A three-column graphical curriculum vitae
This template provides a potential employer/school with all the connecting glue that most resume formats leave out. The usual suspects -- degrees, jobs, skills -- occupy boxes in the left and right columns, so the reader can still get that traditional bullet-point overview. The middle column tells the relevant bits of your life story, in a natural chronological order that provides context for where you've been and what you've done. You can use it to explain gaps in employment, add detail to the quick-glance side entries, and display your personality.
When I passed my old resume to an industry friend who does a lot of hiring, he walked me through his mental evaluation. "So here's a section on Papers... and here a section on Patents... how do they time up with your Experience? Hmmm, here's a three-year gap, what happened there? So you started a PhD program but I don't see a degree... what's that all about?" Rather than let the reader assume the worst (three years of rehab? Failed out of grad school?), I decided to provide the missing intel -- in a clear, easy-to-parse chronological layout that highlights what belongs together.
This is a LaTeX2e template that compiles with either XeLaTeX or LuaLaTex. You can upload the files to Overleaf.com (a personal account is free) to edit and compile them online.
(Note: these are screenshots from the original code as it is here. My career path has long since diverged :).)
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