Ten designs, from plain one-column layouts to bold, colorful ones. Pick a template, type your details into the builder and let the design handle spacing, fonts and alignment. You can switch to another template at any point without retyping a word.
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A centered header and plain grey headings on white. Nothing competes with your content, which makes it the safest choice when you are not sure what an employer expects.
Best for: students, first jobs, administration and any conservative industry.
A dark navy header with your photo on the right, then a single column with the dates lined up on the left. Formal and quick to scan.
Best for: finance, accounting, engineering and management roles.
A charcoal header and solid black section bars give it a firm, structured look, while everything stays in one easy-to-read column.
Best for: IT, data and operations roles, or anyone who likes a structured look.
A traditional one-column layout with a thin timeline and amber accents down the left edge. Recruiters in every sector know this format.
Best for: teaching, care work, trades and other roles where a familiar format works best.
A deep navy sidebar with gold accents holds your skills and languages, leaving the main column free for experience and education.
Best for: project and product managers, customer-facing roles and tech.
A soft cream sidebar with your photo, serif type and pale yellow section headings. Polished without being loud.
Best for: HR, office and executive assistants, legal support.
A burgundy sidebar with a large photo next to a clean main column. Confident, and a welcome change from the usual blue.
Best for: sales, real estate and design-minded tech roles.
A mint-green header and a light sidebar for skills and languages. Fresh and calm, with plenty of white space.
Best for: healthcare, hospitality and wellness roles.
A bright yellow header and black label tags. It gets noticed, while the content below stays in one clear column.
Best for: hospitality, retail and skilled trades, where a bit of personality helps.
Orange and teal edge bars, a framed photo and rounded tags for your hobbies. The most playful design in the set.
Best for: marketing, design and other creative roles.
What you write matters more than the design, but the wrong design can still work against you. Four questions settle it quickly.
Banks, law firms and the public sector still prefer restrained layouts such as Simple, Classic or Navy. Creative, hospitality and startup roles leave more room for color. If you are unsure, look at a CV example for your job.
Browse CV examples by jobA photo is common in Germany, Austria and much of central and southern Europe, but usually left out in the UK, Ireland and the US. Every template works with or without one.
See the CV photo rules by countryWhen you apply through a company's careers portal, software reads your CV before a person does. One-column templates are the safest choice for that. Every template uses real, selectable text, and you can test the result before you apply.
Check your CV with the ATS checkerWith little experience, a one-column template keeps a single page from looking empty. With a long career, a sidebar moves skills and languages aside so the main column has room for your experience.
How long should a CV be?Change the accent color of any template to suit your field or your taste.
Your text is stored separately from the design, so you can try another template in one click without retyping anything.
Write each CV in the language the job calls for, all from one account: a German CV for Berlin, a Spanish one for Madrid.
Add a photo where it is expected and leave it out where it is not. The layout adjusts either way.
Nothing is flattened into an image, so applicant tracking systems and recruiters can read and search every word.
Download a crisp A4 PDF that looks the same on every screen and prints cleanly.
You can choose any template, fill it in and preview the result for free, without a credit card. Downloading the finished CV as a PDF requires one of the plans listed on our pricing page.
No. Cvida exports PDF only. A PDF keeps your layout identical on every computer and is the format most employers ask for. Your CV stays editable in the builder, so you can download a fresh PDF whenever you change something.
A one-column template such as Simple, Classic, Navy or Atlas is the safest choice, because the text is read in a single top-to-bottom order. All ten templates use real text rather than images, and you can test your CV with our free ATS checker.
Yes. Your content is kept separately from the design, so switching templates in the builder rearranges the same text into the new layout. Nothing has to be retyped.
No. Every template works without a photo. Whether to include one depends mostly on the country: photos are common in Germany and Austria, for example, and usually left out in the UK, Ireland and the US.
A template is the design: layout, fonts and colors. A CV example shows the content for a specific job, such as what to put in the summary, experience and skills. Many people start from the example for their role and then pick the template they like best.
Choose any template now. You can change it later without losing a word.