Expected end date in Education Entry

[andrefpoliveira]

In some cases, it can be helpful to have the expected end date instead of "present". It could show as, for example, Sept. 2024 (Expected)

[jw-shan]

You can implement this using arbitrary keys and custom themes. Taking engineeringresumes as an example, first create a custom theme:

rendercv create-theme "mycustomtheme" --based-on "engineeringresumes"

Next, modify the file ./mycustomtheme/EducationEntry.j2.tex as follows:

((* if not is_first_entry *))
\vspace{<<design.margins.entry_area.vertical_between>>}
((* endif *))

((* if entry.expected *))
\begin{twocolentry}{
    <<entry.date_string>> (expected)
}
((* else *))
((* if entry.date_string *))
\begin{twocolentry}{
    <<entry.date_string>>
}
((* else *))
\begin{onecolentry}
((* endif *))
((* endif *))
    \textbf{<<entry.institution>>}, ((* if entry.degree *))<<entry.degree>> in ((* endif *))<<entry.area>>((* if entry.location *)) -- <<entry.location>>((* endif *))
((* if entry.date_string *))
\end{twocolentry}
((* else *))
\end{onecolentry}
((* endif *))

((* for item in entry.highlights *))
    ((* if loop.first *))
\vspace{<<design.margins.highlights_area.top>>}
\begin{onecolentry}
    \begin{highlights}
    ((* endif *))
        \item <<item>>
    ((* if loop.last *))
    \end{highlights}
\end{onecolentry}
    ((* endif *))
((* endfor *))

In this example, lines 5–9 check whether there is an key called expected . If so, the date will appear with (expected) at the end. To create an education section, you would write:

    Education:
      - institution: xxx
        area: xxx
        degree: xxx
        date: 2024-06 
        expected: true
        highlights:
          - 'xxx'

This will display the date as Jun 2024 (expected) as you want. It would be appreciated if the author could incorporate this feature into the original code.