I think potential employers will respond to that.
- reason 16y agoI don't find the facebook login page a terribly compelling resume.
- amorphid 16y agoI that resume is perfect for applying to Blackboard :) On a side note, I'd forgotten they even still make blackboards.
- gchucky 16y agoMy only concern is that some of your friends have commented on the pictures, and it kinda detracts from it. (example: second picture, comment at 9:30 am) What if someone were to say something negative?
- robryan 16y agoIsn't that good though? He's not projecting some type of censored/ideal version of himself like what you would normally get from a resume.
- michaelschade 16y agoSure he is (though not intentionally, I'd bet). Although logged in, I could not comment on his photos, and I doubt he's connected with people on Facebook that are going to actively criticize him in the comments. So, they'll tend to be more positive than not.
- SeoxyS 16y agoHe can delete unhelpful comments…
- ajaimk 16y agoWhat strikes me about this is the positions he is looking at would be great with a creative thinker on board. And this shows his creativity. It might not be as efficient as some of the other ads for being hired but it does the deal in being interesting and catching your attention. In the end, does anything else matter?
- hansef 16y agoThe naysayers below aren't part of your target audience. As someone who is, I think it's brilliant.
- danilocampos 16y agoI was initially curious, thanks to the novelty, but that quickly wore off. There's a cost involved in parsing the chalkboard text that doesn't exist when you're reading computer-generated text. A lot of clicks, too. At the same time, it's less dull than a standard Word resume template, or something, so maybe you're on the right track. My suggestion: Tell a more compelling story. You're rattling off a bunch of historical points, which, fine, that's how resumes work, but as long as you're breaking the mold, break the hell out of it. Start with a hook. Start by saying something so wildly compelling I cannot stop clicking until my curiosity is satisfied. Prove your worth by grabbing attention.
- olsaintpaul 16y agoI think this is pretty solid on advice. At first I thought "wait, where does he want me to put my mouse and what am I supposed to be reading?" Still, better than a word doc by a wide margin. I appreciate that you are trying to be statistics driven and creative at the same time. Keep it up
- anthonyb 16y agoMaybe do the links/mouseovers in blue chalk? :)
- ibdknox 16y agoTelling a more compelling story is definitely a big part of it and another thing to consider is doing something simlar, but not on Facebook. If you can control the surroundings and the interaction mechanism, you can create a much better experience (hopefully with fewer clicks/hopping around). Being unique and visual is a good way to get "noticed", but you have to weigh that very carefully against being overly taxing on the reader. In this case, the amount of increased interest is not worth the effort it takes to get through it. Lose Facebook, tell a story, and make me care.
- thorax 16y agoI like the Facebook spin because it hints at what they want to see-- social media savvy.
- marcamillion 16y agoThis is wonderful, but I would have used less words on the chalkboard as danilocampos points out. Nice and creative though.
- chrisclark1729 16y agoI like what danilocomaps said. I would also add, put your e-mail address and phone number at the bottom of every chalkboard. No sense alienating someone who likes it but is too busy to get to the end.
- KleinmanB 16y agoThanks for the tip. I will throw it in the comments.
- dododo 16y agoi cannot read it. apparently you need a facebook account to see it.
- 16s 16y agoSeconded. Several billion of us don't use FaceBook.
- olsaintpaul 16y agoyou probably aren't his target market.
- 16s 16y agoThat's fine. He just marginalized a few billion people. It's like only hiring men. Those competing with you will eat your lunch. Edit: I should say that your competitors will have a larger, thus more talented, pool to pick from. That's what eat your lunch means.
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- jrockway 16y agoIs he a programmer or designer? Because I hire those, but I don't use Facebook.
- windsurfer 16y agoI'm a programmer and a designer! And I'm not on Facebook! If Chicago wasn't so far for me, I'd send you my resume ;)
- jrockway 16y agoThanks. Honestly, I feel bad about referring people to my own department these days because we give them such shitty offers. So I've stopped doing it until we are willing to hire real employees instead of insurance-less contractors.
- klbarry 16y agoVery impressive credentials, well put together. I think it helps to see your smiling face, in a subconscious level. I have to ask, how did you get from 0 to 250,000 unique monthly visitors per month for linfo?
