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Write your CV

with R Pagedown


Ames R Ladies Workshop
with Anabelle Laurent

2020-11-12

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Why a CV with pagedown?

  • Tidy and professional resume 👔 with a minimum amount of time
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Why a CV with pagedown?

  • Tidy and professional resume 👔 with a minimum amount of time

  • Share your CV using HTML and PDF versions

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Why a CV with pagedown?

  • Tidy and professional resume 👔 with a minimum amount of time

  • Share your CV using HTML and PDF versions

  • Forget the struggle using Microsoft Word 😁

    • updating your CV with pagedown will not create a messy final product
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Why a CV with pagedown?

  • Tidy and professional resume 👔 with a minimum amount of time

  • Share your CV using HTML and PDF versions

  • Forget the struggle using Microsoft Word 😁

    • updating your CV with pagedown will not create a messy final product
  • Have fun programming 💻

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How to get it done?

1) install the R package

  • remotes::install_github('rstudio/pagedown')
  • install.packages('rmarkdown')
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How to get it done?

1) install the R package

  • remotes::install_github('rstudio/pagedown')
  • install.packages('rmarkdown')

2) download the Pagedown template

  • File -> New File -> R Markdown -> From Template -> HTML Resume {pagedown}
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How to get it done?

1) install the R package

  • remotes::install_github('rstudio/pagedown')
  • install.packages('rmarkdown')

2) download the Pagedown template

  • File -> New File -> R Markdown -> From Template -> HTML Resume {pagedown}

3) Save the template in your folder

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Quick overview of the template

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Edit the template

  • Edit the main content
    • follow a specific structure (except the first section = self introduction)
    • make it your own by adding new sections such as: Awards/Grants, Conference presentations, Leadership, Training, etc.
Main
================================================================================
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Edit the template

  • Edit the main content
    • follow a specific structure (except the first section = self introduction)
    • make it your own by adding new sections such as: Awards/Grants, Conference presentations, Leadership, Training, etc.
Main
================================================================================
  • Edit the sidebar on the right
    • arbitrary content: not structured
Aside
================================================================================
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Edit the main content (1/2)

Teaching Experience {data-icon=chalkboard-teacher}
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### Introduction to R Language for Beginners.
Instructor of R and Data Mining Training Courses at SupStat Inc.
Beijing, China
2014
fourth line is optional
  • specify the title of the sub-section using ###
  • first line = description
  • second line = location
  • third line = time 2014 or time period 2014-2016 , 2014-present

If description, location and time are not relevant put N/A
Fourth line is optional and the content is arbitrary

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Edit the main content (1/2)

Teaching Experience {data-icon=chalkboard-teacher}
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
### Introduction to R Language for Beginners.
Instructor of R and Data Mining Training Courses at SupStat Inc.
Beijing, China
2014
fourth line is optional
  • specify the title of the sub-section using ###
  • first line = description
  • second line = location
  • third line = time 2014 or time period 2014-2016 , 2014-present
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Edit the main content (2/2)

To write your content in two columns, use :::concise

### Bioinformatician
My Health Gene Technology Co., Ltd.
Beijing, China
2015 - 2016
::: concise
- Analyzed whole-exome sequencing data.
- Wrote analysis pipelines of ChIP-seq, single cell DNA-seq and single cell RNA-seq.
- Studied tumor metastasis and wrote research reports.
- Also did case studies to identify the genetic defect causing rare disease.
:::
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Use icons

  • If you want to use an icon for the sections: visit Fontawesome
Teaching Experience {data-icon=chalkboard-teacher}
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Edit the sidebar (1/2)

  • This section is not structured
  • Provide a picture, or an avatar or nothing
  • Customize the contact info section
Contact Info {#contact}
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- <i class="fa fa-envelope"></i> alaurent@iastate.edu
- <i class="fab fa-researchgate"></i> [ResearchGate](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anabelle_Laurent)
- <i class="fa fa-linkedin"></i> [Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/anabelle-laurent-abb285113/?originalSubdomain=fr)
- <i class="fas fa-rss"></i>
[Professional Blog](https://www.anabellelaurent.com)
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Edit the sidebar (2/2)

Use social media icons available on Fontawesome

  • select the one of interest
  • use the "class"
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Get rid off the sidebar from the second page

Insert a new R chunck right after the YAML (echo=FALSE)

.pagedjs_page:not(:first-of-type) {
--sidebar-width: 0rem;
--sidebar-background-color: #ffffff;
--main-width: calc(var(--content-width) - var(--sidebar-width));
--decorator-horizontal-margin: 0.2in;
}
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Save your work

  • Knit for saving a HTML version

  • uncomment the last line in the YAML to produce HTML and PDF versions

---
title: "Lijia Yu's resume"
author: Lijia Yu
date: "`r Sys.Date()`"
output:
pagedown::html_resume:
# set it to true for a self-contained HTML page but it'll take longer to render
self_contained: false
# uncomment this line to produce HTML and PDF in RStudio:
knit: pagedown::chrome_print
---
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Thank you and you are ready for job hunting

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Why a CV with pagedown?

  • Tidy and professional resume 👔 with a minimum amount of time
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