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Do any interviewers notice resumes that are written in LaTeX compared to ones that aren't?
Yep; it’s obviously not a deal breaker/winner, but we definitely notice. I once joked that we ought to mark up candidates with LaTeX CVs, but knock them slightly down if they stuck with Computer Modern :)
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> In Germany, you ALWAYS put a photograph in your resume. Not really. The more educated people are about this topic (e.g. have read "The Google Resume" by Gayle McDowell, which I highly recommend), or have had startup experience, the less common it is. We all should stop doing it, everybody will benefit.
Not "Not really". It's the majority by far.
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It's a very efficient way to typeset good looking mathematics. Of course, that's no surprise, because that's what it was built for.
I’d argue it’s effective, not efficient, there. But that might be splitting semantic hairs
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> Also: never, ever put a photograph of yourself in your resume. You're just asking for someone to judge you based on your looks, gender, age, or ethnicity. Likewise, don't put your age. If you've been around for a while, trim everything but the last 5-10 years of positions off your resume to avoid the unfortunate but oh-so-common ageism. Even old hiring managers can be ageist! Don't give anyone a chance to judge you…
It depends on where you apply I guess. I work at a startup and we get a mixed amount of applications with a photo and without, doesn't really make a difference for us.
A LaTeX resume template has done that for an extremely small proportion of all the people who have used a LaTeX resume template.
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Yep; it’s obviously not a deal breaker/winner, but we definitely notice. I once joked that we ought to mark up candidates with LaTeX CVs, but knock them slightly down if they stuck with Computer Modern :)
How can you tell that they used LaTeX if the CV is in PDF format, other than by guessing from the use of Computer Modern?
The easy way is usually to spot some of the no-no's of layouting; single words at the last line of a paragraph, sentences spanning over page breaks, spacing in block paragraphs, etc.
It's easiest with letters or invoices with some text, where the spacing and word placing is most obvious but you can usually tell in CVs with less text too.
Of course, sometimes Word gets lucky and does a proper layout, but I've found that it's rare that I get to see properly layouted word documents.
I've been using this one for my resume and I love it: http://www.rpi.edu/dept/arc/training/latex/resumes/res.cls As a hiring manager, I much prefer simpler resumes that are easy to scan. I don't really like the "five stars" self-rating stuff, however. It feels a little strange to distill one's language knowledge down to a number. One thing I do love is when people include some of their notable open source projects. T…
Could that work in your favor too?...
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Not "Not really". It's the majority by far.
Yes "Not really". The majority is not really everybody.
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> Also: never, ever put a photograph of yourself in your resume. You're just asking for someone to judge you based on your looks, gender, age, or ethnicity. Likewise, don't put your age. If you've been around for a while, trim everything but the last 5-10 years of positions off your resume to avoid the unfortunate but oh-so-common ageism. Even old hiring managers can be ageist! Don't give anyone a chance to judge you…
> In Germany, you ALWAYS put a photograph in your resume. Not really. The more educated people are about this topic (e.g. have read "The Google Resume" by Gayle McDowell, which I highly recommend), or have had startup experience, the less common it is. We all should stop doing it, everybody will benefit.
Smaller companies like startups, especially without large HR, don't care about photos.