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Show HN: Convert your LinkedIn profile to a PDF resume

6 points by Paul_Dessert ↗ HN
I hate writing resumes. It's a chore. There is very little creativity involved in most cases. So, why not make it easier?

Either convert your LinkedIn profile or manually enter the data. Either way, you'll have multiple themes to choose from.

I'd love to hear your feedback (good or bad, you won't hurt my feelings) ;). It's still in beta, so I'm sure there are a few bugs.

www.resumebeacon.com

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omarq
i like the idea but you didn't take into consideration other countries, for example i worked in Jordan and Saudi Arabia i can't fill it anywhere in your form.

wish you all the luck

Paul_Dessert
Yeah, multi-country support is on my to-do list. I wanted to start here in the U.S. then add to it as needed.

Thanks for taking a look!

foldor
I like it. One minor bug I noticed. It grabbed the info for my current employer, and placed the end date as the Unix Epoch time of 1970-01-01.
Paul_Dessert
Thanks for checking it out and thanks for the bug report. I'll get that fixed.
edoceo
Checkout http://ars.io/ - it does this and incorporates many more profiles as well as LinkedIn.
Paul_Dessert
It doesn't do anything. There is a pretty basic landing page with some random footer links, but nothing else. Am I missing something?
edoceo
Sorry, our landing page was broken, it's been updated.
gnurag
I like the layout of final PDFs, well designed. I have a few suggestions.

1. After importing data from LinkedIN, it only picked up the current job. I expected it to import my previous jobs too.

2. My connections have endorsed me for ~35 tech buzzwords. When I include all of them, the buzzwords spill over to 9 pages with 1 buzzword per page.

3. If I keep Education or Employment section completely empty, then don't include that section in the PDF.

4. In the Employment section, it would be awesome if you could include a small description of the linked company.

Paul_Dessert
Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it!

1. That's strange. I just tested it and it picks up my past jobs. I'll look into it more.

2. I've seen this bug in the past and thought I fixed it. I guess not. Damn HTML to PDF conversions. ;)

3. True. I do need to add more checks

4. Good idea. I'll think about adding that.

gnurag
You're welcome Paul. For #1, see if you can look up my profile in the datastore. My LinkedIN and HN handles are similar.