I see what you are saying Jared, but that is the whole point of a resume, the overall goal of a resume is to impress the person reading it :) you have to try and sell you self the best you can, within reason. You wouldn't obviously jump on and say i am the best you will ever see, no one will be able to too me. The way it has to be phrased is not sounding arrogant but by acknowledging your own accomplishments. The person reading the resume won't know who you are, they will only be able to get an understanding of the type of person you are from a few page document.
People can have a resume saying I have a degree in this, done a course on that etc.. But to have links to your profiles/blog they will be able to get an idea straight away of your knowledge, it will be a wow factor. It will make you stand out as chances are no one else will have that in their favour. But at the same time it depends who is doing the review, most likely it will be a management person with next to no technical skills. It just really depends on who is reviewing, what they are looking for and there skills.
But what's worst that can happen? They say no, but at least then you know you tried. You don't want it to be one of those things that you regret later down the track, and think to yourself "why didn't I apply"
