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Standard Resume Pro — Modern & professional resumes without templates or gimmicks
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Yiannis
This was the best moment for me as I was just building my CV. Great site. And probably going to upgrade too. Just a request though. I wish I could just leave spaces between the sentences. It just gets so ugly sometimes with the formatting. Keep up!
Craig Davison
I sent you an email a few months ago and got no reply. PDF export had broken formatting - has it been fixed now?
Trell West
Would need to see the PDF export before upgrading. I use standardresume the free version but the PDF form's are atrocious (near 5 pages long for a resume). I'd pay for a one pager PDF.
Sinan
Maker
@trellwest thanks for the feedback, multiple people have requested this and we are actively working on a solution. In your case, would it absolutely have to be 1 page or would 2 work depending on the length of the resume?
Raphaël Chabaud
@trellwest @sinanmaani In Europe, resumes are 1 pager in most countries from what I know. For me also it is critical for upgrading
Trell West
@sinanmaani every employer I've sent this export to has given me the feedback of making it one-page or less. You could offer for users to select and build a highlights-only type of export that fits. My standard-resume has more than necessary when applying to jobs specifically.
Riley Tomasek
Maker
@trellwest we just released an all-new version of the app that features 10 templates that are optimized for shorter resumes. By reducing margins and spacing, as well as adding two-column layouts, we have made it much easier to stay within 1-2 pages.
Tregg
Part of me wants to add my own little logo/monogram but the other part of me also completely understands that that defeats the purpose sorta.
braxton
Brilliant work, once again @rileytomasek! Are you considering a student rates as well or not at the current time?
Sari
Maker
@rileytomasek @3raxton Hi Braxton, We don't currently offer a student rate, but we recently introduced a $20 per year option (we've just updated the homepage to reflect this). We feel that this is a great option for students who need a resume for a longer term basis and at a more affordable rate. Hope this helps!
Pietz Prove
when i first stumbled upon standard resume some time ago i really loved the simple approach, but thinking about it there's really not a benefit over just wrapping my resume in a medium or telegraph post. (right?) i wish you all the best but your pro features don't really convince me either. seeing the stats but not knowing who these people were doesn't really help me to get any valuable information out of it.
Pietz Prove
@rileytomasek hey riley, thanks for your answer. i really didnt think of that last point. i guess i should've spent a little more time on your site :) but lets assume i do what you say and create a custom resume for every application. if i attach it as a PDF i dont benefit from your pro features and (lets face it) your PDF formatting is not perfect. and if its not perfect i will not use it in an application my future career may depend on. if i just attach a link it might seem lazy, although i created this resume just for them. also, every company will then download the pdf to integrate it in their own application management system. i dont think you will ever find yourself in a situation where HR sends emails to the entire team like "hey check out this kid". i only used your service to link to it from my own website and i am able to see the traffic for that through my provider. again, all the best for your future. i hope my thoughts give a little insight why i wont become a paying customer today.
-drik S.

That's what I get, when clicking on an old link, maybe sent via mail: 404: The page could not be found Code: FILE_NOT_FOUND (And when I try to log-in the a different mailadress, I get the error message "this user is maybe deleted".

Pros:

Nice & simple.

Cons:

Changing the URL structure for resume profiles – without further notice or even a redirect?. Not good.

Vaclav Bedrich
This is a neat stuff, Riley! I've immediately created my own CV but struggled a bit with the PDF export as it did not include the proper styling as on the site, also it's not really compact and goes for even bigger font than on a site.
Riley Tomasek
Maker
@vaclav_bedrich we just released a brand new version of the app that has improved PDF rendering and 10 new templates. The templates are optimized to keep most resumes within 1-2 pages. Curious to hear your thoughts if you have a few minutes 😃.
Manuel Rappard
Are you guys thinking of adding rich media links to the resume?
Sari
Maker
@manuel_rappard hey Manuel, what kind of rich media links are you thinking?
Manuel Rappard
@sarimaani also any chance there could be an option to show the contact information on top of the first page
Shannon G
Great idea, however the free version is very basic and I would be concerned having the same format in a sea of thousands of similar resumes. Also you really only need this when job hunting, is there a way you can pay per resume instead of by month???
Anna Filou

I love the idea of "making a customized copy of your resume for each application and then only give that link to one company" but that's only in the pro version that's 5$ per month. Of course you can only subscribe for a month and make all the resumes you need so the pricing isn't the biggest issue.

The problem for me is the PDF export: the margins on the left and right are huge, which results in unneccesarily long resumes. I think that - to a reqruiter - that would look like you are just trying to make your resume longer to appear more experienced when you could have easily fitted those 2 pages into 1 if it wasn't for the page margin.

Something else that's very annoying is that when editing a bullet point you can only see 1 line of text. Maybe that's intetntional so that we don't write too much on a bullet point BUT it does not take into account the long names, titles, etc that often have to be fitted in there.

I'd also like a bit more control over the layout, e.g. skills first, experience first etc.

With that said, I do like this product and consider using it. It's just not good enough to pay for yet in my opinion...

Please inmprove :)

Pros:

minimal, pleasing standard theme

Cons:

can't have paragraphs, when editing a bullet point you can only see 1 line of text, 5$ per month for pro is kinda expensive in my opinion

Tyson W
SCAM ALERT: What a ripoff, I don't use the product and still get charge $40?? Terrible Product. If you're thinking this will help you get a job, think again. They will only take your money!
Tyson W
Garbage product!