2 posts tagged with "json-resume"

If you are an experienced engineer, you have probably revised your resume dozens of times. The familiar ritual of tweaking bullet points and selecting fonts is no longer enough. Currently, the first "reader" of your resume is often software. Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) parse a document and extract structured fields such as job titles, dates, skills and education. Recruiters then search and filter based on those fields to manage hundreds of applicants. Meanwhile, job-seekers are using AI to generate generic resumes and cover letters, so the competition for attention is fierce. This post argues that the static, one-size-fits-all resume is dying. Instead, modern hiring pipelines reward resumes that are both role-specific and machine-readable.

Let's be honest: most developers hate traditional resume builders. You know the drill - clunky WYSIWYG editors that fight you at every turn, inconsistent formatting that breaks when you export to PDF, and the endless cycle of copying and pasting content between different templates. It's enough to make you want to write your resume in LaTeX and call it a day.