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A while back I had set out to solve the "multiple resume problem" where you generate resumes in different format(html,pdf,plain text etc.) from a single source. This way all your resumes are consistent. I haven't solved it completely yet but you can find the github repository of "modern resume" over at https://github.com/dhawalhshah/modern-resume . I am using it at http://www.dhawal.me/
A while back I had set out to solve the "multiple resume problem" where you generate resumes in different format(html,pdf,plain text etc.) from a single source. This way all your resumes are consistent. I haven't solved it completely yet but you can find the github repository of "modern resume" over at https://github.com/dhawalhshah/modern-resume . I am using it at http://www.dhawal.me/
The dates you attended Mumbai University are in reverse. Just so you know.
A while back I had set out to solve the "multiple resume problem" where you generate resumes in different format(html,pdf,plain text etc.) from a single source. This way all your resumes are consistent. I haven't solved it completely yet but you can find the github repository of "modern resume" over at https://github.com/dhawalhshah/modern-resume . I am using it at http://www.dhawal.me/
The dates you attended Mumbai University are in reverse. Just so you know.
Comments -- on both the Latex code and the content of my resume -- are very welcome!
Have you gotten better responses after putting that summary there?
I ask because I've never seen it done and my first impression was to not want to read the résumé because of the wall of text. (I wasn't trying to hire you so my first reaction is probably biased, though)
It is worth going to the author's page about CurVe rather than relying on the ctan package. He has some nice customisations such as the thick horizontal rule that I borrowed, and gives his own CV as an example: http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~didier/software/latex.php#curve
Here is the archive: http://ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/curve
Comments -- on both the Latex code and the content of my resume -- are very welcome!
Why do you put a summary on your résumé as opposed to having it in a separate cover letter? Have you gotten better responses after putting that summary there? I ask because I've never seen it done and my first impression was to not want to read the résumé because of the wall of text. (I wasn't trying to hire you so my first reaction is probably biased, though)
I would shorten it and use it to get your main message across to the person scanning it at high speed. Sorry to post my own latex-generated CV twice in one thread, but for ease of reference, this is what I mean: http://www.hoogli.com/Andrew_Cox_cv.pdf
My profile there splits into two parts:
1. I am ...
2. I want ...
A while back I had set out to solve the "multiple resume problem" where you generate resumes in different format(html,pdf,plain text etc.) from a single source. This way all your resumes are consistent. I haven't solved it completely yet but you can find the github repository of "modern resume" over at https://github.com/dhawalhshah/modern-resume . I am using it at http://www.dhawal.me/
I keep all versions of my CV side by side in directories checked in to subversion and copy the closest existing one to make a new version rather than trying to maintain multiple different flavours of CV at the same time.
Comments -- on both the Latex code and the content of my resume -- are very welcome!
Visually, I agree that it is way too compressed, especially for a CV where the highlights should jump out at the reader. I understand you're trying to cram it into as few pages as possible, but you end up with horribly long lines. It could also use some vertical whitespace. If you must decrease the number of pages, think about trimming the content.
Just my 2 cents, of course.
I like the CurVe latex class. It works for me: http://www.hoogli.com/Andrew_Cox_cv.pdf It is worth going to the author's page about CurVe rather than relying on the ctan package. He has some nice customisations such as the thick horizontal rule that I borrowed, and gives his own CV as an example: http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~didier/software/latex.php#curve Here is the archive: http://ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/co…
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Why do you put a summary on your résumé as opposed to having it in a separate cover letter? Have you gotten better responses after putting that summary there? I ask because I've never seen it done and my first impression was to not want to read the résumé because of the wall of text. (I wasn't trying to hire you so my first reaction is probably biased, though)
This part of the CV looks like a cross between a covering letter and a profile/summary to me. It seems too long and it repeats information that is present elsewhere in the CV. I would shorten it and use it to get your main message across to the person scanning it at high speed. Sorry to post my own latex-generated CV twice in one thread, but for ease of reference, this is what I mean: http://www.hoogli.com/Andrew_Cox…
> Sorry to post my own latex-generated CV twice in one thread
No worries. :)