I 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.
I 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
Telling 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.
Apologies for hijacking this thread a little. I have a lot of ideas about this subject. Just before Christmas I got to thinking about how it was about time someone refactored the résumé format. So I've been building a service called Mighty CV to scratch that itch.
It has some cool features like being able to create a résumé in seconds if you use the LinkedIn profile importer. You'll have a web address for it to live at along with a nice clean readable design. You can also generate a PDF of your current résumé whenever you need to email or print it for traditional channels. I'm just putting the finishing touches to the cover letter/video feature that will allow you to pitch potential employers with text and/or video using a unique private URL that integrates with your résumé page. This is how I intend to send out my résumé in future.
It's a little earlier than I had planned but this thread seems like a good place to launch the private beta sign-up. I'm giving away 1 year free to the first two hundred private beta users at:
The service will initially be aimed at the sort of people who hang out here at HN. If I get traction I'll open up the service a little more broadly.
I'm still a week or two away from my MVP and being ready to send the invites out. I have lots of other features I want to add in the future. This is primarily to be a platform to help you manage the process of finding your next dream job along with making it easy to create a killer résumé. I'm not planning to run any sort of job board or recruitment service off the back of your information either. Hope you like it when your invite comes through.
I 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.
Perhaps they believe that FaceBook is the Internet? Many people actually think that. I recall the days when Grandma swore that AOL was the Internet. Facebook has displaced them.
I think I am not going to open a Facebook account just to read it. Number one rule of resumes: don't get yours thrown in the trash unread. In the immortal words of Donald Trump "You're not hired!" Or if you prefer Paul Graham, I clicked your link, and waited for your resume to load with finger poised over the back button. 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.
Thanks. 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.
Perhaps the type of people that would employee a man of this skillset are more likely to have a facebook account than the general population. It's also not that far off to imagine that those folks would be logged in already via cookies. For that target population the user experience probably works.
This is targeting someone trying to employ him for a digital marketing position, if they didn't have some sort of Facebook account I don't think that's where he would want to work.
Very 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?
3 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.
I 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.
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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.
This 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!
This 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.
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.
I 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!)
I 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.
well 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.
My 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?
Sure 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.
What 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?
Clever, 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.
Ignore 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.
I 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.
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[ 1.8 ms ] story [ 135 ms ] threadAt 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.
I appreciate that you are trying to be statistics driven and creative at the same time. Keep it up
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.
It has some cool features like being able to create a résumé in seconds if you use the LinkedIn profile importer. You'll have a web address for it to live at along with a nice clean readable design. You can also generate a PDF of your current résumé whenever you need to email or print it for traditional channels. I'm just putting the finishing touches to the cover letter/video feature that will allow you to pitch potential employers with text and/or video using a unique private URL that integrates with your résumé page. This is how I intend to send out my résumé in future.
It's a little earlier than I had planned but this thread seems like a good place to launch the private beta sign-up. I'm giving away 1 year free to the first two hundred private beta users at:
http://www.mightycv.com/
The service will initially be aimed at the sort of people who hang out here at HN. If I get traction I'll open up the service a little more broadly.
I'm still a week or two away from my MVP and being ready to send the invites out. I have lots of other features I want to add in the future. This is primarily to be a platform to help you manage the process of finding your next dream job along with making it easy to create a killer résumé. I'm not planning to run any sort of job board or recruitment service off the back of your information either. Hope you like it when your invite comes through.
Nice and creative though.
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.
Congratulations on avoiding a popular website you crazy unabomber.
(For context: The above comment was originally authored by "shakeshake",
http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=shakeshake )
This, uh, wouldn't happen to be the secret to your social media success, would it?
Also HN killed the link the first time.
I thought so.
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.
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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
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.
Otherwise, I like the FB resume deal, this one time. If I ever see anyone else do this, that is a different story.
Claiming it is an Apple product in such a case is probably a bad idea.
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?
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.