Lebenslauf / Curriculum Vitae

This project includes my latest (maybe outdated) CV and cover letter template I use, supported in both English and German.

Project structure

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├── .gitignore
├── DE  # German
│   ├── bewerbungsschreiben.pdf
│   ├── bewerbungsschreiben.tex     # German cover letter (template, as it should be unique per submission)
│   ├── lebenslauf.pdf
│   └── lebenslauf.tex              # German CV
├── EN  # English
│   ├── cover_letter.pdf
│   ├── cover_letter.tex            # English cover letter (template)
│   ├── curriculum_vitae.pdf
│   └── curriculum_vitae.tex        # English CV
├── cv.cls                          # class file for formatting
└── latexmkrc                       # LaTeX make config file

How to use

git clone https://github.com/prosk-sudo/CV.git

cd CV; rm -rf .git;     # You definitely do not want my CV :D

# Now you modify the LaTeX files to your taste like adding sections, 
# changing names, before running the next commands.

# You should run these from the repo root!
latexmk                 # Compile every .tex file in EN/ and DE/
latexmk -c              # Clean up files

Prerequisites

A TeX distribution that ships pdflatex and latexmk:

• macOS: MacTeX
• Linux: TeX Live (texlive-full, or at least a selection that includes fontawesome5, paracol, and friends)

Writing a cover letter

Unlike the CVs, the letters in EN/ and DE/ are templates: everything application-specific is marked with gray bracketed placeholders (\placeholder{...} in English, \platzhalter{...} in German - both defined in cv.cls).

For an actual application, copy the template and fill in the brackets:

cp EN/cover_letter.tex EN/cover_letter_google.tex

Files named cover_letter_* / bewerbungsschreiben_* are gitignored, so company-specific letters never end up in the repo.

Signature

The [Signature] placeholder has a commented-out \includegraphics line right above it. Put a scanned signature at the path that line expects (the whole images/ directory is gitignored), then swap the placeholder for the uncommented line.