Cv-sample

Alternative curriculum vitae/résumé class with AltaCV and a fork of org-cv

Cv-sample is an org file for generating a resume when saving. It is based on AltaCV and inspired by org-cv.

The main goal of this project is to write a resume with the org syntax.

Demo

Requirements

• Emacs 27+

  • org-mode

  • ox-extra with configuration (ox-extras-activate '(latex-header-blocks ignore-headlines))

    • For example:

    (use-package! ox-extra
        :straight org-contrib
        :init
        :config
        (ox-extras-activate '(latex-header-blocks ignore-headlines)))
    

Installation and start-up project

1. Clone or fork this project and open resume.org

$ git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/gouvinb/cv-sample.git
$ cd cv-sample
$ emacs resume.org

2. For the following text:

   The local variables list in resume.org
   contains values that may not be safe (*).
   
    Do you want to apply it?  You can type
    y -- to apply the local variables list.
    n -- to ignore the local variables list.
    !  -- to apply the local variables list, and permanently mark these
          values (*) as safe (in the future, they will be set automatically.)
   
    * org-confirm-babel-evaluate : nil
    * eval : (add-hook 'before-save-hook (lambda nil (org-babel-ref-resolve "onsaveblock")) nil t)

   Accept for the current session with response y or permanently mark these with !

3. Write about awesome stuff you do and save.

   • When saving, the code in the Org-mode file config section will be executed to generate a PDF and move it to the output folder at the root of the project.

4. Enjoy your curriculum vitae.

Basic Org file

The basic structure of an org file containing your CV is shown next.

Personal contact information

#+AUTHOR:   Your name Here
#+TITLE:    Your Position or Tagline Here

#+PHOTO:    assets/photo.png

#+email:    your_name@email.com
#+MOBILE:   000-00-0000
#+ADDRESS:  Address Street
#+ADDRESS:  00000 Country
#+HOMEPAGE: www.homepage.com
#+GITHUB:   your_id
#+GITLAB:   your_id
#+LINKEDIN: your_id

You can use org-modes hierarchical structure to describe your CV. To make a specific subtree an item describing an experience point (Job you have, degree you pursued, etc.) you use the org properties drawer and with the :CV_ENV: cventry property. You should also include the FROM and TO properties defining the span of the event, as LOCATION and EMPLOYER.

* Employement

** One job
:PROPERTIES:
:CV_ENV: cventry
:FROM:     <2014-09-01>
:TO:     <2017-12-07>
:LOCATION: a city, a country
:EMPLOYER: The employer
:END:

I write about awesome stuff I do.

** Other job
:PROPERTIES:
:CV_ENV: cventry
:FROM:     <2013-09-01>
:TO:     <2014-08-07>
:LOCATION: my city, your country
:EMPLOYER: The other employer
:END:

I write about awesome stuff I do.

* Other stuff I do

- I work a lot
- I sleep a lot
- I eat a lot

Latex Exporter

The style of this CV is more involved and you need some configuration in headers.org file to get it to work.

First define the margins, the large margin to the right is to allow for a second column.

#+LATEX_HEADER: \geometry{
#+LATEX_HEADER:   left=1cm,
#+LATEX_HEADER:   right=8.5cm,
#+LATEX_HEADER:   marginparwidth=6.5cm,
#+LATEX_HEADER:   marginparsep=1cm,
#+LATEX_HEADER:   top=1cm,
#+LATEX_HEADER:   bottom=1cm
#+LATEX_HEADER:  }

Then define the fonts and their colors.

#+LATEX_HEADER: % Change the font if you want to, depending on whether
#+LATEX_HEADER: % you're using pdflatex or xelatex/lualatex
#+LATEX_HEADER: \ifxetexorluatex
#+LATEX_HEADER:   % If using xelatex or lualatex:
#+LATEX_HEADER:   \setmainfont{Roboto Slab}
#+LATEX_HEADER:   \setsansfont{Lato}
#+LATEX_HEADER:   \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}
#+LATEX_HEADER: \else
#+LATEX_HEADER:   % If using pdflatex:
#+LATEX_HEADER:   \usepackage[rm]{roboto}
#+LATEX_HEADER:   \usepackage[defaultsans]{lato}
#+LATEX_HEADER:   % \usepackage{sourcesanspro}
#+LATEX_HEADER:   \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}
#+LATEX_HEADER: \fi

#+LATEX_HEADER: \definecolor{colorPrimary}{HTML}{3ddb84}
#+LATEX_HEADER: \definecolor{colorPrimaryVariant}{HTML}{052409}
#+LATEX_HEADER: \definecolor{colorOnPrimary}{HTML}{FFFFFF}
#+LATEX_HEADER: \definecolor{colorSecondary}{HTML}{4387f4}
#+LATEX_HEADER: \definecolor{colorSecondaryVariant}{HTML}{072f41}
#+LATEX_HEADER: \definecolor{colorOnSecondary}{HTML}{000000}
#+LATEX_HEADER: \definecolor{colorBackground}{HTML}{FFFFFF}
#+LATEX_HEADER: \definecolor{colorOnBackground}{HTML}{000000}
#+LATEX_HEADER: \definecolor{colorSurface}{HTML}{FFFFFF}
#+LATEX_HEADER: \definecolor{colorOnSurface}{HTML}{000000}
#+LATEX_HEADER: \definecolor{colorError}{HTML}{B00020}
#+LATEX_HEADER: \definecolor{colorOnError}{HTML}{FFFFFF}

#+LATEX_HEADER: \colorlet{accent}{colorSecondary}
#+LATEX_HEADER: \colorlet{emphasis}{colorPrimaryVariant}
#+LATEX_HEADER: \colorlet{heading}{colorPrimary}
#+LATEX_HEADER: \colorlet{headingrule}{colorPrimary}
#+LATEX_HEADER: \colorlet{subheading}{colorPrimaryVariant}
#+LATEX_HEADER: \colorlet{body}{colorOnSurface}
#+LATEX_HEADER: \colorlet{name}{colorOnSurface}
#+LATEX_HEADER: \colorlet{tagline}{colorSecondary}
#+LATEX_HEADER: \hypersetup{
#+LATEX_HEADER:   colorlinks=true,
#+LATEX_HEADER:   linkcolor={colorSecondaryVariant},
#+LATEX_HEADER:   anchorcolor={colorSecondaryVariant},
#+LATEX_HEADER:   citecolor={colorSecondaryVariant},
#+LATEX_HEADER:   filecolor={colorSecondaryVariant},
#+LATEX_HEADER:   menucolor={colorSecondaryVariant},
#+LATEX_HEADER:   runcolor={colorSecondaryVariant},
#+LATEX_HEADER:   urlcolor={colorSecondaryVariant},
#+LATEX_HEADER: }

#+LATEX_HEADER: % Change some fonts, if necessary
#+LATEX_HEADER: \renewcommand{\namefont}{\Huge\rmfamily\bfseries}
#+LATEX_HEADER: \renewcommand{\personalinfofont}{\footnotesize}
#+LATEX_HEADER: \renewcommand{\cvsectionfont}{\LARGE\rmfamily\bfseries}
#+LATEX_HEADER: \renewcommand{\cvsubsectionfont}{\large\bfseries}

You can change the bullets for the itemize and rating marker.

#+LATEX_HEADER: % Change the bullets for itemize and rating marker
#+LATEX_HEADER: % for \cvskill if you want to
#+LATEX_HEADER: \renewcommand{\itemmarker}{{\small\textbullet}}
#+LATEX_HEADER: \renewcommand{\ratingmarker}{\faCircle}

License

See LICENSE.md