About the Damson template
Damson runs a light grey column down the left of a white page and a plum band across the head of the page beside it. The column opens with a large round portrait in a plum ring, then the profile and the key skills under solid bands of a lighter plum that run the width of the column, each label in white small capitals. The head band carries the name in large white small capitals with the contact details on one line beneath it, divided by bars. Under the band every heading is plum small capitals with no rule, a section the writer adds included, so a leadership section reads exactly as the work history does. A role is its title in bold over the employer, the city and the dates on one lighter line divided by a bar, then bullets; a degree reads the same way. It suits a student, a school leaver or anyone writing a first resume from a part-time job and a position of responsibility.
Read the high school student resume shown hereNadia Ferreira’s resume in full, with notes on why each part works.How it is built
- A light grey column down the left of the page, a slot the reader can change, opening with a large round portrait in a plum ring
- The profile and the key skills in the column under solid bands of a lighter plum the width of the column, each label in white small capitals
- A plum band across the head of the page beside the column, the name in large white small capitals with the contact details on one barred line beneath
- Every heading on the page in plum small capitals with no rule, a section the writer adds included
- A role as its title in bold over the employer, city and dates on one lighter line divided by a bar, and a degree the same way
- Style
- Simple · Modern
- Best for
- Customer Service · Other · Education
- Career stage
- Entry Level
- Layout
- Two Column · With Photo
- Photo
- Includes a photo
Templates with a similar look
These share at least one style with Damson, 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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