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LaTeX CV Template
- eclark 16y agoAll of these seem very targeted towards people coming from academia. I have always put work experience up at the top as it has been the bulk of what employers care about.
- thomas11 16y agoSure, but that should be independent of the TeX template. At least in the few I looked at, you can create sections with any title in any order.
- tfe 16y agoThis is better than most LaTeX CVs I've seen, but I'd still only call it decent looking at best. Got my hopes up.
- mdwrigh2 16y agoWhat would you recommend to do CVs in? Would you be willing to share what yours looks like?
- mrud 16y agoI really like moderncv, check http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/moderncv/ http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/modernc... An example http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/moderncv/examples/template_classic_green.pdf http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/moderncv/example... You can also easily integrate your existing publications via an bibtex file Edit: Fixed the link, sorry!
- binomial 16y agoI forgot whose online LaTeX CV template I used to create my own resume, but it was very nice and helpful for a TeX noob like myself, better looking than this one. This is what mine looks like, with very minimal changes in layout/design compared the original: http://www.scribd.com/doc/37894947/Resume-of-Muhammed-Hoque http://www.scribd.com/doc/37894947/Resume-of-Muhammed-Hoque
- mhd 16y agoThat looks pretty similar to the one I used last time I went a-job hunting. I learned then that when your interviewer recognizes that you used TeX, it's usually a good sign.
- naner 16y agoCan you share the template?
- binomial 16y agoWell, it's compiled using XeLaTeX, which really is necessary for the template. It also requires a bunch of LaTeX packages I had to track down through Google I think, so you'd have to do the same. Also you should get the Fontin font, or another professional font (Fontin is free though). Here's the tex file used to render my PDF resume: http://pastie.org/1173737 http://pastie.org/1173737
- naner 16y ago> Well, it's compiled using XeLaTeX That's fine, I'm already using XeLaTeX. Thanks.
- chrisbroadfoot 16y agoNice one pager.
- synacksynack 16y agoI used this template when I redid my résumé a few months back. I like how it does away with those extraneous bullets and lines found on many résumés; it is uncluttered, elegant, and very readable.
- yurylifshits 16y agoYou can use my CV as a template too: http://yury.name/media/lifshits-cv.tex http://yury.name/media/lifshits-cv.tex Result: http://yury.name/media/lifshits-cv.pdf http://yury.name/media/lifshits-cv.pdf
- makmanalp 16y agoToo many fonts! I like this better: http://linux.dsplabs.com.au/resume-writing-example-latex-template-linux-curriculum-vitae-professional-cv-layout-format-text-p54/ http://linux.dsplabs.com.au/resume-writing-example-latex-tem... Overall, it looks very professional, if not a little boring.
- Emore 16y agoJust out of curiosity: you finished a MSc in 5 years but a PhD in 2 years? Where I come from (Sweden) it's the exact way around :)
- Sikul 16y agoJudging by his year of birth, he did a 5 year undergrad/MSc program.
- yurylifshits 16y agoYes. I did 5-year diploma program (it's closer to Master than to Bachelor), then completed PhD in two years. I had the same advisor at both places, so the large part of my PhD thesis was done during undergrad years.
- daleharvey 16y agoIll probably clean it up and package it tomorrow, but people are free to take my html template as well. http://daleharvey.org/ http://daleharvey.org/
- masterj 16y agoI like the clean look, though the yellow-green links are hard on my eyes. I'll definitely be using this in the near future. Thank you!
- joeyo 16y agoI'm a big fan of CurVe: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/curve/ http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/curve/ Among its other nice features, it makes it easy to custom compile your CV for a specific purpose.
- sqrt17 16y agoI like Curve exactly for that feature. You can have multiple versions, e.g., with or without mugshot (photos are standard in Europe and considered weird in the US). And depending on whether you're sending this to industry or academic people, you either put in a short list of the "most interesting" publications or the foot-long full publications list, or the other way round for "open-source software I'm involved in".
- pak 16y agoThis thread is reminding me a bit too much of the business card scene from American Psycho: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoIvd3zzu4Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoIvd3zzu4Y but uh, nice CV's guys.
- daleharvey 16y agoI am pretty sure everyone is posting their own and favourite CV + templates to help people who are about to make a CV, not as some form of alpha male ego competition.
- inrev 16y agoHere is also a nice one using XeTeX and some cool fonts: http://nitens.org/taraborelli/cvtex http://nitens.org/taraborelli/cvtex Or this interesting two-column-CV movement: http://www.cv-templates.info/2009/05/advanced-two-column-latex-cv-template/ http://www.cv-templates.info/2009/05/advanced-two-column-lat...
