Ask HN: What LaTeX resumé template do you use?

#1

Post by Zarathu » Tue, Jan 27, 2009, 12:50 AM UTC

I'm looking to update my resumé, but I want it to look a little nicer.

I was thinking about compiling a PDF in Photoshop instead of writing it in LaTeX. What do you suggest?

Rails dev, here.

Re: Ask HN: What LaTeX resumé template do you use?

#2

Post by nshah » Tue, Jan 27, 2009, 1:47 AM UTC

I personally prefer LaTeX to any other typesetting or word processing software and I use the Modern CV template to be found at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/modernc...

Re: Ask HN: What LaTeX resumé template do you use?

#3

Post by Rod » Tue, Jan 27, 2009, 1:49 AM UTC

I write my resumé in LaTeX. I did not use any template. What I did was:

a) I collected a few sexy-looking resumés from various illustrious academics.

b) I selected the features I liked the most from each of those sample resumés.

c) I created my own LaTeX document from scratch, including the features I liked the most from the collection of samples. It takes some work, but you get exactly what you're looking for.

Re: Ask HN: What LaTeX resumé template do you use?

#4

Post by RobGR » Tue, Jan 27, 2009, 2:58 AM UTC

Rod wrote: post #3

I write my resumé in LaTeX. I did not use any template. What I did was: a) I collected a few sexy-looking resumés from various illustrious academics. b) I selected the features I liked the most from each of those sample resumés . c) I created my own LaTeX document from scratch, including the features I liked the most from the collection of samples. It takes some work, but you get exactly what you're looking for.

Is the LaTeX source posted somewhere ? Or at least the final output, so I can check out these sexy features ?

Re: Ask HN: What LaTeX resumé template do you use?

#5

Post by Rod » Tue, Jan 27, 2009, 3:14 AM UTC

RobGR wrote: post #4

Rod wrote: post #3

I write my resumé in LaTeX. I did not use any template. What I did was: a) I collected a few sexy-looking resumés from various illustrious academics. b) I selected the features I liked the most from each of those sample resumés . c) I created my own LaTeX document from scratch, including the features I liked the most from the collection of samples. It takes some work, but you get exactly what you're looking for.

Is the LaTeX source posted somewhere ? Or at least the final output, so I can check out these sexy features ?

Any academic (professor, post-doc, grad student) has a CV or resumé in PDF or PS format in his / her webpage. Sources of inspiration galore.

Googling for LaTeX source code would work too. I use TeXnicCenter to write LaTeX files, and it probably comes with a resumé template already.