emuser: a painless LaTeX resume template

Yes, it's a play on Erewhon. (I recently learned reverse("nowhere") != "erewhon", but reverse("resume") == "emuser".)

Your resume could look like this! See the PDF.

Why emuser?

The last LaTeX template we'll ever need (hopefully).

LaTeX's been the standard for technical/scientific typesetting, becoming the popular choice for software engineers, etc. thanks to Jake's template. emuser attempts to strike the right balance of LaTeX's benefits and downsides, i.e. $emuser = \text{argmax}(\text{benefit}(t)) - \lambda \cdot \text{pain}(t))$. This means:

• Worry about content, not formatting. LaTeX forgivingly handles sizing, spacing, etc. for you.
• Human-readable formatting. What does l@{\extracolsep{\fill}} do? IDK either.
• Set-and-forget configurations. Pick a font and margin size, and that's all you probably ever need.
• Looks great!

Start now

Clone this repo or open this Overleaf template!

Functionally, you need both emuser.tex and emuserutils.sty in the same directory level, but you only need to edit emuser.tex. Only touch emuserutils.sty if you're unsatisfied with the default options and are feeling dangerous.

Main Header

For your name and contact information, lrHeader is a left-right table requiring 2 values. E.g.

\lrHeader
{First Last}
{(012) 345-6789 $\vert$ myprofessional@email.com}

Section Lists

For organizing your education, experience, etc., sectionList is a title with items. E.g.

\begin{sectionList}{Title}
  \item \lr{Item 1}{}
  \item \lr{Item 2}{}
\end{sectionList}

Section Items

For showing individual experiences, projects, etc., section items are usually an item in a sectionList.

Headers

• lr is a left-right table, requiring 2-6 values via 2 {} and 0-4 [] (order matters). E.g.

  \lr{Project}{Dates}

  

  \lr{Company}{Location}  % Top-right value is italicized
  [Position][Dates]

  

  \lr{University}{}  % Omits location
  [Degree 2][Dates]
  [Degree 1][Dates]

  

• Alternatively, lcr is a left-center-right table, requring 3 values. E.g.

  \lcr{Company}{Position}{Dates}

  

Lists

For detailing individual experiences, summarizing skills, etc.: bullets and nobullets.

• bullets take the default set by setBulletStyle. E.g.

  \setBulletStyle{$\sharp$}
  
  \begin{bullets}
      \item I'm a musician!
      \item These bullets are too fancy.
  \end{bullets}

  

• Reserve nobullets for single-line project details, single-item sectionLists, etc. E.g.

  \begin{sectionList}{Skills}
      \item \begin{nobullets}
          \item Skill issue
      \end{nobullets}
  \end{sectionList}

  

• labeled is usually an item in a nobullets, requiring 2 values. E.g.

  \labeled{Label}{Content}

  

Spacing

LaTeX automatically handles most spacing, but there are two parameters for you to adjust so your resume fits one page:

• setBulletsSpacing affects items in bullets and nobullets
• setSectionSpacing affects titles and items in sectionList

If that's not enough, adjust the global font size via documentclass and margins via geometry.