Resume Builder

Resume Builder is an HTML and PDF resume builder made in Ruby with Middleman. Allows you to keep your resume content in a text-based YAML file, that can be be rendered as an HTML view for the web, and as a PDF view for download and printing.

It has the following features:

• Separation between content and style, all your resume content is a YAML file.
• Supports 13 different resume section types
• Can optionally include a gravatar photo
• Markdown/HTML for formatting of the longer paragraphs.
• You can preview your changes with Middleman's included server (with livereload).
• Automatic PDF generation using wkhtmltopdf.

Installation

If you forked to your own repo:

 git clone https://github.com/<yourusername>/resume-builder.git
 cd resume-builder

Otherwise:

 git clone https://github.com/timothyf/resume-builder.git
 cd resume-builder

Install all dependencies:

 sudo gem install bundler
 bundle install

Preview

See the result: sample resume.

Usage

Build yor resume

Build the static version of your resume, it'll also create the PDF version.

bundle exec middleman build

Deploy your resume

bundle exec middleman deploy

Upload it to a Github page. Your resume will be available at http://yourusername.github.com/resume.

Launch the previewing server:

bundle exec middleman

You can preview your resume at http://localhost:4567/

Resume instructions

To create/update your resume, you'll just need to edit the data/resume.yml file. All keys with a desc: | header can be Markdown formatted.

Here is what it looks like:

contact_info:
    name: Jonathan Doe
    shortdesc: Web Designer, Director
    email: [email protected]
    phone: (313) - 867-5309
    address:
        - 123 Fake Street
        - City, Country
    desc: |
        You can put Markdown in here [like this](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/).

Sections

Here is a description of each of the currently supported sections of a resume. A section is a content component that can be included in the resume yml data file.

The following section types are currently supported:

• PDF
• Headers
• Contact Info
• Links
• Summary
• Skills
• Jobs
• Education
• Certifications
• Projects
• Volunteering
• Languages
• Interests

PDF

To generate a PDF from your HTML file, I recommend this free online conversion site:
https://www.freeconvert.com/html-to-pdf
Use the following settings:
Page Size: Letter
Margin: 60

The pdf section is used to describe details of the resume PDF that will be generated.

pdf:
  filename: TimothyFisher-Resume
  useicons: true
  role: developer

Headers

The headers section allows you to specify the names of sections that will be used within the resume. For example, given the headers section shown below, the profile section will be labeled as 'Summary' and the jobs sections will be labled as "Experience".

headers:
    profile: Summary
    jobs: Experience
    education: Education
    skills: Skills
    download: Download PDF

Contact Info

This section is used to provide basic contact infor for the resume user.

contact_info:
    name: Timothy Fisher
    photo: false
    email: [email protected]
    phone: (555) 555-1234
    address:
        street: 555 Springwells
        city: Detroit
        state: MI
        postal_code: 48134

Links

links:
    github: https://github.com/timothyf
    linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/timothyfisher/
    twitter: http://twitter.com/tfisher

Summary

summary:
  developer:
    I am a passionate developer and leader with nearly 30 years of industry experience in roles that include
    both hands-on and leadership positions across organizations that range from small startups to large enterprises.
    ...

  leader:
    I am a passionate developer and leader with 29 years of software development experience in roles
    including Chief Technology Officer, VP of Engineering, Chief Architect, and Director of Mobile Development,
    along with many years of hands-on development experience.
    ...

Skills

skills:
    - Team Leadership & Management
    - Microservices Architecture
    - Amazon Web Services (AWS), Heroku, EngineYard
    - Ruby, Rails, JavaScript, Node.js, React, ReactNative, Java, Swift, HTML, CSS

Jobs

- title: Senior Java Architect
  company: LogicaCMG
  brief: false
  include: brief
  location:
    city: Southfield
    state: MI
  dates:
      start: 2003, February
      end: 2006, May
  desc: |
    Worked on a Web-based single login project for Ford Motor Company. Responsibilities include assisting with
    architecture, analysis, design, coding, and testing. Environment consisted of Websphere Application Server
    ...

- title: Development Team Lead
  company: MedCharge
  brief: false
  location:
    city: Ann Arbor
    state: MI
  dates:
      start: 2002, February
      end: 2003, January
  desc: |
    Led the J2EE development team at MedCharge, a startup whose product was a health care application
    used within the University of Michigan Medical Center. The product allows hospital staff to capture all
    ...

Education

education:
    - name: University of Michigan
      degree: B.S. Electrical Engineering
      dates:
          start: Sept 1986
          end: May 1991

    - name: Capella University
      degree: M.S. Education
      dates:
          start: Sept 2001
          end: May 2003

Certifications

Projects

Volunteering

Languages

Interests