About the Sterling template
Sterling is the plain serif one-column resume, on a white page with no photo: the name centred in bold, one centred line of contact details divided by dots, and every section, one the writer adds included, under the same bold capitals over a dark rule the full width of the page. An entry opens on the employer and city in bold with the dates against the right margin, then the role in bold beneath, then its bullets; a degree reads as the school and city in bold with the award month against the margin and the award on the line beneath. Skills run three to a row as a bulleted grid. Nothing on the page is set in colour but the name and the rules, and the accent ships as near-black, so the default reads as ink on paper. It suits a human resources manager, an administrator or anyone applying somewhere a resume is read by a system before a person.
Read the hr manager resume shown hereMargaret Achterberg’s resume in full, with notes on why each part works.How it is built
- A white page with no photo, the name centred in bold over one line of contact details divided by dots
- Every heading the same bold capitals over a dark rule the full width of the page, a section the writer adds included
- An entry opening on the employer and city in bold with the dates against the right margin, the role in bold beneath
- A degree as the school and city in bold with the award month against the margin and the award on the line beneath
- Skills three to a row as a bulleted grid, and an accent that ships as near-black so the page reads as ink
- Style
- Traditional · Simple · Professional
- Best for
- Business · Admin & Office · Finance · Other
- Career stage
- Mid Level · Senior / Executive
- Layout
- One Column · Without Photo
- Photo
- No photo
Templates with a similar look
These share at least one style with Sterling, 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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