Minimal CV LaTeX Class

This is a small personal project that defines a LaTeX template class file that was used for my CV. It is not intended as a large scale project. I have made this code available under the LaTeX Project Public License (LPPL) for people to freely use for their own needs.

Quick Start

Take minimal-cv.cls and use it as the documentclass for your own document (you are free to make use of the provided example.tex) to start off a new document.

\documentclass{minimal-cv}

Required Packages

This class depends on several LaTeX packages:

• array
• color
• enumitem
• fontspec
• geometry
• parskip
• tabularx
• textpos
• tikz
• titlespec
• xcolor

Required Fonts

The following fonts are used by the class, however you are welcome to edit the class to choose different fonts:

• Roboto (Light, Thin, Bold variants)
• Symbola

Choosing The Color Theme

The class includes a set of default colors as shown in the example image above. You can edit the color theme by changing the values of the colors:

\definecolor{headerbg}{HTML}{911F03}
\definecolor{headertext}{HTML}{FFFFFF}
\definecolor{sectioncolor}{HTML}{233807}
\definecolor{subsectioncolor}{HTML}{444444}
\definecolor{textcolor}{HTML}{222222}

Building Your Document

To build the document you'll need LuaLaTeX. LuaLaTeX has features that are not provided with the standard pdfTeX system such as:

• UTF-8 support
• TrueType/OpenType font support

Assuming you're using TeX Live this should be provided for you. From the terminal, you can run:

$ latexmk -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode -file-line-error -lualatex -outdir=build example.tex
Rc files read:
  NONE
Latexmk: This is Latexmk, John Collins, 17 Mar. 2022. Version 4.77, version: 4.77.
Latexmk: applying rule 'lualatex'...
Rule 'lualatex': File changes, etc:
   Changed files, or newly in use since previous run(s):
  example.tex
Rule 'lualatex': The following rules & subrules became out-of-date:
  lualatex
------------
Run number 1 of rule 'lualatex'
------------
...

Commands/Environments

The class includes several commands to easily produce CV or résumé document:

\sectionicon

The \sectionicon command can be used to place a character at the end of a section heading. Like this:

The command is used like this:

\section{About Me}
\sectionicon{<icon>}

The "icon" can be any Unicode character. The class provides several emoji-style icons by default (\person, \hammer, \laptop, \info, \mortarboard, \phone), which can be used like this:

\sectionicon{\person}

coreskills Environment

The "coreskills" environment defines a list inside a minipage which can be used to provide a brief list of skills or other knowledge areas:

\begin{coreskillslist}{Tools}
  \item Hammer
  \item Drill
  \item Screwdriver
  \item Hacksaw
  \item Wrench
\end{coreskillslist}

This environment takes an optional width parameter, allowing you to place multiple lists side-by-side, making optimal use of horizontal space on the page. See example.tex for an example of this.

education Environment

The "education" environment provides you an environment in which you can define education achievments. Use it in conjunction with the \school command:

\begin{education}
  \school{2001}{2007}{Generic High School}{
    \qualification{GCSE}: Maths (A*)\newline
    \qualification{GCSE}: English (B)\newline
    \qualification{GCSE}: Science (AA)
  }
\end{education}

The \school command accepts four paramters: start year, graduation year, school name, and details about qualifications obtained at the school.

The \qualification command is also available which provides additional formatting for the type of qualification that was obtained from the school.

employment Environment

Similar to the education environment, the "employment" environment provides an environment for listing an employer, supporting multiple jobs for the same employer. Typically you would list each employer in their own subsection. For example:

\subsection{ACME Products Corporation}

\begin{employment}
  \job{Jun 2009}{Now}{Senior Manager}{%
    \begin{itemize}
      \item Verifying product quality
      \item Dealing with customer complaints
    \end{itemize}
  }
  \job{Jun 2009}{Now}{Product Tester}{%
    \begin{itemize}
      \item Testing quality of roadrunner traps
      \item First aid training
    \end{itemize}
  }
\end{employment}

Each job is enclosed within it's own \job command. The \job command takes the following parameters: start month/year, end month/year, position, and job highlights.

Authors

• Karl Nicoll (original template author)

License

The minimal-cv.cls file is licensed under the LaTeX Public Project License v1.3. The example.tex file is made freely available without a license.