About the Plum template
Plum is a two-column student resume on a white page. A band of plum runs across the head a little below the top edge, carrying the name in white capitals and the job title beneath; a grey-lavender column stands over the band’s left end, from the top of the page to its foot, and opens with a round portrait in a thin plum ring. The column carries the contact details as plum icons and bold labels over their values, the technical skills with their level in brackets, the languages and the certificates, each under a plum capital heading over a plum rule. Every section on the page, one the writer adds included, opens with its icon in white on a plum square, its label in plum capitals with a rule beneath, and a rail of plum running down from the square with a dot at every entry. A degree is its award in bold with the years against the right edge, then the school and its city, then the grade; a role reads the same way with the employer beneath. It suits a student, a graduate or anyone whose projects and results carry more weight than their employment.
Read the computer science student resume shown hereLena Kowalski’s resume in full, with notes on why each part works.How it is built
- A plum band across the head of the page, set a little below the top edge, with the name in white capitals and the job title beneath
- A grey-lavender column standing over the band’s left end from the top of the page to its foot, opening with a round portrait in a thin plum ring
- The contact details in the column as a plum icon and a bold label over each value, and every column heading in plum capitals over a plum rule
- Every page heading its icon in white on a plum square beside a plum capital label with a rule beneath, a section the writer adds included
- A plum rail running down from each square through its section with a dot at every entry, a degree reading its award over the school and its grade with the years ranged right
- The technical skills listed with their level in brackets and the languages the same way
- Style
- Modern · Professional · Creative
- Best for
- Tech & Engineering · Education · Other
- 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 Plum, so they are the closest alternatives if the proportions here are not right for your history.
- PrimerA rounded dark rule around the page, a dashed inner border, and a navy bookmark hung over the top edge
- PipA red dot before every heading, a grey rule beneath it, and one thin line dividing the columns
- SwoopBlue swooshes over the head, a ringed round photo, banded headings with an icon at the tip and every entry on a rail
- HarbourA teal name band, a ringed photo beside the intro, and a divider down the middle of the page
- ApricotA grey column with the surname in orange over a full-width photo, and bold headings on thin rules down both columns
- BerryA raspberry head band with a round photo and the roles three abreast under spaced capital headings
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