Could I make this resume software?

In My Humble Opinion
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I am perpetually in the job search process, and I want a good resume manager. I’ve had a lot of different jobs and a wide range of experience, and basically I have to customize my resume for each job that I apply to.

I just want a simple editor that will hold the various pieces I have (objectives, jobs, skills, etc.) and let me check off the ones I’d like to include in this version. Ideally I’d be able to shuffle between versions that emphasize education, experience, etc.

So far I haven’t found anything that even remotely fits my needs. Is there (ideally free) software out there that can do something like this? Are there applications that would help me put something like this together? I don’t have any real programming experience, but I’m a smart cookie and could probably figure something out if I knew where to start.

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One option would be to create separate files for each section and then cut and them into the desired style of resume. Have files named “Objective”, “Experience”, “Skills” and so on, perhaps in folders to further oraganize them. And you can get Star Office for free, which will allow you to use a full-featured editor to format to your heart’s content.

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Actually, it’s Open Office that’s free. Star Office costs a little bit.

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You could do it using XML and XSLT. Basically, you’d have an XML doc that describes your various objectives, skills and jobs along with the attributes you see each one emphasizing. Then you could use XSLT to pick out the best ones for a given job and format it nicely. And if you’re looking for any tech-type jobs, you could send it in as a sample.

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ultra, could you please recommend a free XSLT tool?

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G-o-o-g-l-e is your f-r-i-e-n-d:

Shareware

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Notepad.

If you insist on getting fancy, emacs.

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Thanks guys. I know how to create files. Heck, I’ve got enough key-bindings tucked away in my head that I could probably search-and-replace with a different editor every day of the month (as long as it wasn’t Smarch – lousy thirteen month calendar). Maybe I mis-understand exactly what XSLT is, but I thought you used an XSLT processor to transform XML files based on an XSLT specification. I had googled and ran across tools like Saxon and Xalan, but I was hoping to get a recommendation on a best-of-breed tool.

I guess NeoScripter has the XSLT processing built in to the editor?