When to use Modern
Use Modern when you want a colour bar without leaving a single column. Recruiters see a cleaner header; parsers still get extractable text. Skip it if the employer’s branding guidelines forbid colour, or if you need the densest one-page squeeze — use Compact instead.
Who it suits
Tech, marketing, product, and most private-sector professional roles.
Layout and reading order
This is a single visual layout. A single column can make reading order easier to follow. No layout is guaranteed to work in every recruitment system. Check extracted text and follow the upload instructions.
PDF and Word exports use consistent single-column layouts. To print the visual template, use the builder’s print option and check page breaks.
When another layout may help
Skip if you are submitting to a panel that asked for a plain Civil Service-style file with no colour at all.