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32 points by samixg ↗ HN
Hey HN,

I'm excited to share a project I've been working on for the past few months. As someone who has spent countless hours tweaking my resume for different job applications, I wanted to find a way to make this process more efficient and effective. So, I built a website that tailors your resume for each job you apply for.

You can check it out here: https://resume.ink

Looking forward to your thoughts!

Cheers, Sami

23 comments

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samixg
Also you can download the tailored resume for free if you use code “DEMO” (No account is needed)
pogue
Can you discuss the data privacy? What happens to my resume if I upload it to you? Are you retaining it? Are you keeping my email and sending me marketing stuff etc etc etc?
samixg
That's a great suggestion, I'll add a FAQ section to answer these.
bibliotekka
Oddly I have the same questions when applying to jobs in general. Some of the interfaces feel like dark alleyways.
bitsinthesky
Is this a message from heaven? Is the holy Hacker News now God’s preferred vehicle for answering prayers, yonder the silicon curtain far beyond?
Mountain_Skies
LLMs writing resumes

LLMs reading resumes

Can electric monks be far behind?

bitsinthesky
Now that I think of it I should set up poisoned models on huggingface which, when used to read resumes, will auto-accept anything with my username on it
thomasfromcdnjs
We have a version of this for JSON Resume, just append /letter if you use the registry

https://registry.jsonresume.org/thomasdavis/letter

https://registry.jsonresume.org/sadimfinity/letter

prompt/code: https://github.com/jsonresume/jsonresume.org/blob/master/app...

samixg
This is so cool!

I think Resume.Ink is different because it generates a new PDF resume tailored specifically to the job you're applying to. While JSON Resume generates a cover letter. I think they actually complement each other quite well.

thomasfromcdnjs
Yeah my bad, I just tried to delete my comment but too late.

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My useful feedback;

  - I thought the UX was broken when there was no next button after answering questions

  - It would be great if the homepage showed a real example (real JD, real before and after) 

  - There was a bug in my upload (Thomas Davis pdf if you are looking at the database). It hallucinated a whole job I've never had into my finished resume.
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samixg
Don't worry, I'm pretty sure someone will find your comment useful

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Thanks for the feedback: 1. You're right, the UX can use some improvements there 2. I've just updated the landing page with a before/after example 3. Ooh, that's not good, thanks for reporting this, I'll look into it asap

thomasfromcdnjs
I'm also working on a similar feature, it's simple but complicated too "merge" information in when using GPT's. I imagine you've encountered it too. If I say I have an array of interests ['music', 'gardening', 'racing'], and a GPT replies ['music', 'gardening', 'racing', 'competitive driving'], you don't want additive synonyms. And then more complicated is deletions, if it replies, ['gardening', 'racing', 'skydiving'], does that mean I want to remove 'music' or did it just forget to include it in the response so should I just merge the old and new array.

I'm probably going to open source a llm-structured-data-merge-thingy library (that has different merge strategies) in the near future.

samixg
Yeah, it's pretty complicated. I didn't really solve it, but I'd be interested to see how you do it.
ssayed
I experimented with Jobscan (https://www.jobscan.co/) and Teal (https://www.tealhq.com/tools/resume-builder)

Neither were that impressive in my opinion. Excited to give this a shot!

samixg
Let me know if you have any feedback!
mkobit
I had the same experience with JobScan. I felt that it helped me on my resume overhaul with some good clear suggestions, but didn't work well with editing and replacement, especially with my resume hosted in Google docs. I cancelled my subscription during the free trial.

Thankfully, this is another tool in the current arms war of job searchers versus corporate recruiting.

toddmorey
I like the idea quite a bit, but the example before/after resume shows the resume getting better rather than more tailored.