- bonzoesc 16y agoThat first link is great! I kind of hate the look of Computer Modern, but like LaTeX, so I've been using Hoefler Text (and before that, Baskerville) in my resume for the last five years.
- chanux 16y agoWow, right on time. Thank you HN. And also, I wonder how HN CV tips would look like.
- cosbynator 16y agoSince we are all adding our own, here's my contribution: Source: http://www.thomasdimson.com/res.tex http://www.thomasdimson.com/res.tex Results: http://www.thomasdimson.com/res.pdf http://www.thomasdimson.com/res.pdf The template may lack some negative space but I think it is pretty reasonable. The content is crusty and questionable :)
- robhu 16y agoShouldn't the f in food be capitalised?
- cosbynator 16y agoIt is odd what the eye is drawn to in these situations. Fixed and thank you.
- etal 16y agoI tried a few LaTeX templates on CTAN awhile ago and settled on simplecv: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/simplecv/ http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/simplec... It's fairly boring, but simple to use and flexible. Best, it makes good use of the space on the page without looking too cluttered.
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- achille 16y agoWhy not make it a fully fledged site.
- tolini 16y agoYou may also find some nice examples here: http://www.tuteurs.ens.fr/logiciels/latex/ http://www.tuteurs.ens.fr/logiciels/latex/ Translation: CVs: here are several CV examples, with different layouts, and using different techniques. It is true that for someone who is not familiar with LaTeX, common text processing software might be easier for typesetting a simple CV. This said, using LaTeX is also seeing how other people use it... o CV1 (cv1.txt,cv1.ps.gz): simple o CV2 (cv2.txt,cv.cls,cv2.ps.gz): more complex, but also nicer, it uses its own document class 'CV', written to that purpose (...) o CV3 (cv3.txt,cv3.ps.gz): simple and elegant Files can be found here: http://www.tuteurs.ens.fr/logiciels/latex/templates/ http://www.tuteurs.ens.fr/logiciels/latex/templates/. You can also check UK TUG's FAQ (http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=cv http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=cv). But in my opinion the best thing is to write your own template from scratch so that it matches best with your personality.
- eru 16y agoI am a lazy person. So the best thing for me is to use somebody else's template.
- phugoid 16y agoI quit my job because of a cartoon about having a LaTeX CV. I had no plans of making a move, when I saw this cartoon on reddit: http://stevehanov.ca/blog/index.php?id=56 http://stevehanov.ca/blog/index.php?id=56 So I redid my CV from scratch in LaTeX, and it looked pretty good (http://danielromaniuk.com/files/Daniel_Romaniuk_CV.pdf http://danielromaniuk.com/files/Daniel_Romaniuk_CV.pdf). All of this CV business made me curious to poke around, so I pinged the few companies that are involved in flight simulation. It turns out they each had a few average-interesting positions available, and my wife and I are both sick of living in Dubai, so I send out a few CVs. A few months later, I accepted a job at the last company where I worked. I was just waiting for an email about my security clearance going through. And waiting. And waiting. To make a long story, I didn't get the job. The combination of a job freeze and an endless security clearance process slowly made the offer disappear. Just as well though. I have really interesting plans now to move next year, and it's a thousand times more ambitious and exciting than where I would be now if it had all worked out. I guess I just needed to get that damned LaTeX CV out of my system. Edit: oh yeah, and I formally quit my current job during this whole process, thankfully they had the grace to cancel my resignation when the new thing fell through. That was a stupid thing to do, kids.
- iuguy 16y agoIf you're thinking about having your CV in latex, you might want to think carefully about whether or not you're doing it wrong. Most people compile their latex CVs to PDF. If you using a recruiter, this is a pain for most recruiters as they like to remove contact details from the CV before passing it on. Recruiters are generally not tech savvy enough to remove it from a PDF. There are also some places that demand CVs in Word format. As shitty as it is, Word is the de facto document format for HR. If you do insist on using Latex for a CV though, there are some gorgeous templates on CTAN. Just bear in mind that some might not appreciate it as much as if it were written in word.
- roel_v 16y agoAlthough I agree, the other side is that making it impossible to edit CV's will force recruiters to let you make the CV. I get CV's from recruiters that are so full of nonsense and boilerplate HR-speak that it's painful to watch, and it's very obvious that the recruiter put those things in himself. If I ever need to work with one I'll fight tooth and nail to get them to let me make my own CV to send around.
- iuguy 16y agoI hate that both as an employer and employee. Anyone who does that to us, we stop doing business with them.
