About the Polished template
Polished divides the body roughly 62/38, so your experience always has more room than the supporting column beside it. It reads as formal, which is why it lands well in law, finance, and corporate applications.
Read the corporate attorney resume shown hereMarcus Delacroix’s resume in full, with notes on why each part works.How it is built
- A deliberate 62/38 column split rather than an even one
- Underlined section headings in both columns, keeping the two sides in step
- Photo included, sized to sit within the narrower column
- Style
- Elegant · Professional · Corporate
- Best for
- Business · Legal · Finance · Customer Service · Marketing & Sales
- 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 Polished, 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
- CypressA one-column serif resume with a round photo, the name in bold teal and teal headings centred between thin rules
- CanaryA thin yellow band over a white page, a name underlined line by line, and a square photo laid over a drawn frame
- RookA near-black column down the left edge carrying every heading in teal capitals, with a crossed monogram at its head
- PlacardA charcoal band across the head of the page with the name on a yellow plate, yellow icon discs and two ruled columns
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