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UK Standard CV

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A UK-format CV on A4 with Professional Profile, Core Competencies, Professional Experience, Education, Technical Proficiency, and Certifications & Professional Development.

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Document class
article [11pt, a4paper]
Compiles with
pdfLaTeX
Pages in the compiled PDF
3
Bibliography
None
Files
2 files: 1 .tex, 1 image
Packages
  • inputenc
  • fontenc
  • lmodern
  • geometry
  • parskip
  • enumitem
  • tabularx
  • booktabs
  • array
  • xcolor
  • tikz
  • fontawesome5
  • hyperref
  • ragged2e
  • fancyhdr
The start of the preamble of main.tex, from its \documentclass line.
\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article}

\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage[margin=0.85in,top=0.75in,bottom=0.75in]{geometry}
\usepackage{parskip}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{fontawesome5}
\usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref}
\usepackage{ragged2e}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}

\definecolor{primary}{HTML}{2C3E50}
\definecolor{accent}{HTML}{7F8C8D}
\definecolor{rulecolor}{HTML}{34495E}
\definecolor{lightgray}{HTML}{ECF0F1}

\setlist[itemize]{leftmargin=*,nosep,after=\vspace{-\baselineskip}}
\setlist[description]{leftmargin=*,nosep,after=\vspace{-\baselineskip},font=\normalfont\itshape}

\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}

\newcommand{\sectionheading}[1]{%
  \vspace{2ex}%
  \noindent%
  \begin{tikzpicture}[baseline=(title.base)]
    \node[inner sep=0pt,text width=\linewidth] (title) {%
      \color{primary}\Large\bfseries\MakeUppercase{#1}%
    };
    \draw[rulecolor,line width=0.6pt] (title.south west) -- (title.south east);
  \end{tikzpicture}%
  \vspace{1ex}%
}

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