From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nathan Neff Subject: Use org for jobs/resume writing? Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:09:49 -0500 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:59363) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qj0h0-0002ua-29 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:09:55 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qj0gx-0002ci-S5 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:09:53 -0400 Received: from mail-vx0-f169.google.com ([209.85.220.169]:65014) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qj0gx-0002cH-DK for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:09:51 -0400 Received: by vxg38 with SMTP id 38so3395610vxg.0 for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 20:09:49 -0700 (PDT) List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode Sorry, I don't know the alt-key code for the "e" at the end of resume :-) I was looking at the export-to-odt functionality and thought about re-doing my resume (the content) in .org, then exporting it to .odt for some cleanup / formatting. Does anyone else do something similar? I would also think that the HTML export would be useful for resume writing. Using org mode for resume writing would have some advantages, in my opinion. * the ability to easily search / track the resumes that I've sent or concocted * Much easier to alter / remove bullet points that you want to send to a potential employer. For example, you could have a setup like this: * Export ** Job #1 *** Did this *** Did that ** * Potential ** Job #1 *** Did something that doesn't pertain to the current job I'm sending a resume to, but I want to keep this for later I suck at Word/Open Office, so I cringe whenever I have to update my resume. Yet, when applying to jobs, it's really a good idea to customize the resume to highlight experience & skills according to the job you're applying for. I tried using markdown & Latex for my resumes, but I couldn't get a really good looking resume because I suck at Latex and couldn't find any good looking Latex resumes on the 'Net that I liked. Now that org has odt-export and of course HTML, etc. I'm re-thinking using .org for resume writing. Anyone else? Thanks, --Nate