Nordic Clean CV Template
Thick left accent border badges with spacious Scandinavian layout.
Layout
A left-aligned single column in sans-serif with generous spacing. The header has an extra-bold name in your colour, a grey headline and contact details separated by dots, closed by a thin rule. Each section heading is marked by a thick vertical bar of your colour on its left, and the section content is indented slightly to line up with the heading text, giving the page a clean left edge.
How ATS software reads it
Structurally this is a single column with headings in your chosen order, which parsers handle well. The thick bar beside each heading is a border and produces no text, so it neither helps nor harms extraction. The slight indent of content is spacing only. The PDF keeps real text, so keywords in your bullets and skills remain searchable, and standard section names are used.
Best for
- Product managers and business analysts
- Public sector and NGO roles
- Candidates who want a calm layout with clear section markers
- Two-page CVs with several distinct sections
If you need maximum content on one page, the extra space above each section here will cost you lines, so Compact One-Page is a better fit.
Tips for this template
- Use the spacing to your advantage by keeping sections short and well separated rather than adding filler.
- Pick a muted colour, such as slate blue or forest green, to keep with the calm Scandinavian look.
- Order sections so the most relevant one comes straight after the summary; the left bars make each start obvious.
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