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Minimal resume template: white space, hairlines, tracked caps

Minimal is a single-column design that relies on wide margins, hairline rules and widely tracked capital section titles instead of colour or ornament. It suits readers who want a clean page that still looks designed.

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Who the Minimal template is best for

  • Designers, researchers and consultants who want restraint rather than decoration
  • Mid-career professionals with a focused story and room to leave white space
  • Roles where the reader will scan a PDF on screen

Less ideal for: Very long work histories: the 21 mm margins and 9.5 pt body leave less room per page than denser families.

ATS notes for the Minimal layout

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

  • Single column in every template of the family, with the contact details on one inline row.
  • Section titles are capitals with wide letter spacing; they are still ordinary text, so confirm in the analyzer's ATS view that each heading comes through as a heading.

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
Simple & ATS-safe
Columns
One
Body text
9.5 pt
Page margins
21 mm
Contact details
one inline line
Section titles
capitals
Header rule
Yes

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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Single column in every template of the family, with the contact details on one inline row. Section titles are capitals with wide letter spacing; they are still ordinary text, so confirm in the analyzer's ATS view that each heading comes through as a heading. 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 "Simple & ATS-safe" look. Designers, researchers and consultants who want restraint rather than decoration. Mid-career professionals with a focused story and room to leave white space. Roles where the reader will scan a PDF on screen. Less ideal for: very long work histories: the 21 mm margins and 9.5 pt body leave less room per page than denser families.

They can. Margins are 21 mm all round and the body is 9.5 pt, so the page is airy. If you spill onto a second page by a few lines, tighten the content first, then consider Compact, which is built for one dense page.