Resume templates
Twelve starting points. They differ in typeface, in where the header sits, in how section headings are set, and in what order the sections come in.
They do not differ in structure. Every one is a single column of real text with standard section headings, because that is the arrangement software reads most reliably — and a template that looked more interesting by putting your job titles in a table would read worse for the only audience that matters first. Pick on how it looks to a person; the machine sees the same document either way.
Atlas
The default, and the one to keep if you are unsure. Neutral sans-serif, everything where a reader expects it.
Chancery
Law, finance, academia and government — fields where a serif is the convention and departing from it is the thing people notice.
Ledger
A long career that has to fit. Compact spacing and a quieter heading, so ten years take the room eight used to.
Campus
Students and recent graduates. Education and projects lead, because that is where the evidence is before there is a job history.
Workbench
Software and hardware roles. A precise sans-serif and an accent bar that survives being read on a phone.
Quarto
Writing, design and editorial work, where the document itself is a sample of your judgement.
Plainspoken
The least decorated option. No rules, no bars, nothing between the reader and the words.
Pivot
Changing field. Skills lead, so what you can do is read before where you did it.
Meridian
Senior and executive roles. Centred header, generous spacing, and a summary that is expected to be read rather than skipped.
Foundry
Trades, operations and logistics. Larger body text and wide margins, because these are printed and read on paper more often than most.
Lattice
Research and engineering with a long publication or project list. Compact, technical, and built to carry a lot of entries.
Beacon
A first resume with very little on it yet. Centred, roomy, and shaped so a short document does not look like an empty one.
- Atlas
The default, and the one to keep if you are unsure. Neutral sans-serif, everything where a reader expects it.
Start with this - Chancery
Law, finance, academia and government — fields where a serif is the convention and departing from it is the thing people notice.
Start with this - Ledger
A long career that has to fit. Compact spacing and a quieter heading, so ten years take the room eight used to.
Start with this - Campus
Students and recent graduates. Education and projects lead, because that is where the evidence is before there is a job history.
Start with this - Workbench
Software and hardware roles. A precise sans-serif and an accent bar that survives being read on a phone.
Start with this - Quarto
Writing, design and editorial work, where the document itself is a sample of your judgement.
Start with this - Plainspoken
The least decorated option. No rules, no bars, nothing between the reader and the words.
Start with this - Pivot
Changing field. Skills lead, so what you can do is read before where you did it.
Start with this - Meridian
Senior and executive roles. Centred header, generous spacing, and a summary that is expected to be read rather than skipped.
Start with this - Foundry
Trades, operations and logistics. Larger body text and wide margins, because these are printed and read on paper more often than most.
Start with this - Lattice
Research and engineering with a long publication or project list. Compact, technical, and built to carry a lot of entries.
Start with this - Beacon
A first resume with very little on it yet. Centred, roomy, and shaped so a short document does not look like an empty one.
Start with this
What a template does not change
Your downloads. PDF, Word and plain text are free on every template, permanently, with or without an account — there is no version of this where picking the good-looking one costs money.
And it does not change what a parser reads. You can check that yourself rather than take our word for it: drop a finished resume into the checker and see the text a machine gets out of it.