Maybe just an idea I think would be worth charging for to offset costs on yourself: if you could get a few accounts on different recruiting software packs (BambooHR, smartrecruiters, etc) and then let users test their resume with different recruiting software's AI filtering tools, that could help a ton of people. You'd have to make a lot of different job descriptions/postings in each one, but you could probably craft them all generically enough to fit most careers.
Once that's going, maybe a pay-per-use fee to test your resume that gives the paying user a couple unique recruiting links to a few job postings, and then use playwright or something to capture screenshots of their profile in the backend(s).
I like your idea, but its hard to implement due to privacy concerns and could violate the ToS of these platforms (for sharing the account).
But I do have a feature in mind to do something similar. My plan is to always keep it free, with any feature, but I have to think of monetisation. Right now, it would be charging employers/job boards instead of job seekers. I've been there, the job search is stressful enough to add financial burdens.
Would like to see more written down on how the résumé-building part works.
Would love to see something that can start from a pre-existing CV and help refine. (My current CV is my own record of projects I have undertaken, so it has a lot of detail and runs into approx. 10 pages.)
You can upload your current CV, and it will parse it to fill out the form for you. You can then amend or improve it, choose a design, and export it as a high-quality PDF.
I will try to write about it. I faced some challenges related to exporting as a high-quality text PDF, including multilingual support and ensuring JS messages are all translated, among others.
I try to use a pdf upload to gather info more easily for a user (eg from LinkedIn). Maybe you can incorporate that also?
As for LinkedIn, you’re the second person asking for this. I can implement it but still not sure how it will be adopted, along with the cost of fetching a LinkedIn profile.