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Looks nice from the landing page, but maybe a bit image-heavy for a resume isn't it?

On the topic of resume building though, while I haven't had the need for making one in a long time I have this idea I just want to throw out there.

Just make like an HTML page with every possible detail about your history. Then, in e.g. Chrome, you can easily hide the different sections/words that isn't related to the specific job you're applying for. Then print as PDF. Seems like it would be easy to maintain and "generate" the resumes per application.

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> Just make like an HTML page with every possible detail about your history. Then, in e.g. Chrome, you can easily hide the different sections

I do this in LaTeX. I have the full document and just comment out in the code what I don't in each case before compiling the PDF. As it is a plain text file I have it in a git repo so it's trivial to look for older versions or attach tags to specific CV versions I've submitted.

+1 for LaTeX but the barrier to entry is so high. I use LaTeX for mine but I'm always on the lookout for a 'nicer' markup language.

LaTeX is a no brainer for anyone with a mind predisposed to programming... E.g people in the software industry. It makes working with my CV a _piece of cake!_

This guy has an interesting approach with YAML for the content, LaTeX for the template, and pandoc for compiling: https://github.com/mrzool/cv-boilerplate

  Looks nice from the landing page, but maybe a bit image-
  heavy for a resume isn't it?

Traditionally, yes. But the point of a resume is to get the phone screen. If images and formatting will pop for Company X, go for it.

  Just make like an HTML page with every possible detail 
  about your history. Then, in e.g. Chrome, you can 
  easily hide the different sections/words that isn't 
  related to the specific job you're applying for.

Awesome idea. I re-write my resume for every job opening. All the way down to nouns and buzzwords associated with that particular company. Hell, I've gone so far as to subtly match their branding (e.g., fonts, text treatment).

It strikes me as really hard to do that programmatically without a mess of show/hide logic that defeats the point.

It does a little bit image-heavy. That's how it's different from tons of resume builders you get right now! I want to build a tool to inspire more people to introduce themselves in a unique and vivid way. I want to help people share their passions. It called "CakeResume" because people need resume, but when them sign up for the site, they share their stories (with images and videos)! For example, a barber can share his/her works with images, and financial analysts can share their works with slides.

In this case, print the CV is not a good option. Maybe a online profile, with a no-image print option.

Or take it further and have a few different levels of verbosity for each section and have some weighting to which get shown when generating new CV's

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