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How to make your resume stand out
Writing the perfect resume is tough. Is everyone really proficient in Microsoft Powerpoint and Excel? Should the main takeaway be that you graduated in 2008? It’s 2020, so probably not.
VCV is trying to help people stand out by turning traditional resumes into a video. Taking inspiration from Instagram Stories, creating a resume is meant to be easy and familiar. Answer a few questions, upload your video and send a link to hiring managers in place of or alongside a cover letter.
This is what VCV Founder and CEO, Arik Akverdian had to say:
“Video will represent 80% of all internet traffic by 2021 according to Cisco, and according to eMarketer 94.1% of millennial internet users were streaming digital video in 2019. With growing demand for video social media such as TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram stories and others, we're bringing the short video format to the job market. We believe that video resumes will become an essential feature on the job market because a one-minute video application saves companies many hours of screening candidates, and it also spares candidates from unnecessary interviews.”
Intro30 offers a similar service prompting you to create a 30 second video as part of its resume builder. It's slightly more formal, but essentially built on the same premise that you can show more of your personality through video to stand out to hiring managers.
If you’re currently tightening up your own resume and looking for your next role, we have a couple of open positions at Product Hunt right now:
🐦 Social Media Manager
📝 Editorial Lead
🕵️♀️ Product Manager
We accept all types of resumes – video included.
Writing the perfect resume is tough. Is everyone really proficient in Microsoft Powerpoint and Excel? Should the main takeaway be that you graduated in 2008? It’s 2020, so probably not.
VCV is trying to help people stand out by turning traditional resumes into a video. Taking inspiration from Instagram Stories, creating a resume is meant to be easy and familiar. Answer a few questions, upload your video and send a link to hiring managers in place of or alongside a cover letter.
This is what VCV Founder and CEO, Arik Akverdian had to say:
“Video will represent 80% of all internet traffic by 2021 according to Cisco, and according to eMarketer 94.1% of millennial internet users were streaming digital video in 2019. With growing demand for video social media such as TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram stories and others, we're bringing the short video format to the job market. We believe that video resumes will become an essential feature on the job market because a one-minute video application saves companies many hours of screening candidates, and it also spares candidates from unnecessary interviews.”
Intro30 offers a similar service prompting you to create a 30 second video as part of its resume builder. It's slightly more formal, but essentially built on the same premise that you can show more of your personality through video to stand out to hiring managers.
If you’re currently tightening up your own resume and looking for your next role, we have a couple of open positions at Product Hunt right now:
🐦 Social Media Manager
📝 Editorial Lead
🕵️♀️ Product Manager
We accept all types of resumes – video included.
Twitter's surprise launch 🗣
Yesterday Twitter surprised everyone with its introduction of voice.
To date the platform has focused on visual mediums (text, images, GIFs, and video) that are easy to scan and consume in most settings. But perhaps now is the time for audio as more consumers adopt AirPods/bluetooth headsets and smart speakers in their home.
Here are some initial impressions from the community:
“#AudioTwitter isn't necessarily for regular users, it's about creating sonic real estate to sell to advertisers. Interactive/voice ads are coming — and Twitter needs more inventory!” – Chris Messina
“For me, Twitter has always been thoughts-first, a place to speak out my thoughts and what better way to do this than voice?” – Darshan Baid
“I do think they could have rolled this out as a DM feature first get people excited about using it frequently then open the experience to feed.” – Brayson
Of course Twitter isn’t the first to make audio social.
• Clubhouse is a more recent (and perhaps the most promising) audio-first social network we’ve seen
• Anchor (v1) started as an asynchronous audio social network that later pivoted to serving podcasters before its Spotify acquisition
• Bumpers launched around the same time as Anchor with a slick UX for recording and editing short audio bits
• Ense is an artsy audio network very few have heard. Use it to share your voice, a melody, or just a sound.
• Zcast was built to host a podcast with your Twitter followers
• Unmute made your “phone conversations” public, similar to Clubhouse
• Dialog decreased the friction to starting a podcast, similar to Talkshow an app built by the Clubhouse team earlier this year
There’s also Currently, Riffr, Lyrc, Koo, Tapebook Pundit, Vooiced, and many others.
Thoughts on Twitter’s expansion to voice? Add it to the thread (sorry, text only... for now). 😁
To date the platform has focused on visual mediums (text, images, GIFs, and video) that are easy to scan and consume in most settings. But perhaps now is the time for audio as more consumers adopt AirPods/bluetooth headsets and smart speakers in their home.
