Minimal CV Template — Free
No colour, no rules, no graphics — only typography and spacing doing the organising. It is the most machine-readable template here, because there is nothing in it for a parser to misinterpret.
Choose it when the application is a black box: a government portal, a large corporate ATS, or a listing that says "submit as plain PDF" and gives you nothing else to go on.
Build my CV with this template
Who this suits
- Applications through large corporate or government portals with unknown parsing.
- Academic and scholarship submissions with strict formatting rules.
- Anyone whose CV will be printed, photocopied or scanned before it is read.
- Applicants with dense content — no decoration means more room for substance.
What the design does
- Pure black on white, so nothing is lost in greyscale printing or a fax.
- Section hierarchy carried by weight and spacing alone, never by colour.
- Highest text-to-page ratio of the seven — most content per page.
- No sidebars, columns or boxes, which is what makes it the safest for ATS.
When to choose something else
It is deliberately plain, so it will not stand out on a desk of twenty CVs — if a human is doing the shortlisting and you want to be remembered, Elegant or Banner does more. For design roles it undersells you.
Minimal CV template — FAQ
Is this template free?
Yes. Every template is free with no watermark on the design itself. Free downloads add one small line at the bottom crediting Confileo; a subscription removes it.
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.