Companies don't like auto-generated CVs because putting together a good CV is a sign of expertise in that field. When I go through a stack of CVs, the ones tha

Companies don't like auto-generated CVs because putting together a good CV is a sign of expertise in that field. When I go through a stack of CVs, the ones that jump out to me are the ones in which the candidate seems to know exactly what I'm looking for--and you have to have experience in the field to know what matters. These are things like not listing a bunch of information under Education if you have 6 years of experience, or making sure to emphasize the right languages/frameworks you've used on projects. The good CVs seem to exude both a skills confidence and the experience to know how to describe them well. Generated CVs don't get that. They standardize every candidates background, making it difficult to know if the CV itself demonstrates expertise. Besides that, it's exhausting to look through a stack of the same document and try to distinguish candidates. My best advice is to use LaTeX to create a personalized resume template you like and just keep that up to date. I originally stole this from jedberg [1], but you can find mine here [2], and there's a HN thread about it here [3]. [1]: http://www.jedberg.net/hire_jeremy_edberg.html http://www.jedberg.net/hire_jeremy_edberg.html [2]: https://github.com/rickhanlonii/rickhanlonii.github.io/blob/master/files/resume.tex https://github.com/rickhanlonii/rickhanlonii.github.io/blob/... [3]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10502227 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10502227