Here are some initial impressions from the community:
“#AudioTwitter isn't necessarily for regular users, it's about creating sonic real estate to sell to advertisers. Interactive/voice ads are coming — and Twitter needs more inventory!” – Chris Messina
“For me, Twitter has always been thoughts-first, a place to speak out my thoughts and what better way to do this than voice?” – Darshan Baid
“I do think they could have rolled this out as a DM feature first get people excited about using it frequently then open the experience to feed.” – Brayson
Of course Twitter isn’t the first to make audio social.
• Clubhouse is a more recent (and perhaps the most promising) audio-first social network we’ve seen
• Anchor (v1) started as an asynchronous audio social network that later pivoted to serving podcasters before its Spotify acquisition
• Bumpers launched around the same time as Anchor with a slick UX for recording and editing short audio bits
• Ense is an artsy audio network very few have heard. Use it to share your voice, a melody, or just a sound.
• Zcast was built to host a podcast with your Twitter followers
• Unmute made your “phone conversations” public, similar to Clubhouse
• Dialog decreased the friction to starting a podcast, similar to Talkshow an app built by the Clubhouse team earlier this year
There’s also Currently, Riffr, Lyrc, Koo, Tapebook Pundit, Vooiced, and many others.
Thoughts on Twitter’s expansion to voice? Add it to the thread (sorry, text only... for now). 😁
Projects supporting BLM 🖤
Makers have been busy creating incredible things to support the BLM movement. Here’s a recap on what we’ve seen so far on Product Hunt these past few weeks:
- Dose created a safe community to amplify Black voices and educate through storytelling
- EatOkra is an app to find and order from Black owned restaurants
- BLM Badge is a customizable badge you can add to your website to collect donations for BLM
- Hustle Crew Membership has workshops, resources and case studies on how to be an ally and support Black people
- The Black Owned Businesses is a curated list of Black owned businesses in multiple industries
- Crystal is like a RateMyProfessor for police officers and departments to increase transparency and community involvement
The most hyped launch of 2020 (so far)
Every few years a new email client captures everyone’s attention. Yesterday HEY launched with hype, and for good reason.
HEY was created by Basecamp, the 21-year-old company led by Jason Fried and DHH. It’s the freshest take we’ve seen on email since Superhuman, but HEY isn’t just an email client, it’s an email platform. This vertical integration gives them the ability to do things others can’t.
Here are a few features you might love:
P.S. If you’re curious how Basecamp built HEY (and its other products), read ShapeUp, a free book for startups and makers.
HEY was created by Basecamp, the 21-year-old company led by Jason Fried and DHH. It’s the freshest take we’ve seen on email since Superhuman, but HEY isn’t just an email client, it’s an email platform. This vertical integration gives them the ability to do things others can’t.
Here are a few features you might love:
- “Imbox” screening – Only people you’ve approved get into your imbox (aka, inbox)
- File browser – Every attachment is indexed and easily searchable across email threads
- Reply later workflow – Rather than chicken peck your way to inbox zero, HEY offers a slick UX for batching replies
- Built-in spy blocker – By default, spy trackers are blocked so senders don’t know when (or where) you opened their email
- Silent by default – Push notifications are off by default to avoid repeated distractions throughout the day
- Tempo takes a very minimal, zen-like approach to email
- Twobird bundles email with to do’s, reminders, and collaborative notes
P.S. If you’re curious how Basecamp built HEY (and its other products), read ShapeUp, a free book for startups and makers.
How to invest in people
It might sound strange, but Human IPO has branded itself as the marketplace for publicly traded people. This means you can invest in an individual much like you would invest in a company or product. By giving money to an individual now, you might get a return from their life’s work later. What would an hour of Bill Gates time be worth today? What would an hour of Bill Gates time have been worth 40 years ago? You get the idea.
If you think it sounds wild, here’s a snippet from Mike Merrill’s profile, the “World’s first publicly traded person:”
⭐️ "My life rights were optioned by Sony Television for a series on Amazon."
⭐️ "I've been featured in Wired, The Atlantic, BBC, and The Today Show."
⭐️ "I'm currently unemployed."
⭐️ "My shareholders have allowed me to take psychedelics."
