The Boring Resume is Out

The Wall Street Journal recently published an article entitled, “No More Resumes, Say Some Firms.”  The article basically talks about how many firms are abandoning the resume for other tools. A highlight quote from the article:

A résumé doesn’t provide much depth about a candidate,” says Christina Cacioppo, an associate at Union Square Ventures. “We are most interested in what people are like, what they are like to work with, how they think,” she says.

I recently co-founded a startup called truApp to address the shortcomings of the resume. Bottom line: we want to revolutionize the job search and evaluation process.

Our hope is to empower college students to distinguish themselves from the pack and meet companies that want to know their stories, not bullet points. Instead of a resume that poorly portrays a person and focuses on non-existent work experiences, students create a dynamic, organized  portfolio that easily showcases their projects, skills and passions – their true self – to companies. (Some examples: Erik Torenberg | Ginny Liu) In turn, companies make quicker and more informed hiring decisions.  At the end of the day, both students and companies win; students are matched with the right job and everyone is happy!

We recently tested the truApp platform with several companies and were pleased with the feedback. One comment we received:

After reviewing 85 resumes yesterday I really see value in truApp. The project based approach of the truApp’s I looked at was so much better. Trying to identify skills form the one sentence on a project that people put on their resume is difficult. It’s especially bad with undergrads since they don’t have direct experience to speak to.

Join the revolution. Do you truApp?

Moses Lee is a co-founder of truApp and the Assistant Director of Student Ventures at the Center for Entrepreneurship @ University of Michigan. You can follow him on twitter @mosesklee.