About the Traditional template
Traditional keeps one column, no photo, and section headings flanked by rules in the arrangement a paper CV has used for decades. Choose it when the reader is an institution rather than a startup.
Read the cpa resume shown hereJames Thornton’s resume in full, with notes on why each part works.How it is built
- Section headings flanked by extending rules, in the conventional arrangement
- One column, no photo, and no colour beyond the heading rules
- Ordering fixed to the sequence institutional readers expect
- Style
- Traditional · Corporate · Professional
- Best for
- Education · Healthcare · Finance · Admin & Office · Business
- 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 Traditional, 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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