LaTeX Style
AcademicCrisp Times-set academic layout that reads like a LaTeX CV class.
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The Harvard Style resume template
The centred serif convention: name in Garamond small caps, a double rule beneath it, contact details centred, section headings ruled across the full measure. Traditional, restrained, and instantly recognisable to anyone who has recruited in finance, law or academia.
- Best forFinance, consulting, law, academic applications
- StructureSingle column, centred header, ruled sections
- LengthOne or two pages
- ATSSingle column and plain -- parses cleanly
Why this format persists
It signals that you know the convention. In sectors where the resume is a formal document rather than a piece of design — investment banking, corporate law, academic job applications — following the expected shape is itself information. It says you have seen how this is done.
It is also genuinely readable: a single column, generous rules that separate sections without ornament, and a serif that holds up at 10 or 11pt in print.
The conventions that go with it
No photo. Not in this format, in any market.
No colour, or almost none. The accent applies only to the job title line. Ink is the right preset here.
Education can go first. For students, recent graduates and academic applications, education above experience is the expected order in this format. Once you have several years of relevant work, flip it.
Institutions and employers in full. "Goldman Sachs & Co." not "GS". This format is formal throughout.
Dates right-aligned and consistent. The ruled sections make ragged dates very obvious.
Filling it in
Keep the summary short or leave it out. This convention traditionally has no summary at all. If you include one, three lines maximum.
Quantify without jargon. "Built a discounted cash-flow model covering 14 comparables for a $340m carve-out" — specific, and readable by a generalist.
Use the Honours section. Awards, scholarships, dean's list, cohort rank. In these sectors those signals are read carefully, and this format has room for them.
Leave out hobbies unless genuinely notable — a national-level sport, a published novel. "Reading and travel" is worse than nothing.
Harvard, LaTeX or Academic CV?
All three are single-column serif layouts, and they are genuinely different documents:
- Harvard Style — centred header, double rule, uppercase name. Finance, consulting, law, US academic job applications.
- LaTeX Style — centred but lighter, Times, thin rules, no uppercase. Maths, physics, computer science.
- Academic CV — left-aligned, small caps, hanging indents on every entry. For a full research record with publications, and it runs to as many pages as needed.
Pick Harvard for job applications, Academic CV for a scholarly record.
If this one is not right
Three close alternatives, and every one carries your content across untouched when you switch.
Academic CV
ScholarSpacious research CV with hanging-indent entries for publications and grants.
Use this templateConsulting
McKinseyHigh-density consulting format with a burgundy rule and right-aligned contact stack.
Use this templateFAQ
Frequently asked questions
Yes, particularly in investment banking, consulting, corporate law and US academic job applications, where following the expected convention is itself a signal.
No. This format has no photo in any market, and adding one undermines the convention it is signalling.
For students, recent graduates and academic applications, yes -- that is the expected order here. Once you have several years of relevant work, put experience first.
Yes. It is a single column with standard headings and real selectable text, which is what parsers handle most reliably.