ksm2/cvgen

Generator for résumé documents

CV Generator

A Node.js script which generates beautiful CV PDFs from a Markdown template.

The main goal is to make creating CVs fun and easy by using a text-based format which is easy to read and write for humans.

Table of Contents

• Install
• Usage
• Markdown Format

Install

Use Yarn to install dependencies:

yarn install

Usage

This project provides a script which allows rendering a Markdown file as a CV. You can run it as follows:

yarn run build input.md output.pdf

Markdown Format

The Markdown parser uses Frontmatter to collect metadata for the CV. Main points like experience and education are written as simple headings.

Here is an example:

---
lang: "en"
firstName: "John"
lastName: "Doe"
middleName: "Michael"
title: "Full-Stack Developer"
email: [email protected]
phone: [phone]
address: |
  42 Amsterdam Ave
  New York, NY 10023
  USA
dateOfBirth: 1990-01-01
placeOfBirth: New York
citizenship: USA
github: jdoe
linkedin: jdoe
twitter: jdoe
picture: jdoe.jpg
languageSkills:
  english: 10  
  german: 8
---

Experience
==========

2019/01 - today
---------------
**Job Title**

ACME Ltd., New York, NY, US
- Built software for spaceship
- Successful launch on Mars

2016/06 - 2018/12
-----------------
**Another Job**

Snake Oil Industries, New York, NY, US
- Picked apples from a tree
- Backed delicious pies