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I used to keep my resume in TeX. I don't anymore. I just use a simple format in Word. PDF is fair, but most of the IT job market infrastructure is based around
by dhosek 15y ago
I used to keep my resume in TeX. I don't anymore. I just use a simple format in Word. PDF is fair, but most of the IT job market infrastructure is based around dealing with word docs & electronic copies so frankly the appearance isn't that important (other than basic legibility). I found it much easier to get work once I bit the bullet and move my resume into a word doc.
- phren0logy 15y agoI'm seriously considering dumping my TeX version for something else. It's just too fiddly to adjust simple formatting. I'd like to use HTML, but I need more print-specific control.
- eru 15y agoHow about postscript? You can even send it directly to most printers.
- phren0logy 15y agoAre there postscript tools that are that much better than the tools that produce PDF?
- eru 15y agoHow about emacs? I was only half-way serious when suggesting postscript. Postscript is a nice format that you can write by hand. And it does meet your "need [for] more print-specific control." Since you are sensible you don't want to write postscript by hand, but I don't know of any tools that help you produce better postscript than pdf. (For technical reasons postscript is the superior format though. PDF is a prematurely optimized postscript. pdf-files usually have a smaller file size than ps files, but .ps.gz easily beats pdf, and you can change it with your favorite editor if you want.)