Civic resume template
A traditional serif page: your name centered up top, then clean full-width sections in reading order. No sidebars, no color blocks — the typography does the work.
Built on our Georgia layout — best for conservative industries where a designed resume reads as noise — law, finance, academia, government.
- ATS-safe: real selectable text, standard headings, no tables
- A4, print-perfect PDF download — free, no watermark
- Pre-filled with a sample so you see the finished page instantly
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How to write a government & nonprofit resume
Civic is built for public servants, policy officers and NFP professionals. The template handles the formatting — these are the content rules that win interviews in this field:
- 1Mirror the selection criteria language exactly — government screening literally checks criteria coverage.
- 2Show stakeholder complexity: community groups, ministers' offices, boards — name the altitude you operated at.
- 3Grants and budgets are your revenue numbers: amounts won, programs delivered, people reached.
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