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I'm finally updating my CV after years of neglect. I'm keen on switching to the route of Org mode -> LaTeX -> PDF. It's partly because I love the simplicity/p

I'm finally updating my CV after years of neglect. I'm keen on switching to the route of Org mode -> LaTeX -> PDF. It's partly because I love the simplicity/power of Org and I do all my writing in it nowadays, the other part is to separate the content from the presentation so I can have the content in two different languages but still end up with the same formatted document for both. Anyone have experience with this or have favorite LaTeX templates for CVs? I'm currently experimenting with this: https://titan-c.gitlab.io/org-cv/ https://titan-c.gitlab.io/org-cv/

boerseth 1y ago
My own experiment involved writing my CV in YAML, and using a Pandoc template to generate .tex and .pdf. I think I may have overcooked the thing a little, but it was good fun. I never got into emacs. Is Org worth it? https://github.com/boerseth/cv https://github.com/boerseth/cv
- signa11 1y ago
  it’s not too shabby.
- goku12 1y ago
  Org mode is the swiss army knife of content markup languages. It does a lot more than just content markup. But keep in mind that org-mode, markdown, asciidoc, etc don't afford much control on final layout. They're like plain HTML in function. LaTeX and Typst include more layout control - sort of like HTML with a little bit of CSS. This may not matter if you're preparing something like an article or document. But you may want more layout control for something like a CV.
ykonstant 1y ago
My go-to template collection is from Overleaf: https://www.overleaf.com/gallery/tagged/cv https://www.overleaf.com/gallery/tagged/cv My cv is an adaptation of one of the templates there: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1woxVNcJ4AmT7dD2WEnYr9BHEEY7Li39p/view?usp=share_link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1woxVNcJ4AmT7dD2WEnYr9BHEEY7... EDIT: ahahahahaha I just came across this cv: https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/resume-slash-cv-template/ppghxxmdpmfv https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/resume-slash-cv-tem...
- IshKebab 1y ago
  Nice CV. Way too much text but I absolutely love the included diagrams. I think interviewers are probably going to glaze over the text but the diagrams are interesting and they practically beg for questions. I'm totally stealing that.
subidit 1y ago
Take a look at these templates I made a while back https://github.com/subidit/rover-resume https://github.com/subidit/rover-resume I tried to avoid custom commands and environments to keep it simple. Your content in org text should fit nicely with this. It also has a template where the preamble is stored in different file such that you can try a different look by just un/commenting a different preamble file.
- n2h4 1y ago
  i've used rover resume before. thank you!
xiaohanyu 1y ago
If you do not insist on org-mode, then maybe you can try to organize your CV in YAML format with a tool called YAMLResume: https://yamlresume.dev https://yamlresume.dev, which transforms a resume in YAML to LaTeX and generate PDF.

boerseth 1y ago

My own experiment involved writing my CV in YAML, and using a Pandoc template to generate .tex and .pdf. I think I may have overcooked the thing a little, but it was good fun. I never got into emacs. Is Org worth it? https://github.com/boerseth/cv https://github.com/boerseth/cv

signa11 1y ago
it’s not too shabby.
goku12 1y ago
Org mode is the swiss army knife of content markup languages. It does a lot more than just content markup. But keep in mind that org-mode, markdown, asciidoc, etc don't afford much control on final layout. They're like plain HTML in function. LaTeX and Typst include more layout control - sort of like HTML with a little bit of CSS. This may not matter if you're preparing something like an article or document. But you may want more layout control for something like a CV.

ykonstant 1y ago

My go-to template collection is from Overleaf: https://www.overleaf.com/gallery/tagged/cv https://www.overleaf.com/gallery/tagged/cv My cv is an adaptation of one of the templates there: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1woxVNcJ4AmT7dD2WEnYr9BHEEY7Li39p/view?usp=share_link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1woxVNcJ4AmT7dD2WEnYr9BHEEY7... EDIT: ahahahahaha I just came across this cv: https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/resume-slash-cv-template/ppghxxmdpmfv https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/resume-slash-cv-tem...

IshKebab 1y ago
Nice CV. Way too much text but I absolutely love the included diagrams. I think interviewers are probably going to glaze over the text but the diagrams are interesting and they practically beg for questions. I'm totally stealing that.

subidit 1y ago

Take a look at these templates I made a while back https://github.com/subidit/rover-resume https://github.com/subidit/rover-resume I tried to avoid custom commands and environments to keep it simple. Your content in org text should fit nicely with this. It also has a template where the preamble is stored in different file such that you can try a different look by just un/commenting a different preamble file.

n2h4 1y ago
i've used rover resume before. thank you!

xiaohanyu 1y ago

If you do not insist on org-mode, then maybe you can try to organize your CV in YAML format with a tool called YAMLResume: https://yamlresume.dev https://yamlresume.dev, which transforms a resume in YAML to LaTeX and generate PDF.