I sort of always have my Dice and whatnot profiles updated with a current resume, and each of them references an online portfolio containing (a) major apps and my involvement in each, (b) code snippets here & there from my personal stuff, (c) a "sandbox" that I use to test new stuff, and (d) a prettier version of my resume (formerly a project-based CV). There was a bit of ugliness a few months ago wherein somebody perusing my portfolio followed a link to a former-former employer's site and tried to do some nasty XSS, so I was tagged as the http_referer in their logs. The FBI investigation ensued, the offending person was appropriately (insufficiently, if you ask me) chastised, and I put a strong password on my once-public portfolio stuff. [ /background ]
The thing is, nobody's asking for access. Not that I'm LOOKING for employment, but I get several direct and third-party recruiter contact a week and none of them show any inkling of having seen the login page. Is it a big barrier, or do these resume-jockeys just care about employment history bullets? Code snippets, at the very least, tell an employer where your gold standard and view of practices lay - why aren't they beating down that locked door?
I think the answer is in exactly what I said: they really do just care about the resume. A boiled-down, not-representative-of-actual-work-done, positive-spin document. The CV is certainly a good next-step along that traditional path, but the "what are you interested in doing", "how do you comment code", "how do you document data flows and business processes" questions are NOT something you get from a stale doc, but can get in either (a) an expensive interview or (b) a portfolio featuring these kinds of things, either by default or in response to a request.
So I guess my point of frustration is the process that these recruiters use to vet candidates. My response, which I'll need to fully measure when I am next looking for work, I guess - is to stop using resumes altogether, or least stop emailing/posting them, and say, "Here's my executive-summary overview. If you want to learn more about me or get the latest docs, go to mykickinresume.com." Short of that, I'm not certain how else I would get my best stuff - in the form of code and practices - in front of the people who *do* care about those things.
I know, I know: High-class problems. :)
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