Minimal · Charcoal resume template

This template belongs to the “Minimal” design and is most useful for these jobs and situations:

• Accounting and finance specialist
• Engineer (civil, mechanical, electrical, industrial)
• Administrative and HR specialist
• Sales and trade specialist
• Applying through job boards
• Internships and first jobs

This template has a linear structure that applicant tracking systems read correctly, so it suits both job boards and direct applications.

The Minimal design uses hairlines, generous spacing and a subtle accent color. No columns, tables or icons break up the text; headings are small and orderly, and sections run top to bottom in order of importance. The result is a resume where an employer finds your career path and main skills within the first few seconds.

Because the text is linear, the resume-screening software used by many large companies and job boards extracts your job title, dates and skills correctly. If you’re not sure which template suits a job ad, Minimal is the safest choice: it looks formal, isn’t too plain and stays clean in black-and-white print.

The “Charcoal” palette, with a dark ground and headings, is serious and focused; the text reads with high contrast and the resume looks weighty and confident among colorful ones.

A photo is optional in this template; if you leave it out, the header is laid out without an empty space.

A resume in this template is made of these sections; each has its own form in the editor:

• Header and contact details: Name, job title, email, phone, city, website and photo (optional).
• Professional summary: Three or four sentences about your specialty, years of experience and most important achievement.
• Work experience: Title, organization, city, start and end dates and up to 12 achievement bullets per job.
• Education: Degree, field, university, years and GPA.
• Skills: With levels from one to five and groups (for example software, programming languages, soft skills).
• Languages: Each language with its proficiency level.
• Certificates and courses: Course name, issuer, date and verification link.
• Projects: Name, your role, link and a short description.
• Awards and links: Awards, rankings and your LinkedIn, GitHub or portfolio link.
• Interests: A few short items that show your personality.

• Order sections by importance for that particular job ad; you rearrange them by dragging in the appearance settings.
• In a single-column template, keep each experience bullet to one line starting with an action verb: “launched”, “reduced”.
• Write your job title in exactly the words of the job ad so the screening system can find it.
• If you have more than ten years of experience, summarize older jobs in one line so the resume doesn’t exceed two pages.

The Minimal · Charcoal template is free: build the resume with a free account and get PDF and Word; only a small “Made with Porsino” mark appears at the bottom of the document.

PDF and Word downloads keep the same design, and when you turn on sharing, the resume gets a readable public address that you can turn off anytime. The price of “Resume Pro” and its terms are on the pricing page.