Template guide · Clean and direct · opens Catalyst
For anyone coming back after a career break. Grouped skills open the page, so what you can do is read before when you last did it.
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Spec sheet
Skills-first single column for a career change or a return to work — grouped competencies lead, roles follow in compact support
Why this shape
A break shows up on a chronological resume before anything else does. This template turns the page around: grouped competencies lead, and each role follows in compact support, so a reader meets your capabilities first and your timeline second. It is a single column with an optional photo slot, built for coordinator, specialist, analyst and manager roles in business, operations, education, nonprofit and technology work.
Read before you apply through hiring software
Applying through an online job portal? Use a single-column template for the portal, and keep this one for emailing a recruiter or handing over in person.
Open the ATS-Optimized guideRead 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
Not tested yet
We have not run this test on this design yet. Its layout facts still come from the design itself.
Word export
Word export as a single-column file
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.
Name it briefly where it falls in the timeline, with the dates, and keep the detail in the skills groups above it. Refreshers, certifications, volunteering and contract work belong in those groups as current evidence of what you can do now.
The slot is optional. Many US and UK employers discard photos and our ATS checker flags them, so leave it empty for online applications and use it only where local hiring convention expects one.
The Career Gap template keeps a conventional order and asks you to address the gap inside it. This one changes the order so grouped skills come first and every role is compact. Choose it when your strengths are clearer than your timeline.
Use it now
Build, edit, and preview free. Change the design without retyping your content. Finished resume downloads require a purchase.
