About the Axle template
Axle is a two-column resume with a teal column down the left of every page and a white page beside it. A round photo in a heavy black ring heads the column, and a thick black bar runs across the paper through the middle of the photo and on behind the name, which is set large and bold on the white side with the job title beneath it. Every heading on the page is bold capitals with no rule, white in the column and dark on the white side, a section the writer adds included. The column holds the phone, the email and the address, each an icon and a bold label over its value, then the schooling and the hobbies in white. The white side holds the profile, the roles, each opening on the employer in bold capitals with the dates beside it, and the skills as a bulleted list in two columns.
Read the firefighter resume shown hereStuart Kellaway’s resume in full, with notes on why each part works.How it is built
- A thick black bar across the paper through the centre of the round photo, broken only by the name
- The photo set in a heavy black ring at the head of a teal column that runs the full height of every page
- Every heading in bold capitals with no rule, white on the teal column and dark on the white side
- Roles open on the employer in bold capitals with the dates a space beside it, the job title on the line beneath
- Skills as a bulleted list set in two columns on the white side
- Style
- Modern · Professional
- Best for
- Other
- Career stage
- Mid Level · Senior / Executive
- Layout
- Two Column · With Photo
- Photo
- Includes a photo
Templates with a similar look
These share at least one style with Axle, so they are the closest alternatives if the proportions here are not right for your history.
- HingeA one-column resume hung on a thin yellow rail, with bold capital labels in a left margin and a yellow disc wherever a section rule crosses the rail
- StrataA one-column resume in full-width grey and white bands, each section headed by a blue icon square over its label in a left margin
- FizzPink, pale blue and sand discs crowding the top right corner, and every heading a pale blue pill led by a pink icon square
- CypressA one-column serif resume with a round photo, the name in bold teal and teal headings centred between thin rules
- CloverThe name in two olive blocks and every heading opened by an olive square with a white plus, over two even columns
- CanaryA thin yellow band over a white page, a name underlined line by line, and a square photo laid over a drawn frame
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