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Professional Dark resume template

A dark header band with a photo circle, and a grey left column for contact, education and skill bars.

Access: You can open, fill in and preview it without paying. Downloading the PDF needs the Pro plan (₹99 for 30 days) or higher. See plans.

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LayoutLeft sidebar
Photo areaYes — can be left empty
Skills shown asRating bars
SuitsEarly career (0–3 years), mid-career
Suggested lengthOne page; the sidebar fills quickly, so keep education entries short.
Download formatPDF (image-based; text is not selectable)

Who Professional Dark suits

  • Accounts, finance and administration professionals with two to eight years of experience
  • Applications emailed to a hiring manager or shared as a printout
  • People who want a strong, dark header without a fully coloured page

What works well

  • The dark header gives the page a clear top and makes your name the first thing read.
  • Education sits in the sidebar, which frees the wider column for experience.

What to watch out for

  • Skills are shown as horizontal bars. A bar does not tell a reader what you can actually do; consider short, specific skill names and backing them up in your bullets.
  • The two-column layout is less predictable for software that reads uploaded files. For portal uploads, keep a text-based copy as well.
  • The header uses a lot of ink if printed.

How this layout reads

A coloured sidebar holds contact details, skills and similar short items; the wider main column holds your summary and experience. It is visually organised, but the sidebar is narrow, so keep entries short — and remember that two columns are less predictable for software that extracts text.

Suggested section order

  1. Contact details and target role
  2. A three-line summary
  3. Work experience with results, most recent first
  4. Skills relevant to the role
  5. Education
  6. Certifications or training

You can hide any section you do not need in the builder.

Tips for this template

  • If you do not want a photo, leave the photo area empty rather than using a placeholder image.
  • Use the Profile section for two or three lines on what you do and for whom, not a list of adjectives.
  • Use the colour picker to change the accent colour; darker shades print more reliably.

When to choose a different template

  • Choose Clean Professional for portal uploads or conservative employers (Free).
  • Choose Navy Elite if you want a dark header but a three-column body with more room for experience (Pro).

Before you start

  1. Write or paste your content into a separate document first — the builder does not save your entries if you close the tab.
  2. Open the template, fill in each section and check the live preview beside the form.
  3. Download the PDF. If you are uploading to a job portal that reads your file, also prepare a text-based version (see formatting a resume software can read).

Questions about this template

Is Professional Dark free?

You can open, fill in and preview it without paying. Downloading the PDF needs the Pro plan (₹99 for 30 days) or higher.

Does the downloaded PDF have selectable text?

No. The PDF download from our builder is image-based: it reproduces the design exactly, but the text cannot be selected or copied. That is fine for emailing a person or printing. For job portals that read the text out of your upload, keep a text-based copy of your resume as well, or type your details into the portal's form.

Is my resume saved if I close the page?

No. The builder works in your browser and does not save your entries to an account. Keep your text in a separate document and download the PDF before you close the tab.

Do I have to add a photo?

No. The photo area is part of this design, but you can leave it empty. For most jobs in India, the US, the UK, Canada and Australia a photo is not expected; if you will not use one, a template designed without a photo area usually looks better.

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