The FRESH Resume Schema

A rational schema for your résumé or CV. Based on FRESH.

The FRESH résumé schema is an open source, standards-friendly, JSON/YAML-driven format for résumé / CVs and other employment artifacts.

• View the official FRESH schema document.
• View a sample FRESH resume.

FRESH is supported natively by HackMyResume and can be trivially converted to and from the JSON Resume format.

What It Does

FRESCA establishes an optimized, human-readable, computer-friendly representation for your résumé and career data based on JSON or equivalent YAML...

// Pared-down FRESH/FRESCA resume representation (JSON)
{
  "name": "Jane Doe",
  "info": { /* Basic info */ },
  "contact": { /* Contact information */ },
  "location": { /* Location / address */ },
  "meta": { /* Resume metadata */ },
  "employment": { /* Employment history */ },
  "projects": [ /* Project history */ ],
  "skills": [ /* Skills and technologies */ ],
  "education": { /* Schools, training, certifications */ },
  "affiliation": { /* Clubs, groups, and associations */ },
  "service": { /* Volunteer, military, civilian service */ },
  "disposition": { /* Disposition towards work, relocation, schedule */ },
  "writing": [ /* Writing, blogging, and publications */ ],
  "reading": [ /* Books and publication a la StackOverflow Careers */ ],
  "speaking": [ /* Writing, blogging, and publications */ ],
  "governance": [ /* Board memberships, committees, standards groups */ ],
  "recognition": [ /* Awards and commendations */ ],
  "samples": [ /* Work samples and portfolio pieces */ ],
  "social": [ /* Social networking & engagement */ ],
  "references": [ /* Candidate references */ ],
  "testimonials": [ /* Public candidate testimonials */ ],  
  "extracurricular": [ /* Interests & hobbies */ ],
  "interests": [ /* Interests & hobbies */ ],
  "languages": [ /* languages spoken */ ]
}

...which you can use to generate resumes and other career artifacts in specific concrete formats (HTML, LaTeX, Markdown, PDF, etc.) as well as enable 21st-century analysis of your resume and career data in a way that's not possible with traditional, 20th-century resume tools and formats.

Anatomy of a FRESH Resume

FRESH resumes are:

• Text-based.
• Versionable.
• Standards-compliant.
• Human-readable/editable.
• Computer-friendly / easily parsable by tools.
• Built from JSON or equivalent YAML.
• Used to generate specific formats like HTML, PDF, or LaTeX.
• Free from proprietary structures or site- and/or tool-specific lock-in.

License

The FRESH resume schema is licensed under MIT. Go crazy.