About the Obsidian template
Obsidian runs a black column down the left of the page, textured with a faint white honeycomb and lifted to charcoal at its head behind the top of a wide square portrait. Beneath the portrait, in bold white, the contact details sit beside small icons, then education, certifications and skills each open under a white rule and a bold uppercase heading. The wide column sets the name in large bold type in the accent, a warm taupe, and runs every section under a hairline and a bold uppercase heading, with each role opening on its dates in bold and the languages two to a row as a name with its CEFR code, a bar and the level in words. It suits a clinician, a teacher or a counsellor who wants a photograph and a page that reads as solid and considered.
Read the healthcare social worker resume shown hereMarcus Hale’s resume in full, with notes on why each part works.How it is built
- A black left column textured with a faint white honeycomb, lifted to charcoal at its head behind the top of the portrait
- A wide square portrait straddling the charcoal head and the black column
- Every column heading a bold uppercase label opened by a rule, white on the black and a hairline on the white
- The name in large bold type in the accent, a warm taupe, over the sections
- Each role opening on its dates in bold, then the role, employer and city divided by bars on one line
- Languages two to a row, each as the name with its CEFR code at the right end, a bar in the accent and the level in words beneath
- Style
- Modern · Professional
- Best for
- Healthcare · Education · 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 Obsidian, 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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