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At executive level a resume is read for scale and judgement: how much you ran, what changed because you ran it, and whether the story is easy to verify. This page covers how to write to a structured grid that keeps a long career readable.
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Who this template suits
This template suits directors, vice presidents and C-suite candidates with a long career to compress: people whose resume has to carry budgets, headcount, geographies and outcomes without turning into a wall of text.
It works well when a search firm has approached you or you are applying through a referral, where a person reads the resume first and a structured grid helps them find scope and results quickly.
If you are applying through a large applicant tracking portal with no named contact, keep a single-column version as well. This layout scores strongly for parseability, but a two-column body carries more risk with a strict parser than a single column does.
Before and after
Every executive claims vision. Years, sector, the size of what you run and a concrete track record let a reader place you in seconds, and each part can be checked.
Duties describe the job, not you. Scope in numbers (sites, people, budget) followed by what measurably improved is what separates candidates at the same level.
Worked closely with hides your part. Naming what you brought to the board, what it decided and what happened next shows the governance experience senior roles look for.
ATS compatibility
The layout scores 86 of 100 (strong) on our Template Parseability Score. It loses 11 points for its two-column body, because a parser that reads straight across the page can interleave the columns. Contact details still come out before work history, all 10 sample content fragments extracted intact, and Experience, Education and Skills use headings a parser recognises.
The circle in the header shows your initials; the builder does not add photos. The score still counts it as space reserved for a photo, which accounts for the remaining 3 points.
There are no tables, skill bars or text drawn as images. Email, phone and dates are plain text, and headings use conventional styling.
For an application through a large portal with no named recruiter, use a single-column ATS-friendly layout with the same content. Keep both; switching takes minutes.
Section by section
Three lines: function and years, the scale you run, and one or two outcomes a reader will remember. It sits at the top of the main column, beside your contact details, so it is the first thing read after your name.
For each role, open with scope (people, budget, sites or markets), then two or three results. Cover the last 10 to 15 years in detail and compress earlier roles to a line each.
Add board seats and advisory roles as short Work Experience entries, each with what you contributed. Leave them out rather than list memberships with no role.
Group names do not show in this layout, so order the list with the capabilities a leadership reviewer looks for first, such as P&L ownership or M&A integration, rather than tools.
Degrees and executive programmes, compact, in the narrow column. At this level they confirm rather than persuade.
Two pages is normal for a senior career, as long as the second page carries recent, relevant results. Compress roles older than about 15 years to a line each rather than adding a third page.
Follow the norm where you are applying. In the US, UK, Canada and Australia most employers prefer no photo; in parts of Europe, the Middle East and Asia one is common. This builder does not add photos: the circle in this template shows your initials.
Use percentages, ranges and relative change instead of exact confidential figures, and describe clients or products by type rather than name when they are not public. A reviewer needs the scale and the direction of change, not the internal numbers.
It carries more risk than a single column, because some parsers read across the columns. This template still scores strongly overall, but for portal applications with no named contact, send a single-column version of the same content.
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Vice President, Operations
Contact
(312) 555-0147
victor.hale@example.com
Chicago, IL
Summary
Operations executive with 16 years in consumer goods distribution. Runs a 420-person network across four distribution centres and has led two turnarounds from loss to profit.
Education
University of Illinois
MBA, Operations Management
2009 - 2011
Work Experience
Vice President, Operations, Crestmoor Foods
Chicago, IL
Director, Regional Operations, Harborline Logistics
Milwaukee, WI
Skills