diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# personal resume makefile
+
+.PHONY: help
+# Put it first so that "make" without argument is like "make help"
+# Adapted from:
+# https://marmelab.com/blog/2016/02/29/auto-documented-makefile.html
+help: ## List Makefile targets
+	$(info Makefile documentation)
+	@grep -E '^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## .*$$' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | sort | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf "\033[36m%-10s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}'
+
+clean:  ## Clean up temp resources
+	rm --recursive --force publish/
+	rm Awesome-CV/*.log
+
+pdf:  ## Build the resume PDF
+	mkdir --parents publish/
+	xelatex -output-directory=publish/ resume.tex content/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,3 +4,10 @@
 
 This work is licensed under a
 [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
+
+After cloning, be certain to initialize the git submodules.
+
+## System requirements (Fedora):
+* `tetex`
+* `texlive-fontawesome5`
+* `texlive-sourcesanspro`