Word template · Candidate profiles
CV cover page template for candidate presentations
A CV cover page is the page an agency puts in front of a candidate's CV when it presents them to a client: who the candidate is, the role and client they are put forward for, the consultant presenting them and the date. This Word template gives every candidate their own cover with the photo or initials, name and headline, those details, the consultant's short reason for presenting them (only from your notes) and a numbered contents list; the CV follows with matching numbered sections: profile, key skills, career history, education and qualifications. Formatix fills it from the CV and your notes in your brand.
A cover sheet turns a CV into a presentation: the client sees at once which role it is for and who to call. Most agencies make it by hand in a separate document. Here it is part of the template, filled from your notes, so cover and CV always match.
10 free credits, no card needed. One credit fills one document.
An editable file with neutral branding and a fictional example candidate, to fill in by hand. Formatix fills it automatically from a CV.
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What's in the template
A candidate CV with an agency cover page for the client: photo or initials, name, the role and client the candidate is put forward for, the consultant presenting them, the date, the reason for presenting them and a numbered contents list; then the CV with matching numbered sections.
- Cover: photo or initials, name, role and client, presented by, contact, date
- Why we are presenting the candidate (from your notes) and contents
- CV: profile, key skills, career history, education and qualifications, numbered
What it's for: Presenting a candidate to a client formally, with a cover sheet.
WordDelivered as an editable Word file, or saved as PDF.
Who uses it
Retained and senior contingent recruiters
Presenting a shortlisted candidate to a client formally, one CV at a time.
Agencies on preferred supplier lists
A consistent cover for every submission, with the role and the consultant.
Consultants who add a short pitch
Two or three sentences on why this candidate, taken from your notes.
Every page of the example
The example is in Formatix branding with fictional content. When you pick this template, it is rebuilt with your logo, colours and fonts before you use it.
How you use it
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Pick the template
Open Formatix, choose this template in Studio, and give us your website. We pull your logo, colours and fonts and rebuild the template in your brand. You see a sample before you use it.
- 2
Drop the CV and your notes
Upload the candidate's CV with your notes: the role and client, the date, why you are presenting them and your contact details. One credit fills one document.
- 3
Check and send
The filled document appears beside the original for checking. Edit anything in place, then download the Word file, or save it as PDF.
Download or automate? The free download is a plain file you fill in by hand. In Formatix the template is rebuilt in your brand, with your logo, colours and fonts taken from your website, and filled from a CV or your notes in about a minute. What you keep is the finished document: an editable Word, PowerPoint or Excel file.
Ask for changes in plain words, such as "move the photo to the right" or "add a Languages section", and the template is updated with the rest of its formatting kept. If you already have a document you send clients, upload that instead and Formatix turns it into a template. How Studio builds templates
Questions about this template
- What is on the cover page?
- The photo or initials, name and headline, the role and client the candidate is put forward for, who is presenting them with contact details, the date, the reason for presenting them when your notes give one, and a numbered contents list.
- Where do the role, client and date come from?
- From your notes. Formatix never guesses them from the CV; anything your notes leave out simply does not appear on the cover.
- Does the contents list stay in step with the CV?
- Yes. Sections are numbered as the template fills, so a section the CV has no content for drops out of both the contents and the CV without a gap in the numbers.
- How is it different from the shortlist report?
- The shortlist report has one cover and summary for a whole shortlist. This template gives each candidate their own cover and full CV.
- Can I download this template?
- Yes. A free, editable Word version with neutral branding and three fictional example candidates is on this page, to fill in by hand. To have it rebuilt in your brand and written automatically from CVs, use it in Formatix; what you keep is an editable Word file.
Related templates and pages
WordShortlist reportThe Word shortlist report for a client: a cover, the search summary and numbers, a shortlist-at-a-glance table, then one page per candidate with availability and terms, profile, the consultant’s view, fit against the brief, career summary, education and points to explore at interview.
WordClient submittalA cover document that puts a candidate forward to a client: why they fit the brief, key facts, terms and next steps.
WordCandidate profile (classic)A traditional one-page candidate profile with a clear career history, laid out the way clients expect to read a CV from an agency.
Use the cv with cover page in your brand
Give us your website, and the template is rebuilt with your logo, colours and fonts. Your first ten documents are free, with no card, valid for 14 days.
Formatix fills it from the CV for you: see our CV formatting software, or bulk CV formatting for a whole shortlist at once.