Modern CV Template — Free

The default choice, and the safest one if you are not sure. A single column, generous spacing, and one teal accent colour used only for section rules — nothing a recruiter has to decode before they can read your name.

It is the template to pick when your experience should do the talking: tech, engineering, finance, operations, and any application going through an automated screening system first.

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Modern CV template preview — clean single-column professional resume with a teal accent, free PDF download

Who this suits

  • Software, engineering and IT roles, where recruiters skim for stack keywords.
  • Finance, accounting and operations — conservative fields that still want to look current.
  • Anyone applying through a company careers portal, where an ATS reads the file before a human does.
  • Career changers: the plain structure keeps attention on what you did, not on the layout.

What the design does

  • One column, so nothing is read out of order by a parser.
  • Teal rules under each section heading — colour used for structure, not decoration.
  • Generous line height, which keeps a dense two-page CV readable.
  • Contact details on one line under your name, no icons to render badly in print.

When to choose something else

If you are applying for a design, art-direction or brand role, this will read as under-designed — Elegant or Onyx shows more personality. And if you have twenty years of history to fit, Sidebar packs more into the same page.

Modern CV template — FAQ

Is this template free?

Three of the seven templates download free: Modern, Classic and Minimal — one download a month as a guest and one more with a free account. The other four (Elegant, Banner, Onyx and Sidebar) need a 48-hour pass or a plan. Free downloads are clean — no watermark, no footer.

Will it pass ATS screening?

Yes. All text is real selectable text, not an image, and the section headings use standard names (Experience, Education, Skills) that applicant tracking systems parse correctly.

Does it work in Arabic?

Yes. Choose Arabic as the document language and the whole layout flips to right-to-left with proper Arabic letter shaping — the text is not mirrored or broken.

Can I change it after downloading?

You can come back and edit any time — your draft is saved in your browser. To change the wording of an exported PDF, edit it here and download again rather than editing the PDF itself.

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