+ Writing a Resume with Org-Mode +
+ +Table of Contents
+ ++I use org-mode as my document production software. +This means that I produce everything in Org. +Notes, papers, presentations, and now my resume. +
+ ++When I began looking at resume production with Org, I noticed the lack of straightforward packages and user guides. +I'm sure there's something out there, but I sure couldn't find it. +
+ ++The simplest raw-org method I found is the use of macros, along with a custom export-template. +This approach is nice because it can be adaptede to any standard LaTeX template. +In my case, McDowell CV by Daniil Belyakov is perfect. +
+ +1. Setup
+1.1. Installing the Template
+
+First, get the .cls for your desired template.
+If it's on texlive, just install it the usual way.
+Since the template I want is on Github, I'll just put the .cls into /home/user/texmf/tex/latex/.
+
1.2. Preparing Org-Mode
+1.2.1. Custom Class
+
+I add a custom entry to org-latex-classes to make use of McDowellcv:
+
(add-to-list 'org-latex-classes + '("mcdowellcv" + "\\documentclass[]{mcdowellcv} + \\usepackage{amsmath} + \\usepackage[]{multicol} + \\usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref} + [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] + [NO-PACKAGES]" + ("\\section{%s}" . "\\section*{%s}") + ("\\subsection{%s}" . "\\subsection*{%s}") + ("\\subsubsection{%s}" . "\\subsubsection*{%s}") + ("\\paragraph{%s}" . "\\paragraph*{%s}") + ("\\subparagraph{%s}" . "\\subparagraph*{%s}"))) + ++
+Note that I prevent Org-mode from adding any extra packages to this.
+Then I custom-add the multicol and hyperref packages.
+
1.2.2. Lualatex as PDF Processor
++This template requires lualatex a its pdf producer. +While you could set this as a per-document setting, I like it well enough for everything. +
+(after! ox-latex + (setq org-latex-pdf-process + '("lualatex --output-directory=/home/user/Documents -shell-escape -interaction nonstopmode %f"))) ++
1.3. Creating the Macros
++At the top of my resume file I use a config block to keep my macro definitions tidy: +
+:CONFIG: + + + + + + +:END: ++
+Other options can be set here as well, of course. +
+ ++If you're using some other resume template, or even some unrelated LaTeX template, +you can see how easy it would be to adapt the macro workflow. +
+2. Writing your Resume
+
+After you've set up your macros, use is simple.
+You use standard org headlines with the ignore tag to structure your document, and then macros to manage the cv content.
+
+Notice that I separate the ending macros using another header line.
+I'm not sure why that's necessary, but when I attempt to remove it, export breaks.
+
+I like to keep my resume on a single sheet. +This requires some content juggling, but it forces me to filter out everything that is unimportant. +Of course, being young I have little content and so I can fit just about everything. +
+ ++If you're in school, the careers department can almost certainly help you out with more specific style guides. +
+3. Future improvements.
+
+Back when configuring the custom class you may have noticed the rows of cons cells underneath the header-string.
+These define what each level of org-header is to translate into.
+If you're paying attention you've also noticed that McDowellCV provides a set of commands cvsection and cvsubsection that would work perfectly in this scenario.
+You're right, except that these commands require extra properties to specify dates and other features.
+
+At some point I'll figure out how to pass parameters into them through the default header-export mechanism. +For now I'm comfortable with my macros. +
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