Template guide · Formal and academic · opens Meridian
Use a readable layout for a two-page federal resume, then verify the fields and supporting documents required by the actual announcement.
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Spec sheet
Strict single-column, monochrome serif resume for federal, legal and traditional-industry applications. Standard section headings, explicit month-and-year dates, no photo, icons or colour.
Extraction certified
Why this shape
Use this page as a layout starting point, not a compliance certificate. Since September 27, 2025, USAJOBS limits resumes to two pages, and OPM applies that limit to Title 5 competitive and excepted service announcements. Keep relevant job titles, employers, month-and-year dates and hours per week clear; add federal series and grade when applicable. The announcement controls additional documents and any permitted exception. Verify the exported file yourself. State and municipal applications can have different instructions.
Read by the machine
One reading order, top to bottom.
Declared layout score
90/100
A structural rating the template declares, not your odds.
Hiring-software test
Passed
A dense sample export came back with every section intact on Letter paper, Oct 17, 2026.
Word export
Word export keeps this layout (certified)
Filled in
The example resumes on this site are rendered in a fixed set of designs, and this one is not in it yet. Browse the examples for your role; the writing advice applies to any design.
Same design, other needs
You can adapt an existing resume. Check the current two-page limit and add the relevant work dates, hours per week and federal series and grade where applicable. Include any additional evidence requested by the announcement. Guul does not certify compliance or guarantee referral.
Use no more than two pages for USAJOBS under the rule effective September 27, 2025. OPM applies the limit to Title 5 announcements and describes limited, announcement-directed exceptions for other hiring authorities or a separately requested CV. Do not upload an unrequested longer resume.
Follow the announcement. Explain the required knowledge, skills and abilities through relevant work evidence within the resume limit. Submit a separate narrative, assessment or other document only when requested. This page does not mean Guul generates agency-specific KSA narratives or automatically supplies every federal field.
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