
About the Rook template
Rook is a one-column resume without a photo, drawn on a white page beside a near-black column that runs down the left edge of every page. At the head of that column the initials sit either side of a thin teal cross inside a white disc. Beside it the name opens the page in heavy black type over the contact details as bold labels with their values, such as Address and Phone number. Every heading, a section the writer adds included, sits in the dark column in bold teal capitals ranged right under a short grey rule, level with the section it names, and each section opens on a grey rule of its own across the white side. A role reads as its title in bold over the employer, with the dates behind a calendar and the city behind a pin in a narrow column at the right, and a degree reads the same way. Skills are set two to a row, each name beside five teal dots. A list the writer adds runs along one line between thin bars. It suits IT and office support staff who want a sober page with one strong mark.
Read the it support specialist resume shown hereTobias Renner’s resume in full, with notes on why each part works.How it is built
- A near-black column down the left edge of every page holds every heading, ranged right in teal capitals under a short grey rule
- The initials sit either side of a thin teal cross in a white disc at the head of the dark column
- Each section opens on a grey rule across the white side, level with the rule above its heading
- Roles and degrees keep their dates behind a calendar and their city behind a pin in a narrow column at the right
- Skills two to a row, each bold name beside five teal dots, and a list the writer adds runs on one line between thin bars
- Style
- Modern · Professional
- Best for
- Tech & Engineering · Admin & Office
- Career stage
- Entry Level · Mid Level
- Layout
- One Column · Without Photo
- Photo
- No photo
Templates with a similar look
These share at least one style with Rook, 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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