{resume} is about creating résumés and CVs with (La)TeX.
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LaTeX template for resume/curriculum vitae
If you have a TeX'ed resume, did you use a template or make your own? Are there any useful packages? What looks the most professional? How about special considerations for different areas of work ...
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What are the benefits of writing resumes in TeX/LaTeX?
Today, I've written my resume in LaTeX and it looks great and all
It took me about 2 hours to get everything right
But I've been thinking, what benefits do I get from writing it in LaTeX rather than ...
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Clickable “tel:” URL for TeX resume
I need to make my telephone number clickable. You might be familiar with this in Gmail's clickable phone numbers that dial out to your mobile phone, for example.
I'm working on my resume, and I'm ...
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How can I convert math-less latex documents into Microsoft Word?
Like most people here, my resume/CV is in LaTeX, but there are always these annoying companies (or more often, recruiters) who will only look at resumes in Microsoft Word format. How can I translate ...
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Guide to managing multiple resume with one LaTeX?
I've heard making and managing a resume in LaTeX is highly useful. I am sure consistent and easy to maintain output format is one reason.
I haven't used LaTeX before (a suggestion to where from to ...
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Europass CV in (Xe)LaTeX
I was requested to re-write my CV in the Europass format, and I would like to do it using (preferably) XeLaTeX. I came across the europecv package, which seems to do the job just fine, but I would ...
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Template for a German CV with moderncv
I currently need to write a CV in German and decided to with moderncv.
I find the class quite good. One issue I have is that the content and style of a German CV can be quite different than one for ...
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Hyperlinks in CV (Resume)
I am trying to write a CV (Resume) and a cover letter in LaTeX. I wish to add hyperlinks so that I can provide easy access to more information on areas I talk about. However, I feel that it might look ...
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Making outdented/grayed block in CV
This page has a tutorial for making CV, but it doesn't have the example to make grayed/outdented section as follows:
How can I make this?
The copied code from the poster without the ...
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Preventing newline from left column from forcing a newline in the right column
I'm writing a CV in LaTeX, and got started with the sample called Writing a CV in LaTeX.
I'm trying to modify it so that a newline in the left column does not force a newline in the right column. ...
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“References” section in a CV
By "References", I mean the recommendation letter writers,
For example, the VERY bottom of this CV,
http://pages.uoregon.edu/bwebster/NSA-CV.pdf
with 4 people.
Can someone point to a CV template ...
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stackoverflow like resume based on res.cls
I have created a stackoverflow like CV, based on many snippets scattered here and some other sites (e.g. tags and so on).
Right now, I have something that looks quite OK, although not as powerful as ...
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Processing a BibTeX database based on entry type
Consider a BibTeX database (i.e. a .bib file), in which there are over 100 entries. Entry types are journal publications, conference publications, etc., all of which are published by some specific ...
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Advanced layout with independent side column
I'm creating a CV and I'm rather specific about my layout.
I want a constant header on each page. On the left side of the page I want a column containing my personal presentation. It starts with a ...
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Section headers in margins
I'm working on my resume in LyX and I would like my section headers to look like this. What should I write in the preamble to achieve this?
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Automatically citing all entries in a class in a bib file
I usually add my publications to my CV from my bib file (using biblatex). At first, I used to manually cite each entry, but as the list grows, it's becoming a chore (especially since there are quite a ...
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noindent fail in resume mode
I'm writing a resume and want to add a line under each section name:
\documentclass[line]{res}
\begin{document}
\renewcommand{\namefont}{\LARGE \bf}
\name{Tianlun Zhang}
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Random asterisk when using BibTeX and res.cls
I am using res.cls and commented out \nofiles. However when I use BibTeX for my publication list, I get this random * above the references. How do I remove this *?
\documentclass{res}
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A list inside a table
I'm using this simple code to align date ranges on a CV:
\section{I'm pretty cool}\begin{tabular}{l l}
2009--present & company 1 \\
2011--2012 & company 2
\end{tabular}
Now this looks like ...
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moderntimeline - same entry, two time spans
I'm updating my CV using the moderncv class with moderntimeline, and most of it is looking really nice by now.
However, one of my previous positions I held twice, with a year-long break in the ...
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How can I start using resume templates with LaTeX?
I am trying to write my resume using Latex, to have a better document and attract more interest from the recruiters. Internet is full of places with lots of templates and walk-troughs to build it up. ...
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CurVe document class: alignment issue with subrubrics
I have the following issue with the alignment of subrubric titles in a résumé written with the CurVe class by Didier Verna.
When the rubric & subrubric titles are aligned left via options in the ...
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Position line in a resume
I am new to LaTeX, and I want to create a command that will display my previous positions formatted appropriately in a resume.
The format I am looking for is this:
02.07.2009 - 02.07.2010 ...
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How to move a phrase in a resume template?
Here is some template CV in LaTeX: http://www.rpi.edu/dept/arc/training/latex/resumes/
Consider template number 9a (source).
I want to move the name to the left, write "Resume" in the middle, and put ...
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Right aligning text while underlining entire line
For the record, I've spent about five hours endlessly looking here and elsewhere on the Internet, looking for an answer.
I'm relatively new to using LaTeX and am trying to create right aligned text ...