But it’s not all headlines and shrooms. With an initial public offering price at $13/hr selling out last month, an hour of Mikes time now is going for $88.20. Not a bad short term return.
While it may seem fairly abstract, the idea isn’t entirely new.
Avenify first launched on Product Hunt a year ago as a way to invest in students under a similar premise. They later relaunched with a broader focus to invest in human potential using income share agreements to help students get funding. With Avenify, you might help someone attend nursing school under an ISA, whereas with Human IPO you’re investing in the entrepreneurs – the Bill Gates if you’re lucky – of tomorrow.
Individuals have also put themselves up for public investment independently. Long time Product Hunt community member, James Gallagher, has sold personal tokens in himself. Stakeholders have helped him make decisions about his future, like whether or not to attend university, with a vested interest in his success. Somewhat ironically they recently voted to end their personal stake in his decision making.
If you’d rather invest in startups but don’t have the capital to qualify as an accredited investor you can use Republic to become an angel investor with just $10. Or if you’d rather show appreciation to makers of the products you love without any expectation of a return, Buy Me A Coffee is nice way to say thanks for building cool products.
It might sound strange, but Human IPO has branded itself as the marketplace for publicly traded people. This means you can invest in an individual much like you would invest in a company or product. By giving money to an individual now, you might get a return from their life’s work later. What would an hour of Bill Gates time be worth today? What would an hour of Bill Gates time have been worth 40 years ago? You get the idea.
If you think it sounds wild, here’s a snippet from Mike Merrill’s profile, the “World’s first publicly traded person:”
⭐️ "My life rights were optioned by Sony Television for a series on Amazon."
⭐️ "I've been featured in Wired, The Atlantic, BBC, and The Today Show."
⭐️ "I'm currently unemployed."
⭐️ "My shareholders have allowed me to take psychedelics."
But it’s not all headlines and shrooms. With an initial public offering price at $13/hr selling out last month, an hour of Mikes time now is going for $88.20. Not a bad short term return.
While it may seem fairly abstract, the idea isn’t entirely new.
Avenify first launched on Product Hunt a year ago as a way to invest in students under a similar premise. They later relaunched with a broader focus to invest in human potential using income share agreements to help students get funding. With Avenify, you might help someone attend nursing school under an ISA, whereas with Human IPO you’re investing in the entrepreneurs – the Bill Gates if you’re lucky – of tomorrow.
Individuals have also put themselves up for public investment independently. Long time Product Hunt community member, James Gallagher, has sold personal tokens in himself. Stakeholders have helped him make decisions about his future, like whether or not to attend university, with a vested interest in his success. Somewhat ironically they recently voted to end their personal stake in his decision making.
If you’d rather invest in startups but don’t have the capital to qualify as an accredited investor you can use Republic to become an angel investor with just $10. Or if you’d rather show appreciation to makers of the products you love without any expectation of a return, Buy Me A Coffee is nice way to say thanks for building cool products.
Canva takes on Adobe
Yesterday Canva launched their desktop app on Product Hunt. This appears to be a growth play, aimed to compete with Adobe for your desktop dock. It’s clear that Canva wants to be everywhere. Back in December, the company launched a mobile app as well.
Canva has some competition, too. Over, recently acquired by GoDaddy, launched a web beta for their graphic design tool. Known for their mobile app, they had more than 1 million active users creating designs as of January this year according to data they provided to TechCrunch.
And it turns out there have been a few other acquisitions in the consumer design space lately. Unfold was acquired by Squarespace this past October.
There are lots of other tools to amp up your Instagram design too:
• InShot adds music, animated sticker effects and voice-overs
• Facetune has an alt use as a photo background editor and blur tool
• Mojo turns your photos into dynamic videos
The consumer design space is getting interesting. Who will be acquired next? 🤔
One more thing, totally off topic. Yesterday we asked what your best WFH tip was and the resounding answer was...
“Not working in the afternoon to enjoy some outdoor/park time...then working a couple hours later that evening to make up for it.” - Daniel
We can get on board with that. 😎
Canva has some competition, too. Over, recently acquired by GoDaddy, launched a web beta for their graphic design tool. Known for their mobile app, they had more than 1 million active users creating designs as of January this year according to data they provided to TechCrunch.
And it turns out there have been a few other acquisitions in the consumer design space lately. Unfold was acquired by Squarespace this past October.
