{"id":365,"date":"2017-12-06T02:52:07","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T18:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2017\/12\/06\/a-fake-amazon-page-is-best-online-resume-ever\/"},"modified":"2025-01-01T21:55:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T13:55:49","slug":"a-fake-amazon-page-is-best-online-resume-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/a-fake-amazon-page-is-best-online-resume-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"A Fake Amazon Page Is Best Online Resume Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>We don\u2019t actually know if Philippe Dubost is any good at his job. But boy, can he throw together a resume.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We don\u2019t actually know if Philippe Dubost is any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/jobs\">good at his job<\/a>. But boy, can he throw together a resume.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FqRUqjK6lmQjHwq5uZ5lvcIC2xH-?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"11.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"352\" title=\"\"><\/h2>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/a-fake-amazon-page-is-best-online-resume-ever\/#Photo_Iyuba\" title=\"Photo: Iyuba\">Photo: Iyuba<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/a-fake-amazon-page-is-best-online-resume-ever\/#Photo_Iyuba-2\" title=\"Photo: Iyuba\">Photo: Iyuba<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photo_Iyuba\"><\/span>Photo: Iyuba<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Dubost, a Web <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"inside_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/tag\/product-manager\/\" title=\"View all posts in Product Manager\" >Product Manager<\/a> currently based in Paris, is looking to <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"inside_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/tag\/travel\/\" title=\"View all posts in travel\" >travel<\/a> for his next position.\u00a0 So he decided to make his CV stand out anywhere in the world \u2014 by mimicking an Amazon product page.<\/p>\n<p>The result, &#8220;Philippe\u2019s Amaz\u2019ing Resume,&#8221; is a pitch-perfect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/pastiche\" class=\"broken_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pastiche<\/a>.\u00a0 Suggesting that you add the applicant to your <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"inside_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/tag\/shopping\/\" title=\"View all posts in shopping\">shopping<\/a> cart to see his price is such a clever way of asking to be hired, we\u2019re amazed no one thought of it before.\u00a0 Especially when followed by the urgent reminder: &#8220;only 1 left in stock. Order soon!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FiV-CJEU1xhQnMTTH5fKqg3ZDoeR?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"2.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"320\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photo_Iyuba-2\"><\/span>Photo: Iyuba<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>You can see the full resume here.\u00a0 But in case Dubost\u2019s site has been overwhelmed by traffic \u2014 he\u2019s already had to change his web hosting service once, according to his Twitter feed \u2014 here\u2019s another screenshot.<\/p>\n<p>Dubost has taken pains to replicate every last aspect of an Amazon page \u2014 even inserting an ad. We\u2019ve seen resumes that look like Facebook pages and Twitter feeds before, but none have this much attention to detail.<\/p>\n<p>And given the fact that hiring is a transaction, making it look like the world\u2019s largest store makes a ton of sense.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FlXXlKXBxtykYAuKbjvAxKMwIbVH?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"webwxgetmsgimg 1.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"543.2937181663837\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We don\u2019t actually know if Philippe Dubost is any good at his job. But boy, can he throw together a resume. 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