src/resume/guide.md

Resume templates

A clean one-page resume (basic-resume 0.2.9) designed to be read well by applicant tracking systems. It prints the name and contact line itself; the page holds the sections.

Templates

Resume

Use for a CV or resume. Parameters of resume:

• author (""): the name, printed as a large bold title.
• author-position (left), personal-info-position (left): alignment of name and contact line.
• Contact fields, each shown only when not "", joined with |: pronouns, phone, location, email (mailto link), github, linkedin, personal-site (written without https://, the link adds it), orcid (the ID only).
• accent-color ("#000000"): colour of headings and links, as a hex string.
• font ("New Computer Modern"), font-size (10pt), author-font-size (20pt), paper ("us-letter"), lang ("en").

These values live in the header. Write the page body below it.

Writing a page

• The name and contact line come from the header. Do not write them again, and do not use = headings (level 1 is reserved for the name).
• == is a section title (Education, Experience, Projects, Skills): small caps in the accent colour with a rule underneath.
• Inside a section, write one helper call per entry (edu, work, project, ...) followed by a - bullet list of achievements. Nested bullets (indent two spaces) work.
• For a skills section use bullets with a bold label: - *Languages*: Python, Rust.
• Text is justified. Links are underlined in the accent colour.
• Ligatures are off on purpose; build date ranges with dates-helper rather than typing dashes.
• Escape special characters in text: \$, \#, \@.

Helpers

The header imports everything from the package.

dates-helper(start-date: "", end-date: ""): a date range joined by an em dash. Use it for every dates argument.

#dates-helper(start-date: "Jan 2022", end-date: "Present")

edu(institution: "", dates: "", degree: "", gpa: "", location: "", consistent: false): an education entry. Bold institution with location on the right, then italic degree with italic dates on the right. consistent: true puts dates top right and location bottom right like work. gpa is accepted but not printed in this version; put a GPA in a bullet instead.

== Education
#edu(
  institution: "Example University",
  location: "Utrecht, Netherlands",
  dates: dates-helper(start-date: "Sep 2018", end-date: "Jul 2022"),
  degree: "BSc Computer Science",
)
- GPA: 3.8/4.0, graduated cum laude

work(title: "", dates: "", company: "", location: ""): a job. Bold title with dates on the right, company with italic location below.

== Experience
#work(
  title: "Software Engineer",
  company: "Example Systems",
  location: "Amsterdam, Netherlands",
  dates: dates-helper(start-date: "Aug 2022", end-date: "Present"),
)
- Cut build times by 40% by caching dependencies
- Led a team of three on the reporting service

project(role: "", name: "", url: "", dates: ""): a project on one line. With role it reads "Role, Name". url is written without https://; it is shown in brackets after the name when dates is also given, otherwise on the right instead of dates.

== Projects
#project(
  name: "Scheduler",
  role: "Maintainer",
  url: "example.org",
  dates: dates-helper(start-date: "Nov 2023", end-date: "Present"),
)
- Open-source scheduler used by 7000+ students

certificates(name: "", issuer: "", url: "", date: ""): "Name, Issuer" with an optional link (without https://) and the date on the right.

== Certificates
#certificates(name: "AWS Solutions Architect", issuer: "Amazon", date: "Oct 2024")

extracurriculars(activity: "", dates: ""): bold activity with dates on the right.

== Activities
#extracurriculars(
  activity: "Chess club captain",
  dates: dates-helper(start-date: "2020", end-date: "2022"),
)
- Organised a regional tournament with 120 players

generic-two-by-two(top-left: "", top-right: "", bottom-left: "", bottom-right: "") and generic-one-by-two(left: "", right: ""): unformatted two-line or one-line rows with content pushed left and right. Use them only for an entry no other helper fits.

#generic-one-by-two(left: [*Volunteer, Food Bank*], right: "2021")

Do not

• Do not add #set page, #set text, #set par or font changes; size, font and margins come from the header.
• Do not pick your own colours (fill:, rgb(...), text(fill: ...)); headings and links already use the accent colour.
• Do not build your own grids, tables, boxes or #h(1fr) rows for entries; use edu, work, project, certificates, extracurriculars or the generic helpers.
• Do not remove or edit the template header between // znote:template and // znote:end.
• Do not write the name or contact details in the body, and do not use = headings.
• Do not add icons, images, columns or a photo; the layout is a single plain column for applicant tracking systems.
• Keep it to one page unless the user asks for more.