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How do you store and maintain your CV/resume over time?

12 points by xantin 1y ago

What do you use for it?

Disposal8433 1y ago
https://jsonresume.org/ https://jsonresume.org/ because it's fun, and I change my LinkedIn profile at the same time.
- xantin 1y ago
  nice! I did used something like this as well, but did not have idea it exists. Here https://resume.applyr.co/ https://resume.applyr.co/ having a custom JSON format. Will get inspire, haha :D
- thomasfromcdnjs 1y ago
  A lot of people use our gist hosting option. You create a gist called resume.json and it automatically get's render by the registry e.g. https://registry.jsonresume.org/thomasdavis https://registry.jsonresume.org/thomasdavis Convenient because it is versioned, editable and hosted (forever-ish) by Github.
- deverman 1y ago
  I got sick of my resume content being tied to my resume formatting in Pages, and so I also moved to JSON Resume in order to be able to adjust the visuals faster and because I wanted to be able to automate customizing may resume for each job.
mdhb 1y ago
Literally just finished mine today using vanilla HTML / CSS. It’s already designed as a document format and gives me full control, exports seemlessly to PDF when needed, lets me do nice little progressive enhancements moving from paper to the screen. Overall, I’m really happy with the process. Would recommend if that’s in your skillset.
jasonthorsness 1y ago
If there's one thing LinkedIn is good for, it's this (and this might be the only thing LinkedIn is good for). Hiring tools also integrate with LinkedIn so having a presence there is a good idea.
atrettel 1y ago
I've always used LaTeX in a Git repository. That's not uncommon in research or academia.
simonhfrost 1y ago
HTML + CSS + Github. Save the webpage as PDF in repo after any changes
solardev 1y ago
I use kickresume.com and pay for it during active job hunts, canceling it once I find a job. I've done that every few years and it's worked well enough. Way less hassle than rolling my own system.
scarface_74 1y ago
Google Drive and iCloud Drive. I had all of my job search communications in Yahoo Mail folders based on the year I was looking since 2008 (2008,2012,2014,2016,2018,2020,2023,2024). I have been working a lot longer but I stayed at my second job for 9 years. I also have a “current” resume that gets reviewed every quarter and a folder with the descriptions of major projects in STAR format.
- xantin 1y ago
  Superb!
hiAndrewQuinn 1y ago
https://resumake.io/ https://resumake.io/ and keeping the JSON in a Git repo for me. Other than that, just LinkedIn.
Klwy 1y ago
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Leftium 1y ago
Markdown file checked into git: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Leftium/leftium.com/refs/heads/main/src/routes/(centered)/resume/resume.md https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Leftium/leftium.com/refs/h... - Cleverly styled to render like this: https://leftium.com/resume https://leftium.com/resume - The git repo will eventually also host a portfolio of my work. --- Before, I just kept my resume in a MS Word document.
andyjohnson0 1y ago
Just a Word document. Word is pretty good at opening old documents, and I expect that to be true in the future too.
jamietanna 1y ago
Rewrote mine a couple of years back to be a Web page that's machine-readable using the Microformats2 standard (https://microformats.io https://microformats.io) It's available at https://hire.jvt.me https://hire.jvt.me Like many things with me (https://www.jvt.me/salary/ https://www.jvt.me/salary/) I wanted my CV to be public, and something I could keep continually updated (like my blog https://www.jvt.me/posts/ https://www.jvt.me/posts/) It's been a hugely positive thing for me personally, as I can regularly go in and add new things I've shipped or am proud of When you go to print it, there's a reduced view (using media queries for print stylesheets) so I can be verbose for humans reading on the Web, but provide a limited version for submissions Implementation wise, it's plain HTML + CSS, no templating or processing, just hand written HTML
HenryBemis 1y ago
Word. I save every update with a date and a 'domain' (in case I customize it). E.g. "2025-06-06 Name Surname CV (PM).docx", "2025-06-06 Name Surname CV (ITSec).docx". When it is time to send it out, I "Save As PDF" with name "Name Surname CV.pdf" and send it out. This way I have all past iterations (I try to keep it at 2 pages, so every now and then I need to cut out stuff, but I want to keep those old bullet-points in case I need to bring them up to match some job reqs)

12 points by xantin 1y ago

What do you use for it?

