Writing my CV using pagedown

Mar 31, 2020 2 min read R

Wow!

I have taken the time to write my CV using pagedown. And… WOW does it look beautiful!

A single .Rmd file can simultaneously generate both an HTML and a PDF version. Both of them look absolutely stunning … especially given the minimal amount of work I had to put in for the reward!

Setup

In RStudio, navigate the menu:

  • File
    • New File
      • R Markdown…
        • From Template
          • HTML Resume {pagedown}

In the .Rmd file, update the YAML header as needed. In particular, to generate both PDF and HTML, I enabled:

# uncomment this line to produce HTML and PDF in RStudio:
knit: pagedown::chrome_print

Editing the rest of the document is fairly intuitive, and acts as a good tutorial to design new sections. For instance, I have added the following sections that do not exist in the template:

  • Funding and awards
  • Organiser and chair
  • Training and courses
  • Professional memberships
  • Peer review
  • Conference presentations

One (tiny) issue

The only issue I could spot so far is an occasional glitch when a page break occurs within an entry. Somehow, the rest of that entry is not correctly aligned on the following page. However, subsequent items revert to the proper alignment. I haven’t thoroughly investigated the issue yet, but several issues related to page breaks have already been reported. The issue “pagedown::html_resume pagebreak issue” seems to be the most recent and relevant issue. I’ve opened another issue here, to track my specific situation.

Anyway, that is really the least impactful issue I could have imagined, given the quality of the overall product!

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