Comments on: An experiment in A/B Testing my Résumé

By: Sidharta Surya Kusnanto

Sidharta Surya Kusnanto — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:31:53 +0000

Wow, you actually did something tangible that career consultants wouldn’t even bother! And also, great blog man!

By: Elliot

Elliot — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:32:18 +0000

Hi Paul,

Cool article. Interesting report.

Question.

* Did you use the R package ggplot2 to draw the histograms for the frequency distribution of the blog view rate by link? ( -or, did you just use the R base graphics?)

Thanks,

+ Elliot

By: Sebastian Motraghi

Sebastian Motraghi — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 15:00:29 +0000

This is an extremely interesting exercise – thanks for sharing the results with us!

By: Alistair

Alistair — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:09:37 +0000

Paul, We recently had a senior executive named Malcolm Holt on the Gold Coast in Australia advertise himself on the radio looking for a job. He'd applied for over 400 jobs in the last 18 months and been knocked back every time and it caught my interest as he hadn't taken care of the simple things. You've taken it to a whole new level by testing your resume & I think it is fantastic, good luck to you in the future. Al.

By: amymstewart

amymstewart — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 02:19:59 +0000

I LOVE this. Will you marry me?

By: David Garthe

David Garthe — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 18:39:02 +0000

Excellent post. Nice job.

Regarding the scroll rate – Were your social network links near the top, where a user would not necessarily scroll down if they clicked on one? My experience is that people like to click on links, regardless of their importance, and perhaps this impeded the scroll percentage. Just a thought.

By: Tim_Gardner

Tim_Gardner — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 10:54:46 +0000

Excellent experiment Paul! I was considering creating a website with links to all my online profiles. I figure I am going to eventually get stalked/name checked on google by online recruiters anyway so why not make it easier for them and add links straight into a resume. Your post has enlightened me! Cheers :D

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La veille du week-end (huitième) | LoïcG — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 09:51:54 +0000

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By: Donna Svei aka AvidCareerist

Donna Svei aka AvidCareerist — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:19:00 +0000

Wow, a guy who can geek on data AND he has a delightful personality! You’re going to go far Paul!

Good luck with your internship,

Donna

By: Paul Butler

Paul Butler — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:52:37 +0000

I got at least a couple dozen interview offers, but they were from the post, not the resumes directly. I did use a unique email address for each of the 16 variations, but not enough people contacted me for the data to be useful.