Disposal8433 1y ago

https://jsonresume.org/ https://jsonresume.org/ because it's fun, and I change my LinkedIn profile at the same time.

xantin 1y ago
nice! I did used something like this as well, but did not have idea it exists. Here https://resume.applyr.co/ https://resume.applyr.co/ having a custom JSON format. Will get inspire, haha :D
thomasfromcdnjs 1y ago
A lot of people use our gist hosting option. You create a gist called resume.json and it automatically get's render by the registry e.g. https://registry.jsonresume.org/thomasdavis https://registry.jsonresume.org/thomasdavis Convenient because it is versioned, editable and hosted (forever-ish) by Github.
deverman 1y ago
I got sick of my resume content being tied to my resume formatting in Pages, and so I also moved to JSON Resume in order to be able to adjust the visuals faster and because I wanted to be able to automate customizing may resume for each job.

mdhb 1y ago

Literally just finished mine today using vanilla HTML / CSS. It’s already designed as a document format and gives me full control, exports seemlessly to PDF when needed, lets me do nice little progressive enhancements moving from paper to the screen. Overall, I’m really happy with the process. Would recommend if that’s in your skillset.

jasonthorsness 1y ago

If there's one thing LinkedIn is good for, it's this (and this might be the only thing LinkedIn is good for). Hiring tools also integrate with LinkedIn so having a presence there is a good idea.

atrettel 1y ago

I've always used LaTeX in a Git repository. That's not uncommon in research or academia.

simonhfrost 1y ago

HTML + CSS + Github. Save the webpage as PDF in repo after any changes

solardev 1y ago

I use kickresume.com and pay for it during active job hunts, canceling it once I find a job. I've done that every few years and it's worked well enough. Way less hassle than rolling my own system.

scarface_74 1y ago

Google Drive and iCloud Drive. I had all of my job search communications in Yahoo Mail folders based on the year I was looking since 2008 (2008,2012,2014,2016,2018,2020,2023,2024). I have been working a lot longer but I stayed at my second job for 9 years. I also have a “current” resume that gets reviewed every quarter and a folder with the descriptions of major projects in STAR format.

xantin 1y ago
Superb!

hiAndrewQuinn 1y ago

https://resumake.io/ https://resumake.io/ and keeping the JSON in a Git repo for me. Other than that, just LinkedIn.

Klwy 1y ago

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Leftium 1y ago

Markdown file checked into git: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Leftium/leftium.com/refs/heads/main/src/routes/(centered)/resume/resume.md https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Leftium/leftium.com/refs/h... - Cleverly styled to render like this: https://leftium.com/resume https://leftium.com/resume - The git repo will eventually also host a portfolio of my work. --- Before, I just kept my resume in a MS Word document.

andyjohnson0 1y ago

Just a Word document. Word is pretty good at opening old documents, and I expect that to be true in the future too.

jamietanna 1y ago

Rewrote mine a couple of years back to be a Web page that's machine-readable using the Microformats2 standard (https://microformats.io https://microformats.io) It's available at https://hire.jvt.me https://hire.jvt.me Like many things with me (https://www.jvt.me/salary/ https://www.jvt.me/salary/) I wanted my CV to be public, and something I could keep continually updated (like my blog https://www.jvt.me/posts/ https://www.jvt.me/posts/) It's been a hugely positive thing for me personally, as I can regularly go in and add new things I've shipped or am proud of When you go to print it, there's a reduced view (using media queries for print stylesheets) so I can be verbose for humans reading on the Web, but provide a limited version for submissions Implementation wise, it's plain HTML + CSS, no templating or processing, just hand written HTML

HenryBemis 1y ago

Word. I save every update with a date and a 'domain' (in case I customize it). E.g. "2025-06-06 Name Surname CV (PM).docx", "2025-06-06 Name Surname CV (ITSec).docx". When it is time to send it out, I "Save As PDF" with name "Name Surname CV.pdf" and send it out. This way I have all past iterations (I try to keep it at 2 pages, so every now and then I need to cut out stuff, but I want to keep those old bullet-points in case I need to bring them up to match some job reqs)