Make a page with words from people who know you, things you have made and photos from your life. Send it with an application, or to someone you'd like to work with.
An employer is really only asking one thing: what could this person do for us? Every part of the page answers that. You choose what to include.
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Words from people who know you
You send a link, they write a few sentences. You choose which ones are shown, but you cannot change what they wrote. Ask people who know you outside work, too.
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Things you made happen
At work and outside it: a programme you started, a course you taught, something you built. With the story of how you went about it, and what changed for the people involved.
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A photo album
Things you have achieved, at work and outside it. Photos and short stories give you more to talk about in an interview.
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Everyday ratings
Uber, Airbnb, Vinted, BlaBlaCar. Bring the screenshot, because a number without evidence is only a claim.
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Outside work
Books, films or music that have meant something to you, and a little of what you do outside work. Include what you would enjoy talking about.
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Epic fails
Entirely optional. Tell what went wrong, and what you did afterwards. The second part is what says something about you.
You don't need all of this. Every part can be switched on and off, and many people start with words from three or four people and one thing they made. The page works just as well without an Uber rating or a bookshelf.
How you collect the words
What people put off is the asking. So we made that particular part as short as we could.
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Make a link
Write down who it is for. You get a ready-made message to paste straight into a DM.
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They write a few words
They write a few words and their name. They do not need an account. The name is shown with the quote.
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You choose what is shown
Use it, hide it, feature it or reorder it. What you leave out stays stored without appearing anywhere.
Has someone sent you a link? You do not need an account to answer.
The rule that makes it worth something
The quote is shown exactly as the sender wrote it. You can leave it out, but not edit the text.
There is no text box anywhere in the product where someone else's words can be rewritten. Not for you, and not for us either. If they could be polished, they would be marketing copy, and then we are back to a CV in a nicer typeface.
The one thing you can rewrite is how you know each other. And then it says that you wrote it.
Want one?
Make an account, give the page an address, and start small: one photo and one person to ask. The link gives others nothing until you press publish yourself.
