If you lost your job or looking to make a career switch during the pandemic, I have a one-page technical resume template for you that might work well for roles like consulting, technical research, etc. This is my current resume and the one I use within my company to help bid on new work. I work for a government consulting company, Booz Allen Hamilton, so we sometimes submit resumes for new contracts, etc.

This post has been published as purely a personal blog and attempt to help my readers, not to be treated as official communication from the company I work for.

Before I joined Booz, I used a one-page resume to get into the industry coming from academia, however, that resume is quite bare-bones and kind of ugly to me now. This one is prettier and people usually like it.

Times are crazy right now, and I understand if you feel the need to update your resume whether you are in consulting, too, like me, or looking for a new opportunity.

Andrew Seaman, LinkedIn news editor for job seekers and #GetHired wrote:

Many people are questioning their career paths due to the pandemic. Some are even looking for work in new industries.

Read his post

One-page technical resume template in LaTeX

Don’t hate me, but this resume template is in LaTeX. If you are not familiar with that, now is a great time to learn! You can Google about LaTeX and get lots of help. Also, this template will allow you to hit the road running.

Update: This template is now extendable to two or more pages. You will see. Basically, it can accommodate more than one page and it is highly customizable. However, if you are early in your career, you should try to stick to one page!

You can access this one-page technical resume template on Overleaf. I freaking love Overleaf. This is why.

Overleaf is an online LaTeX editor that’s easy to use. No installation, real-time collaboration, version control, hundreds of LaTeX templates, and more.

All you have to do is click on the resume template link I provide at the end of this post, and then edit the Overleaf files that you will then have access to, in order to change out the fields like name, and other specifics.

Please note that this template was originally written by LianTze Lim (liantze@gmail.com) and then I have made edits. I am not the original author.

I just want you to have access to an amazing resource that will help you to quickly put out a one-page technical resume.

Once you click the link, please save the project with a different name and then turn off sharing unless you want other people to be able to edit your resume. See along the top panel to change the name of your Overleaf project and to change the sharing setting.

Next, look at the left panel. In the above picture, we are viewing the PDF result of the files after compiling the LaTeX code that makes your resume. To change what shows up in this PDF result, you need to make edits in the other files like main.tex, page1sidebar.tex, etc. All parts of the resume can be edited by going into each of these files in the left panel.

Try making a change, and then go back to the PDF view and click on the green button called “Recompile” in the top panel. You should then be able to see the change you made be reflected in the PDF result of your work. After making all the changes, you will have your new resume in PDF format from this template. To save the resume to your computer, you can click on the button near the “Recompile” button with the down arrow on it.

Link to Overleaf template

You do have to log in. I usually just use my Google login. I made the project for this resume template that you will have to use to edit and create your own resume ‘Read Only.’

This is because I don’t want people to mess up the template once they start editing because I noticed that although I asked people to create their own project first, people start to edit the original template and then the template files get broken for other users! Not fun!! If you have problems accessing this template online because it is ‘Read Only’, please let me know and I will fix the problems.

Comment below with the issue that you are facing, and I will help you out!

Any problems let me know in a comment below. This template is a living document and may have issues.

Access the files for this project on Google Drive

I am going to also make the files for this template available here in case you cannot access Overleaf for whatever reason. Note that these files are still meant to be edited and worked on over at Overleaf but this is just another option for you to have access to all the files you need to work on this resume template yourself. Overleaf is free, you just need to make an account. So, just in case, you don’t have an account yet and want to access these files right now, then go to the Google Drive link!

Files on Google Drive are right here!

Get help to create your new resume in a personalized Zoom call

Now, if you think this Overleaf and LaTeX stuff is a nuisance or too time-consuming, then you are not alone!

A lot of people want me to help them, and I have done this many times. The best part is… all of those people got overwhelming responses towards their job applications if not already working at their next, awesome job!!

Anyway, if you need personalized help to get this new resume accomplished, then please book a call with me using the link below and we can go over it together! I can get your resume template started for you and show you how it works. Here are the steps to get this process started:

• Message me on Instagram to get started. In your message, describe your situation and let me know that you have booked a call, and the type of consultation you would like to do: academic or industry job search. If you just need resume help, then just say that.
• Book the call using the link below.
• After the call, I will provide further tips, materials, and suggestions by email. After that, we can iterate over email to finalize your application materials.
• If we have time, I will also cover salary negotiation tips with you for your specific cases! This is mega important as companies expect you to negotiate, so don’t leave money on the table, and let’s chat soon.
• See you in the call!! Any questions, DM me now on Instagram!