R Resume package

Jacek Pardyak

2019-11-22

Introduction

The resume1 https://github.com/JacekPardyak/resume/ package provides a suite of custom R Markdown2 http://rmarkdown.rstudio.com and \(\LaTeX\)3 https://www.latex-project.org/ formats and templates for authoring resumes and cover letters.
That documents composition and formatting can be done using lightweight markdown4 http://rmarkdown.rstudio.com/authoring_basics.html syntax, and R5 https://www.r-project.org/ code and its output can be seamlessly included using knitr6 http://yihui.name/knitr/. At the same time, classical pdf7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF output conform precisely to job application submission standards.

Using resume package

Start using resume package with installation of the latest RStudio8 http://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/.

Then install the development version of the package from GitHub using this command.9 devtools::install_github(“jacekpardyak/resume”

Next use the New R Markdown dialog to create resume or cover letter from appropriate template:

Next modify the new created R Markdown document:

Finally use the Knit button to produce resulting document10 Example of the resulting document: