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Slate — ATS-safe resume template with a photo
A single column with the photo beside your name and one accent hairline. The only parser-safe layout in the set that carries a photograph.
Slate is one of 22 free résumé templates in PaperKit, the no-login résumé builder from CodeSierra. It is free to use and free to download as a PDF — no account, no watermark and nothing to pay — and it prints to A4 or US Letter. Slate is single-column and ATS-safe, so an applicant tracking system reads it in the order you wrote it. You fill it in as a form with the real PDF rendering beside you, and switching to any other template carries your content across untouched.
Photo headerOne columnAccent rule
Use this templateNo login · No watermark · Free PDF
- Audience
- Nursing · Front office · Field roles
- Colour schemes
- Ink, Indigo, Navy, Teal
- Photo slot
- No
- Paper
- A4 and US Letter
Pick Slate if…
- The employer asked for a photograph and the application still goes through a portal.
- You want a photo without a sidebar or a coloured block behind your name.
- You are applying in a field where a face on the page is normal — nursing, hospitality, field sales.
How it stays parsable
- One column, top to bottom — no sidebars or text boxes to reorder your history.
- Section headings are real text, not images, so a parser can label your content.
- No background graphics, so a scanner reads black text on white paper.
- Dates and employers sit on the same line as the role they belong to.
Slate works well for these roles
Each example comes with profession-specific bullets you can edit in place.
Questions about Slate
- Is the Slate resume template free?
- Yes. Slate is free — no login, no watermark and nothing to pay at the download step. You can edit it in your browser and download the PDF straight away. Every PaperKit template is free the same way, in all four makers: there is no premium set and nothing to unlock.
- Is Slate ATS-friendly?
- Yes. Slate is single-column with semantic headings and no background graphics, sidebars or text boxes — the structure an applicant tracking system parses reliably. The editor also shows a live ATS score as you type.
- Can I switch away from Slate later?
- Yes. Templates are a design layer over your content, so you can change template at any point inside the editor without retyping or losing a single line.