People actually print resumes on paper these days in the tech sector? Can recruiter confirm this? I think most tech companies probably just email resumes around.
Many of my interviews started with the interviewer reading my printed resume. So while this might be useful, I'd be worried about the link not working or the person using a blackberry or IE or some other previously unknown/untested way of viewing the resume. (Yes, I know you can also print using this service, but then there's no difference between emailing pdfs/docs yourself.. )
Maybe its worth it for some. I don't think its worth $10/month or even a one-time $10 cost.
Side rant: Its seems that everyone is trying to build a subscription based business these days. What happened to just selling a product for a fixed price and be done with it.. why do people want to hook the customer onto some metaphorical treadmill. I hate that MS has started doing that with Office, adobe with Photoshop etc..
I can confirm this. On several occasions during interviews, interviewers had a printed copy of my resume at hand, as a basis for discussions of what you have already done.
I guess it really depends on the companies, but from my experience with an HR system targeting larger hiring organizations (think several hundreds to thousands of hires per year), "better batch printout" functionality is a common feature request.
When I am doing interviews I like having a paper copy of the resume to that I can get inspiration for the "discussion" part of the meeting.
All these resumes can be printed like a normal resumes on the paper with the same data. There is online version for online presence and print version for personal presence on the meeting with the employer.
Maybe its worth it for some. I don't think its worth $10/month or even a one-time $10 cost.
Side rant: Its seems that everyone is trying to build a subscription based business these days. What happened to just selling a product for a fixed price and be done with it.. why do people want to hook the customer onto some metaphorical treadmill. I hate that MS has started doing that with Office, adobe with Photoshop etc..