Modern pairs clean sans-serif type with an accent-colored headline and section headings. It looks current without adding columns, graphics or anything else that can confuse an applicant tracking system. It works well for tech, startup, marketing and business roles where you want a crisp, contemporary page.
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Modern is a single-column template, so it parses cleanly in every ATS. The accent color is only applied to text styling, which does not affect how your content is read.
Engineering recruiters and hiring managers read a software engineer resume for two things: the stack you have used in real work, and the impact of what you shipped.
Sales hiring managers read resumes for numbers first: targets, achievement against quota, revenue and accounts won.
A fresher resume has to prove potential without a job history, so education, projects and internships do the work that experience does for everyone else.
A career change resume has to answer one question quickly: why should someone from a different field be hired for this role? The answer comes from transferable results, new skills with proof, and a summary that connects the two.
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