As a great fan of latex, I would LOVE to use it to format my CV. But here in Bri...

liljimmytables on Feb 19, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why I do my resume in LaTeX

As a great fan of latex, I would LOVE to use it to format my CV. But here in Britain there are far too many HR departments and agencies who will look at your pdf and say "I'm sorry, could you send the original Word doc?"

Not that recruiters are always the best way to get a job, but it would be silly to write them out of my searches

marcog1 on Feb 19, 2011 [–]

I've had that before. I sent them the latex source and they've been able to handle the rest.