ATS-Friendly CV

Inspired and based on the Rover Resume from Subidit.

Features

• Simple layouts, default fonts, no special characters.
• Uses common packages only, in a straight-forward manner
• Correctly parsed by pdftotext (raw), PyMuPDF:
  • Characters are properly extracted, none missing
  • Lines are extracted in the same sequence as presented in the PDF
• Bare-bones, easily tailored to your preferences
• Generates multiple outputs at one go

Usage

Build your resume:

make

You might need to update the variables in Makefile or update your LaTeX environment.

Personalisation

Edit the contents in src/variables.tex and in the files under sections.

Recommendations for ATS-friendliness

• Avoid links besides email, LinkedIn, Github, or put them in the last section only. Links can affect parsing.
• Keep to single-line items in bullet lists; some items can be two lines, never more.
• Avoid hyphens in words as they maybe converted to soft hyphen if that appear at the end of a line. Disabled hyphenation to mitigate the issue.
• Don't use extra characters such as (<, >, -, +, etc); they add little information.
• Keep sentences simple, start with verbs (like in this list).
• Use past tense
• Match your job title with the one you are applying for

Example

First example	Second example

License

ATS-Friendly CV © 2024 by Sylvain Bougerel is licensed under CC BY 4.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/