JSON Resume – a JSON-based open source standard for resumes
Hey guys, we weren't actually ready for a lot of eyes to see this project. We were hoping to keep it small and get some feedback on important decisions about the project's trajectory.<p>The plan is to create a standard that developers worldwide are comfortable enough with to build upon.<p>To give the standard some traction, we have built tools to export to other formats such as pdf, txt and doc.<p>We also thought it would be cool and useful to have an NPM like system for resumes. So we built a CLI heavily inspired by NPM, to init and publish your resume to the jsonresume.org registry.<p>The themes right now are in bad shape, and we are looking for designers who would love to jump in during the early stages. We are thinking of building a theming version manager on top of NPM to take advantage of versions/distribution and also allow theme developers to implement their theming systems however they like (erb, mustache, md etc).<p>All the code is open source and available at -> <a href="http://github.com/jsonresume" rel="nofollow">http://github.com/jsonresume</a><p>Theme developers should be looking at the resumeToHTML repo -> <a href="http://github.com/jsonresume/resumeToHTML" rel="nofollow">http://github.com/jsonresume/resumeToHTML</a><p>People with comments about the standard semantics and structure are encouraged to post their ideas to Github issues. -> <a href="http://github.com/jsonresume/resume-schema" rel="nofollow">http://github.com/jsonresume/resume-schema</a> We also want to formalize the standard a lot more over the coming weeks.<p>If the project can be pulled off professionally and driven by the community, we believe that working with resumes will be fun!<p>Edit: Here are some of the reasons why I personally think JSON resumes will improve HR.<p>(trying to figure out bullet points)<p>- Better searching and filtering than PDF/doc. Making recruiting a tad easier.<p>- Applying themes will be a lot easier.<p>- Applying for jobs will be easier. Instead of filling out complex forms over and over again services might start allowing you to auto-fill with your JSON resume.<p>- There are many services that ask for your career history such as LinkedIn, Angel.co etc. These could be autopopulated or synced with your master copy.<p>- You can update your resume programatically so Github projects can be inserted and any other online certificates that you might want automatically added to your resume like Mozilla Open Badges -> <a href="http://openbadges.org/" rel="nofollow">http://openbadges.org/</a><p>- The comment section suggests that lots of innovation could arise from it.<p>----------<p>Make sure you try the CLI! <i>sudo npm install -g resume-cli</i>