- yummyfajitas 16y agoRecruiters also sometimes make stuff up. It's a lot of fun walking into an interview where the interviewer thinks you know java, and you haven't actually touched it since 2001. Apparently the recruiter assumed that since I used it when working in at a chem lab in college, I must still know it. Therefore, it belongs on my "skills" section.
- Robin_Message 16y agoThanks for sharing this template. I'm not sure if the OP is the writer of the CV, but I just have to comment on the CV itself. They've done some good stuff, but this CV doesn't show it off at all. To wit: 4 pages! The last page only lists an almost certainly irrelevant security clearance? And it looks like one solid wall of short snippets. Where's the meat? What did you really study? Why should anyone care which conferences you've been to? I'd rather see a three sentence abstract of your three best papers. Which scholarships are you most proud of and which could have been awarded to a bag of lettuce? I know you will have a cover letter with it, and a CV will be skim-read, but as the reason to create a CV in LaTeX is to intrigue and delight, so the content itself should also titillate and ultimately, sell!
- romanows 16y agoThis looks like most academic CVs I've seen. This is a domain-accepted/encouraged practice. Moreover, this guy is a newly minted academic; you should see how long they get when you stick around: http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~uno/vita.pdf http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~uno/vita.pdf (Large PDF Warning)
- TheEzEzz 16y agoDefinitely domain-accepted, but that doesn't mean it's necessary or best. I'm applying to post-doc positions now and I'm personally banking on the theory that short and sweet (with condensed goodness and moderate humility) makes a better CV. Of course.. I could be totally wrong. Maybe I'll hedge my bets and apply to a few places with a bloated CV.
- Robin_Message 16y agoYes, Knuth has done an incredible number of things and his CV reflects that. For mere mortals, a CV that long looks kind of kooky and you can bet a recruiter is not going to print more than the first few pages. However, I expect you are right about academia and these are acceptable, although I'd still put a summary of my best work on the first page. BTW, an effective CV for Knuth would surely be: Donald Knuth and I'm not sure it needs the Donald.
- jbeluch 16y agoThis is my favorite LaTeX CV template: http://linux.dsplabs.com.au/resume-writing-example-latex-template-linux-curriculum-vitae-professional-cv-layout-format-text-p54/ http://linux.dsplabs.com.au/resume-writing-example-latex-tem... I prefer the 2 column layout it uses, the left column for the section headings and the right column for information. I think it looks unique and definitely not something created in a word processor.
- ianbishop 16y agoWhen I had to make my first (reasonably) professional looking CV while applying for undergrad Co-Op jobs last Winter, I chose to do it Latex and tweaked the moderncv template (http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/moderncv/ http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/modernc...). Since nearly everyone else's resume is written in Word or some other word processor, every employer noted that it was exceptionally well done. Time well spent : ).
- dLuna 16y agoI've had problems with my moderncv based CV. Some companies want the CV to be in DOC. On the one hand I could just say that I don't want to work in such a company, but when it's the recruiter and not the company demanding it, I don't really know what to do. (At the moment I'll just send them a link to one of the PDF to DOC sites that are all over internet.)
- arghnoname 16y agoI've used latex2rtf for such things, followed by some light manual fixups and saving as .doc. It's annoying and I tend to consider if I really want to apply to such a company or not, but sometimes it is worth the extra hassle.
- davidw 16y agoTo be really convinced, I'd need to see how it gets translated into HTML as well. That was a weak spot with LaTeX last I remember - which was admittedly a while ago. Having your resume in an easy-to-see-at-a-glance format is not optional, in my opinion.
- loup-vaillant 16y agoThen surely you could come up with a little script which translate a source CV in HTML, in LaTeX, and in nicely formatted plain text. You could also avoid some work by using something like Markdown.
- davidw 16y agoScripts like that exist, but didn't work so well last time I checked, so I currently use open office, which can output both pdfs and html, even if the pdf output is not as good looking as LaTeX.
- loup-vaillant 16y agoErr, I talked about writing such a script.
- davidw 16y agoI don't think it's quite as easy as you make it out to be.
- loup-vaillant 16y agoIf you want to make something configurable, useful for many people besides yourself, then it may not be trivial. But I was talking about making something tailored to your needs. Now to the specifics, the only semi-serious difficulty I see is parsing the source code. Once you've done that, printing is really easy, even when you make it customizable. I've done that with HTML[1]. [1]: http://www.loup-vaillant.fr/projects/ussm http://www.loup-vaillant.fr/projects/ussm
- eru 16y agoYou should also have a look at the currvita package. It's documentation also has some general information about writing CVs.