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Your CV in LaTeX - part four

#1

Post by denglish » Mon, Oct 20, 2008, 3:23 AM UTC

Your CV in LaTeX - part four
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Re: Your CV in LaTeX - part four

#2

Post by lutorm » Mon, Oct 20, 2008, 6:53 AM UTC

Doesn't everyone make their CV in Latex?

Re: Your CV in LaTeX - part four

#3

Post by thamer » Mon, Oct 20, 2008, 9:05 AM UTC

(Really sorry if this post sounds like a job search, I have a good job and am not looking for one). 10 months ago someone posted a story on programming.reddit on how to write your CV using LaTeX; I put a link to mine and released the source. I got praise for it, so I'd like to share it here as well.

This is the “neat LATEX Résumé” on http://linux.dsplabs.com.au/resume-writing-example-latex-tem...

Direct link to the PDF (French résumé): http://n.favrefelix.free.fr/cv.pdf

Re: Your CV in LaTeX - part four

#4

Post by pmjordan » Mon, Oct 20, 2008, 10:40 AM UTC

lutorm wrote: post #2

Doesn't everyone make their CV in Latex?

Before I went self-employed, I was involved in hiring for the company I worked for. 99% of CVs were MS Word documents. Also, most of them were pretty bad, especially the ones coming in through agencies. (no clear structure, terrible formatting, butchered English)

Personally, I've always maintained mine in (very plain) HTML and LaTeX versions.

Re: Your CV in LaTeX - part four

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Post by speek » Mon, Oct 20, 2008, 2:43 PM UTC

As much as I like LaTeX, It's not something I would typeset my resumé in. Then again, I was a graphic designer in another life and I think that resumés that stand out, stand a chance.

I can tell you that when I'm looking through a pile of resumés, the ones that are actually interesting/eye catching are probably the ones of the people who I want working with me.

Re: Your CV in LaTeX - part four

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Post by shadytrees » Mon, Oct 20, 2008, 4:10 PM UTC

thamer wrote: post #3

(Really sorry if this post sounds like a job search, I have a good job and am not looking for one). 10 months ago someone posted a story on programming.reddit on how to write your CV using LaTeX; I put a link to mine and released the source. I got praise for it, so I'd like to share it here as well. This is the “neat LATEX Résumé” on http://linux.dsplabs.com.au/resume-writing-example-latex-tem... Direct link to the P…

Thanks! This is Neat. I can actually read your .cls file without getting a TeX headache.

Re: Your CV in LaTeX - part four

#7

Post by nailer » Mon, Oct 20, 2008, 5:20 PM UTC

lutorm wrote: post #2

Doesn't everyone make their CV in Latex?

Unless they want to be employed.