CV Boilerplate
Productivity
cv and resume templates
SHOW HN2015
53points
31comments
#534of 2,565 in 2015
Top 21%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
0 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.
Idea: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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LaTeX CVs signal technical judgement to some hiring readers
From 1 comment
I consider LaTeX resumes to be a secret handshake of sorts, something that makes me significantly more likely to be inclined-to-hire a candidate. If you're preparing formatted…
zackelan on HN
Objections
LaTeX is overkill and hard to lay out for a single-page CV
From 3 comments
"Preparing a resume with it says "I have the technical judgement to use the best tool for this job, even if I had to learn an arcane new programming language[0] to do it."" As a…
fsloth on HNI can't agree. Having used LaTeX for about a year now, it's got all the fragmentation and design-by-committee flaws of Linux, but much worse. There are so many packages, and many…
sdegutis on HNIt is pretty awesome for what it does, but honestly it isn't worth learning it for a CV when you can surely find some markdown -> latex -> pdf translator. LaTeX is worth it when…
tomjen3 on HN
Template sample looks cluttered
From 1 comment
This sample CV doesn't look all that nice to me - bullet list, italic, small caps, three or four different font sizes on one page... effects overload. Maybe it's just because…
V-2 on HN
Requests
Use without requiring Pandoc or YAML
From 1 comment
Hmm, seems to require Pandoc? I'd like a nice LaTeX CV template as I can't find the one I used 15 years ago so therefore can't make changes, but don't fancy working with (the…
scrumper on HN
Alternatives named
moderncv
From 1 comment
I use moderncv: https://www.ctan.org/pkg/moderncv?lang=en
tpiha on HN
Overleaf CV gallery templates
From 1 comment
I've used https://www.overleaf.com/gallery/tagged/cv#.Vi6Bz2SrReU in the past for my wife. I haven't really looked at any other apps but I like how I can just export PDF directly…
mello151 on HN
cvtex template
From 1 comment
Looks nice! I use this one: http://nitens.org/taraborelli/cvtex
cjbprime on HN
Word, Google Docs, InDesign
From 2 comments
For example? What are the alternatives? The only other option I can think of to get a good result that stands out is inDesign, which also require a fair amount of fiddling, it's…
mrzool on HN"If, on the other side, you're suggesting to use MS Word or LibreOffice or similar, then I'm afraid we have dramatically different standards..." Well, honestly, it's way worse…
fsloth on HN