Andy Gongea » Design and Development Tips

Hey, I’m back with the first post on Gongea.com. For this first post my main theme is - Resume or CV (curriculum vitae). The reason for picking this topic was the existence of many CV templates, but very few stable and usable.

Back, when my CV was made in different software applications and exported as PDF or text document, I’ve decided that it was time to have something easy to customize and easy to maintain. So my first approach was obviously a document that was compatible with text applications like Microsoft Word or Open Office. At the moment it was a proper solution because it was a simple way to showcase skills and projects. But the aspect of the CV was very poor and it wasn’t reflecting my domain of activity: design.

Based on those drawbacks I started to think about creating my own resume template easy to update. After analysis process and based on my previous resume structure I’ve started to build the template. My decision was to develop it in XHTML and CSS for easy management and customization.

During my thinking process (that took the most part - sorry), I’ve came up with the following User Interface / User Experience concept:

1. Header will contain the basic personal information (Name, Age, Location, qualification)
2. Content will be structured into 7 components:
- Summary
- Key Competencies
- Technical Skills
- Work Experience
- Projects
- Personal Projects
- Personal Information
3. Footer will contain always visible navigation links for easy access.

From the code perspective - the resume is one-file-template because it contains in the header the CSS code with no additional stylesheet. The XHTML file is composed of repetitive code - which is easy to edit/add/remove. You can easily customize it to fit your needs from the structural perspective to the color scheme. In this archive provided here there are 3 files of the same template, having color differences - orange, cyan, green. The code is compliant with W3C Standards.

• Download CV Template

Hopefully this concept will help you getting a new interview.
Happy job hunting!

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