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Jean-Michel πŸ•΅πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ Fayard

An additional advice from me:

To build your stunning one page resume, don't waste time trying to make something that looks good in Microsoft Word. Instead be a lazy programmer and rely au automation:

  • Git clone this repository
  • Edit resume/data.yml
  • $ npm install && npm run dev
  • Open localhost:8080/home in your browser

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πŸ‘” πŸ’Ό Build fast πŸš€ and easy multiple beautiful resumes and create your best CV ever! Made with Vue and LESS.


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πŸ‘” πŸ’Ό Build fast πŸš€ and easy multiple beautiful resumes and create your best CV ever

Made with Vue and LESS.



Prerequisite

  1. It is required to have Node.js with version 8.5.0 or higher. To see what version of Node.js is installed on your machine type the following command in the terminal:
node -v
  1. If you do not have installed Node.js in your machine then go to this link in order to install node.

How to use

  1. Clone this repository.
git clone https://github.com/salomonelli/best-resume-ever.git
  1. Go to the cloned directory (e.g. cd best-resume-ever).

  2. Run npm install.

  3. Customize your resume in the resume/ directory: edit your data data.yml and replace the default profile-picture id.jpg with your picture. Rename your picture as id.jpg and copy it in the resume/ directory.

  4. Preview resumes with npm run dev. The command will start a server instance and listen on port 8080. Open (localhost:8080/home…





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Aashir Khan

Thanks, this is really awesome. You just added more value to this post. I'll add this to my free resources list/

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Jean-Michel πŸ•΅πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ Fayard

Glad I could help.

best-resume-ever is a great tactic.

Strategy is even more important, so if you are wondering what to put in your resume, read this: