About the Compass template
Compass opens on a deep band of the accent with the name in white capitals and a round portrait, ringed in white, hanging off the band into the column below. Under it a tinted column of contact, skills, languages and whatever the writer adds sits beside a near-white column where each section is headed by a filled disc holding its own icon. A rail drops out of that disc and runs the length of the section, with a hollow marker beside every entry, so the whole right-hand side reads as one timeline.
Read the accountant resume shown hereEleanor Vance’s resume in full, with notes on why each part works.How it is built
- A round portrait ringed in white, hanging off the accent band into the column beneath it
- A filled accent disc holding a different icon for each section
- A rail dropping out of each disc with a hollow marker beside every entry
- Job and school entries built alike, with their dates ranged right on the bold line
- A tinted column beside a near-white one, split at the same point as the band above
- Headings in wide-spaced accent capitals over an accent rule
- Style
- Professional · Modern
- Best for
- Finance · Business · Tech & Engineering
- 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 Compass, 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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