Early career
Fresh resume template
A single-page layout for people whose experience section is short and should stay that way, with room for projects and coursework to do real work.
Certified limits
The point where the layout engine still keeps every bullet you wrote. One item past each of these, something gets hidden or the page count grows.
| Roles in your work historyMeasured at three bullets each, with four sections | 3 |
|---|---|
| Bullets per roleMeasured across four roles | 2 |
| SectionsA working ceiling. Sections never became the limiting factor in testing | 5 |
| Page ceiling | 1 |
| Columns | One |
Who this suits
- First job, internship, or a search within the first few years of work
- Anyone whose strongest evidence is projects or study rather than job history
- Situations where one page is expected and two would look padded
Where it is the wrong pick
Worth saying plainly, because a template that suits everyone suits nobody.
- A long career history. The one-page ceiling is deliberate, and a decade of roles will not fit
- Academic applications that need a publication list
What the design actually does
- One column, so a parser reads it top to bottom with no column-order guessing
- A soft header band for the name, with everything else left plain
- Section headings kept to standard words a machine recognises
What certified means
Proven by a test
- The content limits below are measured, not estimated. Each is the point where the layout engine still keeps every bullet you wrote.
- One item past each limit, the engine either hides something or needs another page. A test asserts both halves, so a limit cannot be quietly raised.
- Every section type renders: summary, experience, projects, education, skills, certifications, achievements, and anything custom.
- Long company names and long URLs wrap instead of running off the page.
- Nothing but filler sections is ever dropped to make content fit, and roles are never reordered.
Not yet proven
- Pixel-level visual baselines are not yet automated, so a spacing regression would be caught by review rather than by a test.
- PDF text extraction rates are not yet measured per template. The export path is shared by all of them, but that is an argument, not a measurement.
Other certified templates
Limits measured 2026-08-31 against the layout engine, and re-checked on every build. If a limit here stops being true, the build fails before the page can ship.