About the Primer template
Primer is the first resume: a white one-column page framed twice, by a dark rounded rule at the paper’s edge and a dashed navy border set in from it, with a navy bookmark reading CV hanging over the top right corner and across the dashed line. The name opens the page in bold navy with the job title in small capitals beneath it, and the address, phone and email follow as three short italic grey lines set a step in. Every heading, a section the writer adds included, is the same bold navy capital label with no rule, and the sections run down one column with room between them. A degree reads its award in bold with the minor after a comma, then the school and its city, then the years in italics; a placement is one bulleted line, the role in bold followed by the school and the dates, with its duties as further bullets under it. The certificates are a bulleted list, the skills a ticked one, and the website reads along the foot in spaced navy capitals, masking the dashed line. On paper every page carries the frame and the foot. It suits a graduate, a student teacher or anyone writing a first resume where the education leads and the experience is a placement.
Read the elementary school teacher resume shown hereLena Marchetti’s resume in full, with notes on why each part works.How it is built
- A dark rounded rule along the paper’s edge and a dashed navy border set in from it, repeated on every printed page
- A navy bookmark with a notched tail hanging over the top right corner and across the dashed border, reading CV
- The address, phone and email as three short italic grey lines set a step in under the bold navy name
- Every heading the same bold navy capital label with no rule beneath, a section the writer adds included
- A placement written as one bulleted line, the role in bold followed by the school and the dates, with its duties as bullets under it
- The website along the foot in spaced navy capitals, masking the dashed border where it sits
- Style
- Simple · Professional · Traditional
- Best for
- Education · Admin & Office · Customer Service · Other
- Career stage
- Entry Level
- Layout
- One Column · Without Photo
- Photo
- No photo
Templates with a similar look
These share at least one style with Primer, 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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