Preparing Your Curriculum Vitae
Math 589 -- Fall 2008 -- #26930

Your Vita should say who YOU are, and emphasize your strengths. Take the time to do it right!

Read the updated version of the 1996 classic webpage "Tips on Preparing a Vita".

There are two ways to prepare a Curriculum Vitae in LaTeX or TeX- one is "by hand", and examples of this type of CV are listed below.
Alternately, download the LaTeX package moderncv.zip which lets you make "fancy" CV's.
The package has examples included - but better is to look at some samples make by MSCS grad students below.

Here are some sample vitas with the associated TeX files to make them, to start your thinking about composing your own CV.

Classic style LaTeX Vitas:

  • Wojciech Florek (General Resume)   PDF & TeX
  • Arek Goetz (Postdoc/Teaching Resume)   PDF & TeX
  • Joseph Shive (General Resume)   PDF & TeX

New style LaTeX CV's using the moderncv package:

  • Dimitrios Diochnos (General CS Resume)   PDF & TeX
  • Holly Krieger (General Grad Resume)   PDF & TeX
  • Travis McBride (General Resume)   PDF & TeX
  • Yue Yu (General Resume)   PDF
These are prepared using the moderncv.zip package.
Download this file, and unzip it to a folder which includes the files:
  • moderncv.cls
  • moderncvcompatibility.sty
  • moderncvthemecasual.sty
  • moderncvthemeclassic.sty
  • moderncvthemeempty.sty
Place the LaTeX file for your CV in the same folder so that it can "find" these style files.
Look at some of the examples above to get an idea for the possibilities.
Updated April 10, 2008 - Return to home page