A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/resumes: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.
By Anthony Riera, founder and operator of Rankhog.
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This community is for people who want help with their resume. The public description says to get help with your resume and points to the wiki and sidebar for resources and info. Based on the rules, people post their resumes to get feedback, and others give constructive advice on how to improve those documents. It is a place for real human advice about real resumes, not a place for tools, services, or promotion.
The rule called 'No advertising or soliciting users' is the one that will define your entire approach here. It bans promoting any resume builder, job search tool, job board, or similar tool. It bans posting a link to your own website, LinkedIn, or other platform. It bans posting links to free or paid services like resume writers or builders. It even bans naming other services or writers in a post or comment. That last part is important. You cannot name a competitor, and you cannot name yourself. The rule called 'Do not use AI generated content' is the second wall. It says that if you do not have the expertise to advise others, you should not be contributing. That means no generated summaries, no AI written critiques, and no automated replies. The rule called 'Keep your posts and comments PG-friendly and constructive.' sets the tone. Profanity, verbal assault, harassment, or non-constructive advice is not allowed. The rule called 'Anonymize your documents before posting.' requires you to censor personal information such as real names, addresses, phone numbers, and emails before posting. The rule called 'Use the right title format AND the right flair' means your post needs the proper flair and the proper title structure if you are asking for help with your resume.
This is a tough room for a founder. The advertising ban is total, and it covers links, names, and mentions. So the only honest path is to give real, human, constructive resume advice with zero promotion attached. If you have genuine hiring or recruiting experience, you could help someone by reviewing their resume and giving specific, actionable feedback in the comments. You would not link to anything, you would not name your product, and you would not use AI to write your response. You would just be a person who knows about resumes helping another person. That is the only kind of contribution the rules allow. Over time, if your advice is consistently good, people may look at your profile and find your work on their own. But you cannot push them there from inside this community.
Do not post any link to your own website, LinkedIn, or any other platform you own. Do not promote your resume builder, job search tool, job board, or any similar tool. Do not post links to free or paid services like resume writers or builders. Do not name other services or writers in a post or comment, which means you also cannot name your own. Do not use AI generated content, because the moderators will remove it and they explicitly say that if you lack the expertise to advise others, you should not contribute. Do not upload a resume without first censoring personal information such as real names, addresses, phone numbers, and emails. Do not use profanity, verbal assault, harassment, or non-constructive advice. Do not create posts just for karma or steal another popular post and pass it as your own. Do not skip the required title format or flair.
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No. The rule named 'No advertising or soliciting users' bans promoting any resume builder, job search tool, job board, or similar tool, and it bans posting links to your own website or LinkedIn.
No. The same advertising rule explicitly covers naming other services or writers in a post or comment, so even a mention counts as a violation.
No. The rule named 'Do not use AI generated content' says that if you do not have the expertise to advise others, you should not be contributing.
You must censor your real name, address, phone number, and email before uploading your document, as stated in the rule 'Anonymize your documents before posting.'
Yes. The rule 'Use the right title format AND the right flair' requires both the proper flair and the proper title structure if you are asking for help with your resume.
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