Finally switched from paper resumes to a simple online portfolio 6 months ago

I used to spend hours formatting Word docs for each job application (you know, tweaking margins and fonts). Now I just update my portfolio page with recent projects and send the link. Has anyone else found that hiring managers actually prefer seeing finished work over a list of duties?

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elizabeths5114d ago

My buddy made that switch about a year ago and he said it was night and day difference. He was sending out these really polished PDFs but barely got any callbacks. Once he put his actual work samples up on a simple page, the hiring managers started asking him about specific projects right away in interviews. He told me they liked seeing the finished product instead of reading bullet points about what he was responsible for. Now he just keeps it updated and throws the link in applications.

felix_black14d agoTop Commenter

My buddy from college did the exact same thing @elizabeths51, and it was wild how fast things changed for him. He had this fancy resume with all these buzzwords like "cross-functional collaboration" and "strategic initiatives" but nobody cared. Once he threw up a link to some projects he did at his old job, he started getting calls within a week. Hiring managers would literally say "oh I saw that website redesign you did, tell me more about that" instead of asking generic questions. He said it was like the difference between showing someone a grocery list versus actually handing them the meal you cooked. Did your buddy find it harder to keep the page updated regularly or does he just add stuff when he remembers?