Job seekers
A personal website for job seekers that a recruiter can read in a minute
A personal website for job seekers should say what role you want in one sentence, show three work samples, link your résumé and make it easy to reply. A recruiter can read that in a minute, and you can publish it free at sayhi.page/yourname.
What to put on a job-seeker website
Recruiters already have your résumé. Give them the proof behind it.
- One sentence about youRole, specialty and the kind of problem you solve. “Product engineer who builds internal tools for support teams” is easy to repeat in a hiring meeting.
- Three work samplesProjects with a result in the sentence. Link the repo, case study, deck or live page.
- Your résuméA PDF or a doc you control. Keep it in step with the page.
- Proof from othersA talk, a published article or a specific outcome someone else can check.
- ContactEmail and a contact form. The Studio example already asks for a company, so you can see who wrote.
- LinkedInLink your profile, and put this page in your LinkedIn website field.
Example
Example: Alex Chen in Studio
Alex is a demo developer. In the dark Studio template his page reads like a short pitch: a headline about languages and tools, a note on what he is building now, two repositories with one sentence each, a conference talk, and a contact form with a company field.
A recruiter can see what he does, what he has shipped and how to reach him without scrolling far. Swap the talk for a résumé link if that suits your field better.
Mistakes that cost replies
Recruiters skim. These make the skim harder.
Retyping your résumé
Your work history belongs in the résumé. Use the page for the work you want to talk about next.
A vague headline
“Passionate problem solver” could be anyone. Name the role and the specialty.
Samples without results
Say what changed because of the work: faster, cheaper, adopted by a team.
A different link everywhere
Use the same URL on applications, LinkedIn and your email signature, so one update covers all of them.
Templates that fit
Studio
Dark, short and serious. A good default for a hiring skim.
Minimal
When your writing is the sample and the design should disappear.
Read next: Add your page to LinkedIn, where the website field is and how to label it.
Make your page
Write the sentence a recruiter can repeat
If they cannot say what you do after one line, the rest of the page will not fix it.
Cut the samples to three
The others can live on GitHub or in the PDF. The page is your edit.
Publish and use it everywhere
Sign in to publish at sayhi.page/yourname and add it to applications, LinkedIn and your signature.
Questions
Will a personal website help me get hired?
It can make a strong application easier to say yes to. Recruiters see your work in a minute instead of guessing from a résumé.
Should I list every job I have had?
Link your résumé for the full history and use the page for your best work.
How is this different from the student page?
Students show what they are learning. Job seekers show finished work aimed at a specific role.
Related pages
Pages by role
Starting points for developers, designers, photographers, musicians, writers, and more.
Website for students
Coursework as projects, a current note, and a reply path.
How to make a personal website
One sentence, sayhi.page/yourname, a template, then swap the demo for your own work.
LinkedIn website link guide
The website field for people who already have your résumé.