[adjkant]

I really like this idea and think it could even be expanded upon. What if applications had a screening survey? You answer a set of questions, auto-scored, and based on that score your resume is accepted or rejected. There can be a box to explain why you think you are qualified which can be read for all applications to stop filtering of good but atypical applicants.

Then you can submit a large resume with that. Hiring managers get more detail but also help in screening that 1-page resumes give the benefit of.

Even better, we really should get rid of the "make your own resume idea" and come up with a standard resume format by industry. Companies can then add supplements as needed.

[euont43nt]

> Even better, we really should get rid of the "make your own resume idea" and come up with a standard resume format by industry. Companies can then add supplements as needed.

This would backfire terribly. As someone who's mostly done macOS development over the last 3 decades, I can't tell you how many jobs have made assumptions that all of your work was done in Windows, with Visual Studio. If there were some sort of standard format, it would make very dumb assumptions like that and I'd be unable to fill it out. Fuck it. I'd rather just submit a resume I came up with on my own. I can tailor it to the employer I'm working with easily.

[adjkant]

I don't think a standardized format prevents that. What I'm thinking of is more how you when can apply to jobs with Linkedin, it takes away factors like resume design/layout and can make the lives of hiring staff easier. Not "fill in x years of experience for Visual Studio" but more "list your jobs, what you did there. list your skills. list your education. No PDF/Word/Photoshop etc and all that. You make this resume and you apply with that to all jobs in your industry (of course with the ability to tailor it to an employer as needed).

[littleweep]

I know someone who applied for a job at Whole Foods corporate -- they had a simple seven question questionaire that screened this way. Cool idea!