milesmatthias/hiremiles.com — Issue #11: More feedback!
Author: milesmatthias
Created: 2011-10-18 21:20:53+00:00
State: open

Here's a general CV tip:

* Be concise. Cut down on noise; improve the signal. What will an engineer/recruiter need to see to (a) understand what your skills are, (b) trust you -- indirect: credentials, direct: validate promise via github, (c) take action on this and give you an awesome job.

On the web site design:

* Before scrolling down I know nothing about you. When hitting the site immediately you need something to engage with me. The first screen is mostly vacant of anything helpful.

* Github is mentioned in your introduction yet it is not in the mostly irrelevant list of services that you can be found on. Given that it's very important why not?

* 'Hire Miles' isn't obviously an email link. Perhaps you could put a small email symbol on it? The menu is also not obviously a menu. Read up on 'affordances' and you can improve the user experience with this knowledge. :)

* It would be a nice touch if you slide down (animation) to the anchor links as some other websites do.

* Dark red on tartan? Some of the typography is a bit off.

* Might be nice to link to the github for the website from the website or mention that it's written in node.js. Maybe only interesting for geeks but I get the feeling that this will be your market since other recruiters just expect normal resumes. :)