There are lots of other tools to amp up your Instagram design too:
• InShot adds music, animated sticker effects and voice-overs
• Facetune has an alt use as a photo background editor and blur tool
• Mojo turns your photos into dynamic videos
The consumer design space is getting interesting. Who will be acquired next? 🤔
One more thing, totally off topic. Yesterday we asked what your best WFH tip was and the resounding answer was...
“Not working in the afternoon to enjoy some outdoor/park time...then working a couple hours later that evening to make up for it.” - Daniel
We can get on board with that. 😎
Improve your WFH routine
Remember life before WFH? The commute, the coffee break, watercooler chat, podcasts to accompany the commute home. Even if you were previously remote before the pandemic, the days used to look a little different.
The key to enjoying the freedoms of remote work is integrating the elements you loved from your in-office routine.
• Habit by Reclaim.ai auto-blocks time on your calendar for your regular habits like networking, lunch or exercise
• TeamSpirit keeps video calls on time and monitors your talk vs. listen ratio
• Cafecito books 30 minute networking coffee-chats with like-minded remote folks
• Watercooler is like a Clubhouse for your office where you can catch up socially with your colleagues
• Kuri might inspire your to chef it up again with new recipe ideas based on what’s in season for you locally
• Dwellito Mini-Office is a prefabbed space you can work from in your yard
• Virus Cafe is a remote friend-matching tool with a firm rule against small talk
The Product Hunt team has been doing the remote thing a while, so they weighed in on some weird WFH tips to add to your repertoire.
What is your best summer WFH tip? ☀️
The key to enjoying the freedoms of remote work is integrating the elements you loved from your in-office routine.
• Habit by Reclaim.ai auto-blocks time on your calendar for your regular habits like networking, lunch or exercise
• TeamSpirit keeps video calls on time and monitors your talk vs. listen ratio
• Cafecito books 30 minute networking coffee-chats with like-minded remote folks
• Watercooler is like a Clubhouse for your office where you can catch up socially with your colleagues
• Kuri might inspire your to chef it up again with new recipe ideas based on what’s in season for you locally
• Dwellito Mini-Office is a prefabbed space you can work from in your yard
• Virus Cafe is a remote friend-matching tool with a firm rule against small talk
The Product Hunt team has been doing the remote thing a while, so they weighed in on some weird WFH tips to add to your repertoire.
What is your best summer WFH tip? ☀️
Products and pancakes 😍
Earlier this year we introduced a beta of YourStack. We haven't talked much about it on Product Hunt as we continue to onboard folks from the waitlist and iterate on the product.
But today we have something to share...
We're publishing the first series of "What's in your stack?" interviews with experts you may know from the community:
🎨 Pablo Stanley is the Staff Designer at Lyft and co-founder of Carbon Health. You might recognize him from his Product Hunt launches like Buttsss and most recently, Blush. Check out Pablo’s picks.
📲 Sarah Evans is a digital strategist and leader in international tech PR. Sarah’s stack is a must for anyone looking to level up their marketing stack.
🍷 Axel Florence is a Product Manager on the growth team at Shopify. Axel’s stack tells a story of his background in RnD and reveals his penchant for french wine.
💖 Abadesi Osunsade is the founder of Hustle Crew & co-host of Techish podcast. You might recognize Abadesi as the former Head of Maker Outreach at Product Hunt. Check out Abadesi’s must-have products.
#️⃣ Chris Messina invented the hashtag and designed products and experiences for Google and Uber. Since he’s got a reputation as a #1 product hunter, his stack is like a greatest hits collection.
☀️ Lolita Taub is acting Chief of Staff and interim head of sales at Catalyte, and she’s a scout at Indie.vc. Lolita is incredibly curious, so you might want to study her stack.
We’ll be sharing more interviews with a variety of experts in design, marketing, engineering, cooking, parenting, music, and many other crafts. Let us know who’s on your wishlist on Twitter and we’ll try to make it happen. 😄
But today we have something to share...
We're publishing the first series of "What's in your stack?" interviews with experts you may know from the community:
🎨 Pablo Stanley is the Staff Designer at Lyft and co-founder of Carbon Health. You might recognize him from his Product Hunt launches like Buttsss and most recently, Blush. Check out Pablo’s picks.
📲 Sarah Evans is a digital strategist and leader in international tech PR. Sarah’s stack is a must for anyone looking to level up their marketing stack.
