Timeline resume template

Work experience and education sit on a vertical timeline, so your career progression is clear at a glance.

Best for: people with a steady, growing career path

No Word file needed: fill in this template online and download a PDF. Your resume is saved in your browser automatically. An account is optional.

Sample resume in the Timeline template — The image shows the template filled in with a sample resume.

This template at a glance

Two columns (a side column for skills and contact)
Better sent directly than uploaded to ATS systems
Photo optional, and you can move it

When to choose it

When your promotions are the story of your resume, for example from specialist to supervisor to manager. Experience and education sit on a vertical line with a dot beside each entry and its dates opposite, so the order of your jobs is clear without reading. It is a single column that ATS software reads correctly; skills and languages sit side by side at the bottom. Our customer support sample is shown in this template first.

When to pick another one

If you have long gaps or short, scattered jobs: the timeline makes the gaps more visible, and a skills-led template like Modern works better. With only one job, a line with a single dot shows nothing. For a very long history, Compact gives you more room.

Every template lets you choose colors, fonts, photo and section order, and you can switch templates at any time without losing anything.