I agree with some of the others who said it’s a good idea, but with weak reasoning. I think it’s important to try to think about what we can do online that we can’t do with a basic PDF while still retaining the benefits of a PDF.
I’m working on “a short blog series”:http://tfiaa.com/2012/06/thoughts-on-a-case-for-responsive-resumes/ about it.
The framework’s grid is abstracted from the mark-up living only in the CSS and LESS files. It’s based on things I like and leverages work by Joni Korpi, The Goldilocks Approach, The Semantic Grid System and time-tested design geometry like the Golden means and Fibonacci sequence.
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Kudos to dpellenwood and Randall for actually including a global background for their pages – this ALA demo did not.
FYI I tried for years to maintain and market-shop an online H/XHTML resume and typically got cross-eyed looks. Even today in my market region (deep-south USA) I get constant requests for my “most recent resume in Word format”. Unbelievable that they don’t even seem to know what to do with an .odt :|
Now, I am game to try it again but rather doubt I will get respect without the .doc
Responsive HTML5 resume can be made better by using frameworks such as zurb’s foundation and twitter bootstrap. These boilerplates are very convenient. Let you have a try!
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CBM
You can add a link to your responsive resume in your LinkedIn profile. In the profile, there is a place to list 3 websites. Use one of those for your html resume. Be sure to rename the label, and there you have it.
Thanks for the cool idea, and a great way to make your resume be an example of work abilities. Going to give it a go when I redo my site!
However, I disagree that editing PDFs is hard. Open InDesign, make change, export.
Heck, I think you can even export the text out of InDesign into HTML. Your PDF and webpage do have to sync, and you will still need a PDF (or gasp, .DOC) for those HR depts who don’t grok ye olde interwebs.
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Andrew Hoffman
However, I disagree that editing PDFs is hard. Open InDesign, make change, export.
@byaparentdesign Don’t forget step one: paying “700 dollars”:http://www.adobe.com/products/indesign/buying-guide.html for inDesign. Not everyone can afford that and HTML is free.
As many times in life, thought of this idea without other input, but once i got about halfway done, a friend showed me this link, so I thought I would include my interactive resume as well for others to view and allow for feedback.
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FF 13.0 on Win Vista here, no problems. Just for kicks I checked it with FF 3.5.3 on Ubuntu 8 and FF 8.0.1 on Win XP, no problems either.
towardsfocus
I’m not sure if I completely agree with the reasons why we should build responsive resumés. It feels somehow like the first pageflip sites to present print magazines on the web. I found it way more important to think about how to actually bring your message to life. This is only technology, folks.
And yes, it works.
Landed my dream job at adidas with a (responsive) digital resumé.
http://towardsfocus.com/journal/florianisallin/
dgraham
I agree with some of the others who said it’s a good idea, but with weak reasoning. I think it’s important to try to think about what we can do online that we can’t do with a basic PDF while still retaining the benefits of a PDF.
I’m working on “a short blog series”:http://tfiaa.com/2012/06/thoughts-on-a-case-for-responsive-resumes/ about it.
Subigya Shakya
A responsive resumé will trigger response from the right kind of people.
Randall
Recently I completed a responsive folding grid framework so I applied it to my resume.
“My Responsive Resume”:http://resume.randallelliott.com
The framework’s grid is abstracted from the mark-up living only in the CSS and LESS files. It’s based on things I like and leverages work by Joni Korpi, The Goldilocks Approach, The Semantic Grid System and time-tested design geometry like the Golden means and Fibonacci sequence.
Andrew Hoffman
@Randall That’s a sweet-looking résumé right there.
Codename: Steeve Knight
Kudos to
dpellenwood andRandall for actually including a global background for their pages – this ALA demo did not.FYI I tried for years to maintain and market-shop an online H/XHTML resume and typically got cross-eyed looks. Even today in my market region (deep-south USA) I get constant requests for my “most recent resume in Word format”. Unbelievable that they don’t even seem to know what to do with an .odt :|
Now, I am game to try it again but rather doubt I will get respect without the .doc
Andrew Hoffman
This utterance should become a thing of the past if we have anything to say about it. I’m currently in talks with Linkedin to give users the ability to supply a URL-based résumé on their profile pages.
designova
Responsive HTML5 resume can be made better by using frameworks such as zurb’s foundation and twitter bootstrap. These boilerplates are very convenient. Let you have a try!
CBM
You can add a link to your responsive resume in your LinkedIn profile. In the profile, there is a place to list 3 websites. Use one of those for your html resume. Be sure to rename the label, and there you have it.
byaparentdesign
Thanks for the cool idea, and a great way to make your resume be an example of work abilities. Going to give it a go when I redo my site!
However, I disagree that editing PDFs is hard. Open InDesign, make change, export.
Heck, I think you can even export the text out of InDesign into HTML. Your PDF and webpage do have to sync, and you will still need a PDF (or gasp, .DOC) for those HR depts who don’t grok ye olde interwebs.
Andrew Hoffman
@byaparentdesign Don’t forget step one: paying “700 dollars”:http://www.adobe.com/products/indesign/buying-guide.html for inDesign. Not everyone can afford that and HTML is free.
chrisfrisina
As many times in life, thought of this idea without other input, but once i got about halfway done, a friend showed me this link, so I thought I would include my interactive resume as well for others to view and allow for feedback.
Hers the url: www.specialorange.org/resume
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