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Some things that I think would be useful to add to the schema, in no particular order:

* It's common for resumes to include a full address, so elements supporting that could be added to the location. There should probably be a way to strip this out before publishing it to a public place though.

* I'd like to see a section for volunteer activities. I do some volunteering which, while not related to my day job, is worth highlighting.

* The references section would usually include contact information for a potential employer. Generally this would be a separate page that would be given during an interview. My main resume says "References available upon request" and I have a separate document with my references in it.

The biggest win, in my mind, is that the schema captures the knowledge of what belongs on a resume. Being able to take that single source and produce multiple versions (e.g., the public one, the private one with full details, a list of references, etc), not to mention everything else that comes with a standard schema, is a huge bonus.



Great ideas! I will start add them as issues to the schema repo -> https://github.com/jsonresume/resume-schema

Your meta-layer idea is great too, at the moment we only have password protected resumes.

We are actually building an encryption converter, so you can encrypt your resume with a passphrase, I imagine these public,private etc versions could be controlled by encryption.




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