I spent ages using the default Google Docs template as a resumé:
my old resumé lol
That was until I found out about Latex and RenderCV.
RenderCV is a tool that turns a text file (called a YAML file) into a nicely formatted professional resumé automatically. Below is a snippet of my YAML file:
which gets converted into:
It’s super easy to customise your resumé as you see fit, with a ton of preconfigured templates from the community!
The cool part about it is RenderCV also outputs a bunch of formats for your resume, everything from Markdown to image files to pdfs. I find the Markdown format particularly convenient for giving LLMs context about me.
That’s basically it for this post, checkout RenderCV if interested! They also have a web app which might be more intuitive than using an IDE.
As always, please like and repost if you found this helpful! Also comment down below if you have any questions or suggestions :)) Thank you!!