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Comment by jnbiche | Hacker News Reader

Looking good.

In order for me to use this for my actual CV, at the very least I'd need to be able to re-order the sections (for anyone except new grads, education should be after experience). I'd also need to be able to get nicely formatted ascii txt version of the CV in addition to the pdf.

Being able to pull data from LinkedIn and/or Github would also be nice.

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I did this with a PHP script / Linkedin API when I was applying to jobs while still in grad school. Saved a boat load of time because I was basically just reconstructing and reformatting my linkedin profile to match the job description each time.

Linkedin has since implemented something similar: http://resume.linkedinlabs.com/

That is a good point! Reordering should be available asap. The main reason this link was posted so early was to actually see what are the features the potential users are looking for, so we can adapt the site to do just that! Linkedin integration is definitely going to be up soon and Github is also on the list. Many thanks!

http://creddle.io is much better. And can reorder sections!

The first thing I noticed from Creddle (aside from the unfortunate name -- it kinda looks like "creddie" and maybe should be) is the color scheme of the first row of sample documents -- it looks like it's custom made for Slashdot employees. To me, that makes it look more dated than it should.

There are other styles to choose from.

I like cvtalize a lot more. I don't want to pick from a dozen options. I want to be able to able to organize the contents of my resume quickly and elegantly.

My only issue is with the name. Hard to spell & say; easy to misspell.

+1 for "ascii txt version" too! You'd need that to apply at http://infraruby.com/jobs

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