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Dates in Margin resume template: dates in a left column, serif titles

Dates in Margin moves every date into a narrow left column and sets titles in serif, so a long list of roles, degrees and publications can be scanned down the page by year. It was written for academic and research careers, where chronology is the argument.

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Who the Dates in Margin template is best for

  • Researchers, postdocs and lecturers with publications, grants and teaching to list
  • Anyone whose career is best understood as a timeline of roles
  • Candidates with many short engagements who want dates easy to find

Less ideal for: Short resumes, where the date column wastes space.

ATS notes for the Dates in Margin layout

This is a single-column family, the layout that reads in the simplest order.

  • The page is a single column of content with dates set in a left cell beside each entry. Parsers differ in how they read side-by-side cells, so run the analyzer's ATS view and check each date still lands next to its role.
  • Section titles are in sentence case rather than capitals, the only family besides Ruled Table to do so.

The only way to know what a parser reads from your own file is to look: export it, then run it through the ATS resume checker.

Layout specs

Read from the family's definition in the builder. Individual designs in the family vary in colour, font and detail.

Look
Classic
Columns
One
Body text
10 pt
Page margins
18 mm
Contact details
one inline line
Section titles
sentence case
Header rule
Yes

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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

The page is a single column of content with dates set in a left cell beside each entry. Parsers differ in how they read side-by-side cells, so run the analyzer's ATS view and check each date still lands next to its role. Section titles are in sentence case rather than capitals, the only family besides Ruled Table to do so. No template can promise a result with every employer system, so check the exported file in the analyzer's ATS view before you apply.

It sits in the "Classic" look. Researchers, postdocs and lecturers with publications, grants and teaching to list. Anyone whose career is best understood as a timeline of roles. Candidates with many short engagements who want dates easy to find. Less ideal for: short resumes, where the date column wastes space.

It can with some parsers, because the date and the role sit in different cells. This is the main thing to verify for this family. If the ATS view shows dates detached from their entries, switch to ATS Plain or Classic Centered for that application.