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       Show HN: A website that tailors your resume for each job you apply
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       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
        
       Author : samixg
       Score  : 26 points
       Date   : 2024-06-05 19:07 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (resume.ink)
 (TXT) w3m dump (resume.ink)
        
       | samixg wrote:
       | Also you can download the tailored resume for free if you use
       | code "DEMO" (No account is needed)
        
       | the_real_cher wrote:
       | Does this use GPT?
        
         | samixg wrote:
         | Yes it does
        
       | pogue wrote:
       | 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 wrote:
         | That's a great suggestion, I'll add a FAQ section to answer
         | these.
        
         | bibliotekka wrote:
         | Oddly I have the same questions when applying to jobs in
         | general. Some of the interfaces feel like dark alleyways.
        
       | bitsinthesky wrote:
       | 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 wrote:
       | LLMs writing resumes
       | 
       | LLMs reading resumes
       | 
       | Can electric monks be far behind?
        
       | thomasfromcdnjs wrote:
       | 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 wrote:
         | 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 wrote:
           | Yeah my bad, I just tried to delete my comment but too late.
           | 
           | ---
           | 
           | 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.
        
             | samixg wrote:
             | 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 wrote:
               | 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.
        
       | empire_and_sun wrote:
       | Thanks bro keep it up
        
       | ssayed wrote:
       | 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 wrote:
         | Let me know if you have any feedback!
        
         | mkobit wrote:
         | 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.
        
       | empire_and_sun wrote:
       | Hey you want to work on AI projects together!?
        
       | toddmorey wrote:
       | I like the idea quite a bit, but the example before/after resume
       | shows the resume getting better rather than more tailored.
        
         | samixg wrote:
         | Fair point, I did try to include the job requirements in the
         | before/after but couldn't integrate it in a pleasant way, but
         | if you're interested here's the job post I used for the
         | example: https://apply.workable.com/lucidya/j/47F7F41A30/
        
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