CVs: here are several CV examples, with different layouts, and using different techniques. It is true that for someone who is not familiar with LaTeX, common text processing software might be easier for typesetting a simple CV. This said, using LaTeX is also seeing how other people use it...
o CV1 (cv1.txt,cv1.ps.gz): simple
o CV2 (cv2.txt,cv.cls,cv2.ps.gz): more complex, but also nicer, it uses its own document class 'CV', written to that purpose (...)
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CVs: here are several CV examples, with different layouts, and using different techniques. It is true that for someone who is not familiar with LaTeX, common text processing software might be easier for typesetting a simple CV. This said, using LaTeX is also seeing how other people use it...
o CV1 (cv1.txt,cv1.ps.gz): simple
o CV2 (cv2.txt,cv.cls,cv2.ps.gz): more complex, but also nicer, it uses its own document class 'CV', written to that purpose (...)
o CV3 (cv3.txt,cv3.ps.gz): simple and elegant
Files can be found here: http://www.tuteurs.ens.fr/logiciels/latex/templates/. You can also check UK TUG's FAQ (http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=cv).
But in my opinion the best thing is to write your own template from scratch so that it matches best with your personality.