Make a new resume

Choose New resume at the top of the library, or in the sidebar, or run it from the command palette. A dialog asks how to start.

Kind of document#

Kind of document is Resume or Cover letter. A letter is the same kind of document as a resume, with paragraphs in place of sections. The rest of this page applies to both, and the choices under Start from change to match.

Start from#

• Example resume is a finished resume to write over, with entries, dates and a skills list already in it. It shows what each part of the format does, and it is real Markdown, so it is also a reference.
• Blank page has the four sections almost every resume has, each empty.

Whichever you pick is remembered, and the dialog offers it next time. The example is what you get until you pick otherwise. For a letter the two choices are Example letter and Blank letter.

Template, name and group#

• Template is the base look. You can change it later, so the choice is not permanent. The last one you used is offered again.
• Name is what the resume is called in the library. It is optional: a resume with no name is called Untitled resume, and you can rename it at any time.
• Group files it in one of your groups. If you opened the dialog while viewing a group, that group is already chosen.

Choose Create resume and the editor opens on it.

Import a file#

Under Import a file, choose a file you already have instead of starting from the example or a blank page. Rejarsume reads:

• Markdown, in the format these docs describe;
• JSON Resume, the format other resume tools write;
• plain text, read for the usual habits of a text resume: a name on top, contact details under it, and headings in capitals or with their usual names;
• a Rejarsume bundle (.zip), which is one resume exported with its images, fonts and style.

The dialog tells you how the file read. A file read cleanly says so. A line that could not be typeset is kept as source text and the editor points at it. For a JSON Resume file, anything a resume here has no place for, such as a photograph, is listed and not silently dropped. For a text file, the headings decide the sections, so look them over once it opens.

A bundle keeps its own template and style, so the Template you chose in the dialog is not used for it. If the template has changed since the bundle was exported, the dialog warns that a page may break differently from the original. A file that is not a valid bundle is refused with a reason, and nothing is written.

A Markdown, JSON or text file is a few kilobytes, so one larger than a megabyte is turned away as probably not being a resume. The name defaults to the one in the file, or to the file's name, unless you have typed your own.

Other ways to make one#

From the menu on a resume's card:

• Duplicate makes a copy. See Organize your resumes.
• Create version for a job copies a resume to tailor for one company and role.
• Create cover letter makes a letter that takes its header from the resume.