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- KleinmanB 16y agoemail me and I can talk about it
- danilocampos 16y agoIs "shakeshake" a sockpuppet? (For context: The above comment was originally authored by "shakeshake", http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=shakeshake http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=shakeshake ) This, uh, wouldn't happen to be the secret to your social media success, would it?
- stilldavid 16y agoNot to be nit-picky, but do you really mean 0.03 cents, or 0.03 dollars on the Slingshot Labs slide?
- wccrawford 16y ago3 cents would be $7500 for 250,000 people. That seems like a lot to pay for getting visitors to a free site, so I'm guessing he really did mean .03 cents, or .0003 dollars.
- numlocked 16y agoI like it. Visually interesting. It also helps that you know how to write a resume (use numbers, focus on results) and that you have some real accomplishments to talk about.
- starpilot 16y agoThis is a powerpoint presentation written in chalk. No thanks.
- bvi 16y agoYes, but do your presentations have a guy smiling and winking in them? I thought so.
- Leopeptards 16y agoIt utilizes social media and is interactive, while still providing core information to the reader. It definitely catches my attention.
- gjm11 16y agoAccount created 10 hours ago, no other comments or submissions. So far, that makes two completely new accounts (Leopeptards, Halos04) commenting here to say how good this resume is, plus one instance of someone "else" answering for KleinmanB (shakeshake, see elsewhere in the discussion) ... and the somebody-else in question, with whom KleinmanB "occasionally shares" a laptop, just happens to have submitted a link to the same resume with the title "The Most Creative Resume I Have Seen In A Long Time". If anyone with HN superpowers is reading this, they might want to take appropriate action. Unfortunately, all that's in my power is to flag it and express my hope that anyone reading KleinmanB's resume stumbles across this discussion and considers carefully whether they should trust someone who engages in such sockpuppetry.
- Halos04 16y agoThis is a brilliant idea. I wish I thought of it first. Its creative and gets the point across perfectly. Resumes need to be more creative and this is an amazing start!
- jarek 16y ago> I wish I thought of it first. > created: 2 hours ago
- stevenbrianhall 16y agoThis method displays personality too often lacking in standard text-based CVs, so I like the idea of breaking the mold, but also agree with comments about not taking the idea far enough. Facebook just recently changed the way Facebook pages operate, and you can now embed a media within an iframe. http://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/462 http://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/462 I say keep FB (because, as you say, people will be checking for it) but throw in an intro video and some links to a CV and past work, and you'll be able to make the experience that much richer.
- sammcd 16y agoI'm a a bit curious about "Apple's TextPlus" I don't think Apple has an app called TextPlus.
- michaelschade 16y agoI agree, I found that a bit misleading. I would reshoot that slide with different wording (unless Apple does indeed have some product called TextPlus, then go with it!)
- vandalizeit 16y agoI third this. The way you have that slide written is misleading, and frankly, lame. You don't need to make it appear like you "worked at/for Apple" and that is the way it is written. Reshoot that slide. Otherwise, I like the FB resume deal, this one time. If I ever see anyone else do this, that is a different story.
- tommusic 16y agoAs far as I can tell, TextPlus is an app made by someone else that is distributed via Apple's iOS App Store. Claiming it is an Apple product in such a case is probably a bad idea.
- radicaldreamer 16y agoClever, but maybe perhaps too clever for people who don't have that much time to look through all those photos right away. Add a link as a caption for all of those photos to a nicely formatted resume created with LaTeX or something similar and you've got the best of both worlds.
- Alex3917 16y agoIgnore the haters, this is great. Obviously it won't resonate with everyone, but you're still going to do way better with this than with a traditional resume.
- JohnnyBrown 16y agoIn fact, he already has. His resume is on the front page of Hacker News
- patio11 16y agoI am much more impressed by the contents than the presentational aspect. It buries the lede that you're a social marketer who empirically, repeatably gets measurable results.
- astrofinch 16y agoYes, please share your secrets!
- mrphoebs 16y agoYou should really run funnel analysis to see how many people loose interest at each successive screen.
- requinot59 16y agoThanks for sharing a link only Facebook users can access. In the pure hacker spirit: open, transparent access for anyone.
- dolinsky 16y agoNot sure about the resume, but you should probably put a shirt on in your profile pic if you want to be taken seriously. http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/161257_6809274_4546562_n.jpg http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/161257_6809274_...
- bkaid 16y agoAnd the new one isn't much better: http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/187533_6809274_7991877_n.jpg http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/187533_6809274_...
- Keyframe 16y agoNice, creative. But, Imagineer as an intern for writing a document? I don't think so.
- ddkrone 16y agoI can't see your resume because it's on facebook.
- jarin 16y agoI love how so many people feel the need to point out that they are too cool for Facebook. I rank that up there with people who love to point out at every possible opportunity that they don't own a TV. Congratulations, here's a cookie. To Mr. Kleinman: awesome idea :)
- jarek 16y agoBecause the only reason not to have a Facebook account is because you're too cool for it.
- rimantas 16y agoCannot you see the difference between not having Facebook account for whatever reason, and bragging about not having Facebook account?
- jarek 16y agoCan't you see the difference between answering the question "What Do You Think Of My Resume?" and bragging about not having a Facebook account? I didn't see much of the latter in these comments.
- cryptoz 16y agoArea Man Constantly Mentioning He Doesn't Own A Television http://www.theonion.com/articles/area-man-constantly-mentioning-he-doesnt-own-a-tel,429/ http://www.theonion.com/articles/area-man-constantly-mention...
- stonemetal 16y agoI think the idea is to give him feed back on how many people can't read his resume, not some desire to point out how they are not on facebook.
- jarin 16y agoIs that what you got out of: - "Thanks for sharing a link only Facebook users can access. In the pure hacker spirit: open, transparent access for anyone." - "i cannot read it. apparently you need a facebook account to see it." - "I think I am not going to open a Facebook account just to read it. … If I had immediately seen some magical chalk board I might have spent a minute learning about you. But instead I got a login screen." - "I have to log in to some arbitrary thing to know who you are. Why?" - "Several billion of us don't use FaceBook." - "Is he a programmer or designer? Because I hire those, but I don't use Facebook." - "I'm a programmer and a designer! And I'm not on Facebook!" - "That's fine. He just marginalized a few billion people. It's like only hiring men." Actual feedback looks like this: - "Add a link as a caption for all of those photos to a nicely formatted resume created with LaTeX or something similar and you've got the best of both worlds." Everything else is just pseudo-elitist circlejerking.
- middlegeek 16y agoGreat job! But I just would have gotten someone with better handwriting to do the board. Also, change that profile picture!
- T-hawk 16y agoWhat the naysayers are missing is that it probably IS a good way to get hired. Yes, he's going to get dismissed by a sizable chunk of resume readers for all the reasons listed: no Facebook account, doesn't fit into HR's straitjacketed process, harder to mentally parse the handwritten low-contrast text, the focus on presentation buries the content, or just plain crackpot. But he needs to connect and stand out sufficiently to just one hiring manager to be a success. He may have lowered his mean perception among readers of the resume, but he blew the variance through the roof. And that's what you need to be picked as the one best candidate for a job hire. Your mean perception has no relevance when you need to be 3 standard deviations above the population mean to get your desired result of being the top 1 out of 300 candidates.
- krisrak 16y agoVery creative Bro, if you were a developer/coder you would have gotten lots of offeres for being creative, business/marketing guys do not have much credibility especially in this community, good luck!
- callmeed 16y agoI like it. A lot. We actually need someone like this. You should email me.
- ErrantX 16y agoFor a certain type of job; this would be good (but definitely supplement it with a real resume!!) For most jobs it is useless. For a certain other type of job it is an instant turn off. With that said; marketing is one of the only areas I actively advise people to be creative with their CV's because it can pay off. So good idea.
- jqueryin 16y agoI, for one, believe your resume has worked out quite well for you considering the publicity on HN.
- TeMPOraL 16y agoA M A Z I N G. I was really impressed :).
- kschua 16y agoNice. Brilliant way to use Facebook to filter off people you don't want to work for. If they don't have a Facebook account, you probably wouldn't be happy working for them
- fezzl 16y agoWhy is your Facebook profile private?