Theory

Using Markdown create a resume in a simple to write text format. Then use Pandoc to convert into output formats suitable for submission to job sites including PDF and Microsoft Word DOCX. The code presented here also creates an HTML version of the resume suitable for hosting on your own web page.

The use of CMake here is to automate the process so you can easily manage several custom resumes with one build.

Materials

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Required Packages

• pandoc
• texlive-latex-recommended
• texlive-latex-extra
• cmake
• build-essential

Procedure

Install CMake

sudo apt-get install cmake

Install Pandoc

sudo apt-get install pandoc

Install LaTeX environment

sudo apt-get install texlive-latex-recommended texlive-latex-extra

Install Pandoc

sudo apt-get install pandoc

Install build-essential for make

sudo apt-get install build-essential

Create CMakeLists.txt

PROJECT(RESUME)
CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.8)


MACRO(PANDOC IN_FILE OUT_FILE)
    ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(
        OUTPUT ${OUT_FILE} 
        DEPENDS ${IN_FILE} 
        COMMAND pandoc -o ${OUT_FILE} ${IN_FILE}
    )

ENDMACRO(PANDOC)

MACRO(GEN_RESUME SOURCE_NAME)
    PANDOC(${SOURCE_NAME}.md ${SOURCE_NAME}.pdf)
    PANDOC(${SOURCE_NAME}.md ${SOURCE_NAME}.docx)
    PANDOC(${SOURCE_NAME}.md ${SOURCE_NAME}.html)
    ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(${SOURCE_NAME} ALL 
        DEPENDS ${SOURCE_NAME}.pdf 
                ${SOURCE_NAME}.html
                ${SOURCE_NAME}.docx

    )
ENDMACRO(GEN_RESUME)


GEN_RESUME(resume_sample)

Create the sample resume markdown source in resume_sample.md

Applicant Name
==================

email@domain.com
505-867-5309
Address, State Zip

Education
=========
Degree, Major, School

Professional Experience
=======================

Most recent employer
--------------------
City, State  
Start Month/Year - End Month/Year

*  Item of experience one

Second Most recent employer
---------------------------
City, State  
Start Month/Year - End Month/Year

*  Item of experience one

Create makefile using CMake

cmake -G "Unix Makefiles"

Produce output

make

Output

1. resume_sample.pdf
2. resume_sample.html
3. resume_sample.docx

About the Author

Jonathan S. Romero is a software developer and overall build guru. He specializes in CMake conversions from Visual Studio or GNU Make builds. He can also rock a mean SCons build when asked.

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