Re:Show HN: LinkedIn sucks, so I built a better one
by BossingAround on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @03:59AM
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Why would it be considered a negative flag? I've been using it my whole professional life (~15 years, multiple jobs) and never had an issue with it.
It's just a PDF in the end.
Re:Show HN: LinkedIn sucks, so I built a better one
by riffraff on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @04:49AM
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As I understand it, cause HR don't care about most of it.
It encourages you to put a lot of things in it which are generally not interesting, much like in the old days you'd list the ability to drive a car in your CV, or having finished the mandatory military conscription.
People prefer a one pager with relevant experiences than a five pages which include your id number, birth date and address.
You can of course do a Europass CV with less info, it's just not how people do it generally, according to the people who complained about it (I'm just reporting what I heard, I don't care about the CV format)
Re:Show HN: LinkedIn sucks, so I built a better one
by BossingAround on Thursday March 27, 2025 @04:29AM
(#43491438)
Ah well that explains things, I have a one-page Europass CV.
Re:Show HN: LinkedIn sucks, so I built a better one
by rad_gruchalski on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @06:56AM
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“Standard EU CV”… why doesn’t that surprise me. At least it’s not required by law. Yet. Don’t send photos.
Most people I spoke with said if you show up with Europass it's considered a negative flag, but I suppose it may still be useful for some "less modern" jobs.
[0] https://europass.europa.eu/