Ask HN: What's your favorite Latex resume template?

The one linked here:

https://quip.com/MFS9AXtq5fk8

> The best resume templates are here:

> http://www.rpi.edu/dept/arc/training/latex/resumes/

> LaTeX can be edited easily online with the following tool:

> https://www.sharelatex.com/

> Example resume on ShareLaTeX:

> https://www.sharelatex.com/project/55db6ac384d1be370a7d4b9a

I think this one is one of the better ones I've seen (source). You can see some of the tweaks I've made in adapting it to mine as well (source).

[deedy]: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/deedydas/Deedy-Resume/mast...

[deedy-source]: https://github.com/deedy/Deedy-Resume

[jez]: https://jez.io/resume

[jez-source]: https://github.com/jez/resume

I've been using this one for several years and have been very happy with it. It is a descendant of several other templates: http://www.sudo.ws/todd/resume.html

http://debarghyadas.com/resume/debarghya-das-resume.pdf Double column. You can fit in a lot of info in 1 page.

My own custom one. :) They're not very hard to write and once written make updates a breeze. It's the ideal tool for resumes, I think.

Here:

https://www.sharelatex.com/templates/cv-or-resume

I like the ones with a picture, although I'm not sure if pictures are appropriate in CVs.

Is there a "simple" way to draw rectangles and fill them with colors and overlay text?

I have a nice home-made Word resume and the only thing stopping me from moving it to LaTeX is the fear that the design would be too much work.

If someone prefers a more WYSIWYG approach, they might try the open source Scribus ( http://www.scribus.net/ )

I used moderncv with slight modifications for my last cv.

How to learn LaTex quickly (good enough to create an awesome looking resume)?