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Building My Resume in HTML Using Eleventy

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Re: Building My Resume in HTML Using Eleventy

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Post by ruthmarx »

deepspace wrote: post #17
ruthmarx wrote: post #10

I've been using LaTeX for mine for years and never looked back. I have it setup in such a way that I just comment or uncomment a few lins at the start and can easily include or exclude, or adjust, types of skills, work experience, length, etc. Always produces a nice, easy to clean minimal pdf that has some protections against recruiters trying to copy and paste and change things.

I agree, but it can be useful to produce html and plain text versions of your resume and cover letter too. Per-job customization, and adding custom metadata for cover letters, is also useful. What worked for me was I creating a simple python script that uses json files with custom data as input, and uses mako templates to create latex, html, and text output.

I've never needed an html version honestly. I do have it setup to produce a text version for copying and pasting into job applications that don't support file upload. Or worse, that want you to paste the same information and then upload your resume anyway.

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Post by atenni »

If I’m hiring a web developer and you give me a `resume.html` you’d best believe I’m viewing source on that.

This is a high-risk high-reward game, because if it’s clean you’ll get bonus points, but if there’s unnecessary cruft (as defined by me) you’ll loose points.

For example, while this is pretty clean code, I’m currently on my phone and getting horizontal scroll bars. For a text based site like this resume that shouldn’t happen, and perhaps unfairly, that’s going to weigh heavily against the other good work OP has done.

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Post by armanboyaci »

Aurornis wrote: post #21
ruthmarx wrote: post #10

I've been using LaTeX for mine for years and never looked back. I have it setup in such a way that I just comment or uncomment a few lins at the start and can easily include or exclude, or adjust, types of skills, work experience, length, etc. Always produces a nice, easy to clean minimal pdf that has some protections against recruiters trying to copy and paste and change things.

Mine is also in LaTeX. Every 3-5 years I get a nice reminder of the nightmare that is cobbling together a fully functional LaTeX dev environment to work on it again.

I am keeping my CV on overleaf and it is very convenient. Did you try that option?

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Post by karaterobot »

brm wrote: post #32
recursive wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How would you set the font?

Inline style or

was deprecated in, I think, the HTML 4 spec. That was published in 1999. Not a great signal to send anyone looking to hire you and checking your source code! And inline styles are just another way of using CSS!

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Post by vdvsvwvwvwvwv »

ffsm8 wrote: post #15
michaelengen wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Author here—This is fair criticism, but _for me_, the overhead of a simple static site generator is worth all the benefits I get from being able to e.g., separate my data from my styles and so on.

You mean like ? I mean I personally would use a static site generator too, but objectively speaking: for a single page (no navigation, not printed page)... It really is overkill

It is not a single page. Each application should have a tailored CV. They wont be wildly different but highlight different strengths. You might have a master CV with the kitchen sink that you slim down to the role.
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