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Simple
ClassicBlack and grey only, with serif type, a centred header and a thin rule under each heading. Each role gives the title, employer, location and dates without decoration.
Classic resume template
Starter resume template
A beginner-friendly first CV: a centred blue header, a shaded Career Objective box and an education section with room for your dates, grade and minor.
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What Starter does well
- Summary headed Career Objective, in a shaded box under your name
- Education entries that lead with the school or university and show start and end dates, grade and minor
- With no work history yet, education moves to the top of the page automatically
- Projects with a technologies line, useful for coursework and personal projects
- Centred header in blue, with LinkedIn included
Template details
- Format
- ATS-friendly structure
- Yes
- Photo
- No
- Content
- Written for the posting you paste in
Upload your CV and paste a job posting. The Studio writes the content for that role, scores it against the posting, and lays it out in Starter.
How Starter is laid out
Starter centres a blue name and a row of contact details at the top of a single A4 column set in sans-serif. Beneath them sits a shaded box headed Career Objective, closed off by a blue rule, then your sections under blue capital headings; when there is no work history, education comes first, giving each school or university its dates, grade and minor.
Who it suits
- Beginners writing a first CV for a part-time job, internship or graduate scheme
- Students and recent graduates whose education and projects make up most of the page
- School leavers with little or no work experience to list
- Career changers who want to open with a stated objective for the new field
Good to know
- The template writes "GPA:" before whatever is in the grade field, so enter the number alone, such as 3.6/4.0; a classification like "First-class honours" would also be labelled GPA.
- A degree still in progress with no end date shows "Present" in its place. You can edit that in the Studio to read "Expected 2027" or similar.
- The summary is always labelled Career Objective. Once you have some experience, Simple and Modern print the same summary with no label.
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Classic
ClassicThe traditional layout in a Times-style serif: a centred name in capitals, a rule under every heading and nothing but black ink. Text is justified, and education leads with the institution.
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Compact
ClassicSmall type, narrow margins and a single line to head each job, so a long career fits on fewer pages. Name and contact details share one line at the top.
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