Auto CV Updater

A script to update target crucial data in CVs, resumes, cover letters and research statements in a format used in the CV Templates repo. Supports skills highlighting based on the provided job description (using CLI or a supported job portal).

Tested with Python v3.11.9 on macOS Sonoma and Safari v18.2.

Copyright (c) 2025 Mariusz Matusiak [email protected]

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Prerequisites

• cloned CV Templates repo
• installed LaTeX distribution
• shell terminal with the GNU MAKE >= v3.8 support
• Python v3.11

Setup

1. To make the program running correctly, first install the required dependencies listed in the requirements.txt file by calling:

pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Next, update your data in the User directory, based on the command format in the CV-Templates repository. Update the following files:

• skills details in the json format, the skills.json file
• cookies for the authentication purposes on LinkedIn etc., the *_cookies.json file.

3. Finally, update your data in the .env file.

4. Make sure you have a couple of interesting jobs saved in one of the supported portals and let's get started!

Example usage:

1. Run

python -3 updatecv.py [-c="Company Name"] [-j="Engineer"] [-l="Los Angeles, CA"] [-v=1]

to update your CV files using the provided data.

2. Run

python -3 updatecv.py -s

to update your CV files using saved jobs.

Register frequent job

To run the script e.g. daily, add the cronjob.sh script to your crontab (Linux/macOS). Type crontab -e and add the following line:

# Run CV updater daily on 10 pm.
0 22 * * * /path/to/cloned/repo/cronjob.sh

Changelog

v1.0.0 [2025-03-27]

• The initial version, contains CLI and LinkedIn support. Based on the Safari WebDriver for Selenium.

License

Auto CV Updater - automatize your CV modifications Copyright (C) 2025 Mariusz Matusiak [email protected]

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.