Harvard resume template
The traditional format universities recommend: centered, serif and education first.
Overview
Harvard follows the format career offices recommend: a centered name, simple serif type, centered headings and plain lines for skills, languages and activities. Education comes first, then experience.
It's the safe choice for students and graduates, and for conservative fields like academia, law, finance and consulting.
Where it works best
- Students and graduates
- Academia
- Law
- Finance and consulting
The example above is filled in for a senior software engineer. Your own resume follows the same layout, whatever your field.
Make it yours
Your colors and font
Pick any of 32 accent colors and 9 fonts, then fine-tune the size, spacing and margins.
Written with AI
Talk to the resume expert or import your old resume, then let the AI assistant sharpen every line.
Headings in your language
Section headings come in 10 languages, and the AI keeps the language you write in.
Switch any time
Try another template in one click. Your content stays, and the layout follows.
Built to get through an ATS
- Real, selectable text in the PDF, never a picture of text.
- Standard section headings that tracking systems recognize, like Experience, Education and Skills.
- Audited: we fill Harvard with a full sample resume, export the PDF and read it back the way an ATS does, field by field.
Before you apply, run your own file through the ATS resume checker to see what a tracking system reads and what to fix.
