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Just checked out the resume scanner and it’s very nice! I appreciate how it only took a few clicks to get from the home page to a real example with my own resum
by juliusgeo 3y ago
Just checked out the resume scanner and it’s very nice! I appreciate how it only took a few clicks to get from the home page to a real example with my own resume. It also works much faster than the resume parsers I’ve used before (most of which take on the order of 10 seconds just to get from the upload screen to a parsed output). One minor nit is that I think the resume scanner deserves its own button on the front page—the current placement makes it seem like an addendum to the “no sign up requirement” imo.
- xitang 3y agoThanks so much for your kind words. Great feedback on the resume parser being not as noticeable on the home page. I just created an issue to track this feedback: https://github.com/xitanggg/open-resume/issues/3 https://github.com/xitanggg/open-resume/issues/3. I initially think people might be more interested in using the resume builder so I haven't thought about making the resume parser more clear. Would you mind sharing more about your use case of the resume scanner?
- juliusgeo 3y agoYeah, I see what you mean. In my case it is because I use LaTeX to create my resume, and my main concern is just that in some ATS systems it doesn't parse correctly and it would be nice to know when I'm making the resume, rather than when I apply for the job. For people without an existing opinionated workflow (likely the bulk), the resume scanner would be a good way to help them understand the value proposition of a unified builder that works with most ATS systems by design, rather than as an afterthought (which seems to be the case with most resume builders online besides this one).