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Skeleton latex resume. To use, first download and install a LaTeX distribution. Mac users should grab the installer at https://www.tug.org/mactex/ (warning: large file). Next, alter this file and compile it to pdf on the command line using `pdflatex resume.tex`. `resume.pdf` should be created.
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{fullpage}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage{xhfill}
\usepackage[width=5.5in, height=9in]{geometry}
\pagestyle{empty}
\raggedbottom
\raggedright
\setlength{\tabcolsep}{0in}
\usepackage[colorlinks=true, urlcolor=red]{hyperref}
% \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}
\newcommand{\header}[1]{{\hspace*{-15pt}\vspace*{6pt} \textsc{#1}} \vspace*{0pt} \lineunder}
\newcommand{\lineunder}{\vspace*{-8pt} \\ \hspace*{-18pt} \hrulefill \\}
\newcommand{\contact}[3]{\vspace*{0pt} \begin{center} {\LARGE {#1}}\\ #2 \\ #3 \end{center} \vspace*{-8pt}}
\def\section{\@startsection {section}{1}{\z@}{-3.5ex plus -1ex minus
-.2ex}{2.3ex plus .2ex}{\bf }}
\def\subsection{\@startsection{subsection}{2}{\z@} {-3.25ex plus -1ex minus
-.2ex}{1.5ex plus .2ex}{\it }}
\begin{document}
\small
\smallskip
\vspace*{-30pt}
\contact{\textbf{Earl Breakfast}}
{descriptive tagline goes here}
{(555) 555-5555 $\bullet$ feline@cats.io $\bullet$
github.com/furrtastic }
%%%%%%%%%% Education %%%%%%%%%%
\vspace{0.2in}
{\hspace{-0.5cm} \large \textbf{Education} \xrfill[0.4ex]{1pt}}
\begin{tabular*}{5.5in}{l@{\extracolsep{\fill}}r}
\textbf{Decent University} & Nowhere Important, USA \\
B.S. in Cat Studies, 2010 (GPA: 4.0/4.0)\\
\end{tabular*}\\
%%%%%%%%%% Section 2 %%%%%%%%%%
\vspace{0.2in}
{\hspace{-0.5cm} \large \textbf{My cool projects} \xrfill[0.4ex]{1pt}}
\href{http://www.myawesomeproject.com}{\textbf{www.myawesomeproject.com}} My
awesome project is awesome because \textbf{buzzwords}. Also, tautologies are
cool.
\vspace{0.1in}
\href{http://www.othercoolurl.com}{\textbf{www.othercoolurl.com}} Some more
information about how awesome I am should go here. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
consectetur adipiscing elit. In nec lorem nulla. Fusce ultricies nibh orci, sed
dictum nisi auctor nec.
\vspace{0.2in}
{\hspace{-0.5cm} \large \textbf{Some other stuff I want to tell you} \xrfill[0.4ex]{1pt}}
\vspace{0.1in}
\begin{tabular*}{5.5in}{l@{\extracolsep{\fill}}r}
\textbf{A subheading} & 2009--Present \\
\end{tabular*}
\begin{itemize}[noitemsep,nolistsep]
\item \texttt{List item with typewriter font!}: Sed volutpat orci vitae arcu
imperdiet rutrum. Nunc lobortis dolor id condimentum lobortis. Nulla
suscipit ligula vel urna consectetur, ultricies pretium urna sodales.
\item \textbf{List item with bold font}: Cum sociis natoque penatibus et
magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Aliquam vel lectus
vitae leo congue commodo. Donec mollis rutrum metus at consectetur.
\item Another item.
\end{itemize}
\begin{tabular*}{5.5in}{l@{\extracolsep{\fill}}r}
\textbf{And another thing} & 2012--Present \\
\end{tabular*}
\begin{itemize}[noitemsep,nolistsep]
\item Maybe I would have finished my PhD if I didn't spend so much time on
this \LaTeX\ template
\item But I'll tell you about that another time.
\end{itemize}
%%%%%%%%%% Section 3 %%%%%%%%%%
\vspace{0.2in}
{\hspace{-0.5cm} \large \textbf{One more really important thing} \xrfill[0.4ex]{1pt}}
\vspace{0.1in}
I once had three cats, but I'm not a cat lady --- I swear!
\vspace{0.1in}
\textbf{Git} is helpful for versioning all my work, including the \LaTeX\ source for this resume.
\vspace{0.1in}
TLDR: I'm all that and a bag of chips.
\end{document}
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