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Enforcing writing across full width of page whilst using the res document class
I am using \documentclass[margin]{res} to display the section titles of my document to the left of the body text and the section{Section_name} command works fine.
However, I would like for some ...
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Class for Curriculum Vitae [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
LaTeX template for resume/curriculum vitae
Which class do you recommend to write a CV? The answer will probably be different depending on the CV being used in the ...
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How to format a CV / Resume so that it can be parsed by automatic resume uploaders?
Many job sites do not accept a PDF resume; they require me to fill in their custom fields. Other sites will attempt to parse a PDF into pre-defined fields but this process does a poor job of ...
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\mathfrak{g} not showing up properly in resume
I am using document class margin and line
\documentclass[margin,line]{resume}
and for some reason,
\mathfrak{g}
is not showing up properly (it is just showing up as a g).
Can anyone give me ...
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Missing \item when compiling my resume
I've building my resume using resume.cls, and I keep getting an error. However, it doesn't seem to be consistent:
\documentclass{resume} % Use the custom resume.cls style
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How to create a header line after text
Hi,
I am looking to recreate the style above for a resume. For the heading of sections in the resume, I want the section name (in the example above - Education) to be followed by a header line ...
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Problems with fontspec and titlesec packages
I've been trying to create a CV template by following the tutorial from here.
Here's the latex code I used
\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}
%A Few Useful Packages
\usepackage{marvosym}
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Commercial use of LaTeX templates
I was wondering what are the licensing issues or the best way to know if certain templates allow for commercial use. I know the best way is to contact the original author but sometimes the sites don't ...
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Altering the position of bullet given by \item
I am working on my resume and for that I am using one of the following construct:
\documentclass[letterpaper,9pt]{article}
\newlength{\outerbordwidth}
\usepackage[empty]{fullpage}
\usepackage{color}
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How to make the contents of the address center-adjusted( change the default format of the address tag?)
I am trying to write my resume with LaTeX, and if you see the following image, the contents of the address is left-adjusted.
What do I do to make them center-adjusted?
The code I used is as ...
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No indent in res.cls
I am writing a resume using res.cls.
I would like to write a non-indented paragraph under a section heading but can't figure out how to override the heavily indented margins used for columns under ...
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How do I get letter sized paper when I am using the res.cls margin option
Here is the first part of my code sorry I'm new to TeX but this is really annoying me
also using the geometry package doesn't work and neither does
\documentclass[margin, letterpaper]{res}
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% ...
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tikz bug when creating stackoverflow tags?
I am still working on my template for stackexchange like resume, and I noticed that if I issue the \LaTeX macro inside a Tikz box, the A gets trimmed.
The header of my document contains:
...
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How to add a photo using the res class?
I'm using the res class for my resume, but none of the examples show how to add a photo.
How do I add a 2x2 photo somewhere in the upper corners without breaking the layout? (I'm using example #2 in ...
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Reduce space between sections?
I'm using LaTeX for my resume with the res class. It looks great, but one detail is bugging me. I'm using the res class' position environment but the space it puts between the title and the paragraph ...
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Text won't left align above list
I'm very new to LaTeX and have been using a template from my brother's resume to do up my own, and I have everything exactly how I want it except for the fact that I can't get the text on a line above ...
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Edit margins in res.cls (How to pass through correct value for “margin”?)
I'm creating a resumé using the res.cls package and need to make the left and bottom margins smaller. I know I can use e.g. \topmargin=-0.5in to decrease the space at the top of the page, but neither ...
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Using the res.cls LaTeX file, how do I centre the address?
Right now, it would look something like this for the address area:
Obviously the last line is not centred, but I'd like it to be. Here's the code so far:
% LaTeX resume using res.cls
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Left justify parts of resume using res.cls
I'm creating a resume using the res.cls package and I'm using the margin style option, which specifies that section titles are to the left of the body text. This essentially makes it look like there ...
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currvita - resume section without bullets
I like currvita class very much.
I have problem with creating section without bullets. I would like to add section "additional information" and use full available width.
I've found three solutions, ...
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Package keyval Error: No value specified for margin. — error from geometry
I'm using a resume template from the following URL:
(res9b) to be exact.
http://rpi.edu/dept/arc/training/latex/resumes/
The problem is that the resume template doesn't include a header. If I simply
...
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Currivita - horizontal distance between bullet and content in cvlist
I am using cvlist to itemize my content as follows:
\begin{cvlist}{HEADING}
\item[1] blah
\item[2] blah blah
.
.
.
\end{cvlist}
However, the gap between the numbers (such as 1,2 etc) and the ...
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How can I left-align \name?
I am working on a resume using \documentclass{res} but I'd like it to left-align the name and address while using the \name and \address commands. I have tried using \begin{tabular}... and ...
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CV in ConTeXt, correspondence - moderncv
How should a minimal example of a CV look when written using the moderncv interface from the correspondence module?
I'm still a bit confused about modules and interfaces so some hints on how to ...
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Creating a resume template? A beginner's education [closed]
I've began learning LaTeX for the expressive purpose of eventually creating a resume template of my own. A business school friend of mine showed a very professionally-looking resume he created from a ...