🍷 Axel Florence is a Product Manager on the growth team at Shopify. Axel’s stack tells a story of his background in RnD and reveals his penchant for french wine.
💖 Abadesi Osunsade is the founder of Hustle Crew & co-host of Techish podcast. You might recognize Abadesi as the former Head of Maker Outreach at Product Hunt. Check out Abadesi’s must-have products.
#️⃣ Chris Messina invented the hashtag and designed products and experiences for Google and Uber. Since he’s got a reputation as a #1 product hunter, his stack is like a greatest hits collection.
☀️ Lolita Taub is acting Chief of Staff and interim head of sales at Catalyte, and she’s a scout at Indie.vc. Lolita is incredibly curious, so you might want to study her stack.
We’ll be sharing more interviews with a variety of experts in design, marketing, engineering, cooking, parenting, music, and many other crafts. Let us know who’s on your wishlist on Twitter and we’ll try to make it happen. 😄
Working remotely? Time to relocate
If you’re new to remote work, the endless options of where you could move can give you FOMO.
The remote work revolution started “gradually, then suddenly,” as penned by Matt Mullenweg. Within a few weeks, everyone from Square to Shopify was announcing permanent or extended WFH policies.
Here's a list of tools for digital nomads looking for a change:
First, start out with the practical stuff. Take your list of dream cities and plug them into a Relocation Calculator to find how far your salary goes on the basics. 💸
If early retirement is high on your list, scout out cities with a lower cost of living with this Financial Independence Calculator. 🏖
Timezones become really important with a distributed team so you’ll want to look closely at timezone overlap with your teammates.⌚️
A little tip: plan a trial trip before you lock it in. Test out a new city first by staying at an Outsite with fellow nomads. 👋
All this said, it’s still a tricky time to move right now, especially internationally. Keep tabs on travel restrictions for countries on your dream list with MayWeLeave. ✈️
The remote work revolution started “gradually, then suddenly,” as penned by Matt Mullenweg. Within a few weeks, everyone from Square to Shopify was announcing permanent or extended WFH policies.
Here's a list of tools for digital nomads looking for a change:
First, start out with the practical stuff. Take your list of dream cities and plug them into a Relocation Calculator to find how far your salary goes on the basics. 💸
If early retirement is high on your list, scout out cities with a lower cost of living with this Financial Independence Calculator. 🏖
Timezones become really important with a distributed team so you’ll want to look closely at timezone overlap with your teammates.⌚️
A little tip: plan a trial trip before you lock it in. Test out a new city first by staying at an Outsite with fellow nomads. 👋
All this said, it’s still a tricky time to move right now, especially internationally. Keep tabs on travel restrictions for countries on your dream list with MayWeLeave. ✈️
Productivity apps you haven’t heard of
Your time is precious, so we’ll make this quick. These productivity lifehacks will save you minutes you can spend on better things, like finding someone who will match your donations for a worthy cause.
📱 Anyline Keyboard brings CMD+C to the real world. Snap a photo of text IRL and paste into your phone
🎨 Color Copy Paste can copy colors from your phone & paste them on web, Figma or Sketch
😊 Blush is a customizable illustration tool so you can create unique artwork on your own without a design background
📩 Signature.email is a drag and drop editor for creating slick email signatures efficiently
👀 Oko tells you when you need a screen break to avoid eye strain
📅 MeetingBar gets you into your next Zoom call from your menu bar
🔍 Command E searches everything in your cloud or computer automagically
👋 Anygood is a gesture-based to-do app launched today to help keep track of what you want to read, eat and listen to
What is truly the best productivity app out there? Drop your thoughts here.
📱 Anyline Keyboard brings CMD+C to the real world. Snap a photo of text IRL and paste into your phone
🎨 Color Copy Paste can copy colors from your phone & paste them on web, Figma or Sketch
😊 Blush is a customizable illustration tool so you can create unique artwork on your own without a design background
📩 Signature.email is a drag and drop editor for creating slick email signatures efficiently
👀 Oko tells you when you need a screen break to avoid eye strain
📅 MeetingBar gets you into your next Zoom call from your menu bar
🔍 Command E searches everything in your cloud or computer automagically
👋 Anygood is a gesture-based to-do app launched today to help keep track of what you want to read, eat and listen to
What is truly the best productivity app out there? Drop your thoughts here.
