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.
- RosterThe plain biodata page: labelled contact lines, a bordered passport portrait and a personal-details table
- TerracottaOne warm colour for the name, headings and every employer line, grey for the rest, and skills as ruled rows
- JuniperA centred name in sage capitals, a square portrait and dark skill bars
- AzureA full-width accent band with labelled contact, a grey summary strip and ruled entry rows
- GlacierA pale panel down the right, accent headings over grey rules, and the earlier roles in one line each
- PewterSpaced serif capitals beside a round portrait, grey heading blocks and a heavy rule under the head
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