TwentyOneSeconds - a CV LaTeX template
I started from the twentyseconds LaTeX theme because I think a LaTeX CV looks more professional. It's also possible to do things like this:
I like the two-column layout but not the left column created outside the document. Because of this I should set the dimensions of the second column exactly like those of the frame containing the text, making the use of LaTeX useless.
To replicate this two-column configuration I thought to use this clever solution based on the tcolorbox
package.
First of all I created this basic LaTeX document:
\ProvidesClass{twentyonesecondcv}[2017/01/08 CV class]
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage[most]{tcolorbox}
\geometry{margin=0pt}
\definecolor{gray}{HTML}{4D4D4D}
\definecolor{sidecolor}{HTML}{E7E7E7}
\definecolor{mainblue}{HTML}{0E5484}
\definecolor{maingray}{HTML}{B9B9B9}
\newtcolorbox{bgbox}[1][]{nobeforeafter,leftright skip=0pt,boxrule=0pt,enhanced jigsaw,sharp corners,#1}
\newcommand{\sidesection}[1]{
\noindent
\begin{bgbox}[height=\paperheight,colback=sidecolor,width=0.33\textwidth]
#1
\end{bgbox}%
}
\newcommand{\mainsection}[1]{%
\noindent
\begin{bgbox}[height=\paperheight,colback=white,width=0.67\textwidth]
#1
\end{bgbox}%
}
\documentclass[letterpaper]{twentyonesecondcv} % a4paper for A4
\begin{document}
\noindent
\sidesection{col 1, pag 1:: \lipsum[1-3]}
\mainsection{col 2, pag 1:: \textit{\lipsum[1-5]}}
\newpage
\noindent
\sidesection{col 1, pag2:: \lipsum[3-5]}
\mainsection{col 2, pag2:: \textit{\lipsum[3-7]}}
\end{document}
You can notice that this example is already on two pages: it's ok to keep your CV simple and quick to read, but what if you have a long list of experiences to show?
Of course LaTeX is good because the markup engine should keep you free to think about your content, not concentrating on handling manual placements of borders, paragraph positions and so on. My biggest problem about this was filling empty space: commands like \vfill
aren't working within newtcolorbox
because the box has no fixed height.
Luckily (should be from version 3.70) it's possible to change this behavior; for this you need the options
height=<value>
text fill
As already said, the box can't use \vfill
because initially it hasn't a fixed height, so these options are changing that. I use height=\heigthpage
because my boxes' height are equal to the entire page height.
Last precaution is to avoid commands enforcing fixed value settings like the tikzpicture
one used within the custom command \makeheaderprofile
.
For some reason instead the custom commands used to create the skill sections (\skills and \skillstext) work fine.
Finally here is the result and the GitHub repository!
I published this LaTeX template on this Overleaf page.
Updates
2024-06-26
- Add LICENSE file
- add alternative commands to create the side footer text
2024-01-24
- pull request from giocic2: fixed unwanted bfseries redefinition
2024-01-04
- fixed wrong
\cvlinkedin
command
2023-12-31
Added options to transform address and skype rows into urls
2023-09-01
- now it's possible to add an arbitrary number of skill bar sections with custom section titles, custom legends and custom skill values (see
\customskills
command) - improved clarity of
\skills
command - added some explanations about header and info profile sections
- renamed
\cvdate
to\cvbirthdate
, changed its icon to faCalendar - accepted a pull request from JeromeHen
2023-05-15
I added some options about:
- a way to hide the picture and display only the name / surname and job description row
- custom side sections
- removed a broken command (
\skillstext
)