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I used a JSON resume once and I like the idea. It didn't help when I had to apply for an unemployment benefit (while still trying to enter the industry) and the
by spondyl 5y ago
I used a JSON resume once and I like the idea. It didn't help when I had to apply for an unemployment benefit (while still trying to enter the industry) and they asked for my resume as a word document.
As you can imagine, I felt like a clown trying to explain that I didn't have a word document because my resume was generated from a JSON file.
I did, however, have a PDF on a USB drive I always kept on me but they refused to accept USBs out of fear that I was trying to give them a virus. Eventually the lady processing my application gave up and printed the PDF off that was hosted on my website but also scolded me for not having a word doc.
The whole ordeal was pointless anyway since they said they can give me 70% of my rent.
- ethbr0 5y agotl;dr - HR is underfunded / under-resourced / un-aspirational. Even if there were a turn-key software platform they all used, which natively supported a standard data format, they'd still find a way to screw it up.
- version_five 5y agoI have my resume in markdown so I can create a word/pdf/html etc. with pandoc. It would be possible to write something that parses a json resume into markdown so it could be trivially format shifted
- Aeolun 5y agoMy JSON resume is transformed to docx, and only latter to PDF for exactly this reason.
- 1123581321 5y agoOne of those pdf-to-docx online converters would’ve probably been good enough for this.