Word template · Candidate profiles
CV template with a photo header
A CV with a photo header opens with a band across the top of the page holding the candidate's photo, name, headline and key facts, with the rest of the CV in a single column below. In this Word template the band runs edge to edge in a light tint of your brand colour; the photo comes from the candidate's own CV, and when the CV has none the candidate's initials sit in a disc instead. Below the band: profile, key skills, career history with the dates and place beside each role, education, certifications, languages and interests. Formatix fills it from the CV in your agency's brand.
In much of Europe and for client-facing roles a photo is expected, and a CV that puts it at the top looks complete. This layout gives the photo room without crowding the career, and it still works for markets where photos are not used.
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 CV that opens with a large tinted header band across the page: the candidate's photo (initials when the CV has none), name, headline, location and notice, then profile, key skills, career history, education, certifications, languages and interests in one column.
- Full-width header band: photo or initials, name, headline, key facts
- Profile and key skills as chips
- Career history with dates and place beside each role
- Education, certifications and languages side by side; interests
What it's for: Markets and roles where clients expect a photo on the CV.
WordDelivered as an editable Word file, or saved as PDF.
Who uses it
Agencies in markets that expect photos
Germany, the Netherlands, the Nordics, the Gulf and much of Europe.
Consumer, hospitality and sales recruiters
Client-facing roles where the person matters as much as the job titles.
Firms mixing photo and no-photo CVs
Without a photo the initials disc keeps the header balanced.
How you use it
- 1
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 a CV or your notes
Upload the candidate's CV, in any layout or language. For reports that carry your ratings or notes, add them alongside the CV. 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, PowerPoint or Excel 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
- Where does the photo come from?
- From the candidate's own CV. Formatix lifts the photo from the file you upload; it never searches for one. If the CV has no photo, the header shows the candidate's initials.
- Can I use it without photos?
- Yes. Without a photo the initials disc takes its place, so the band still looks finished. You can also ask for the photo slot to be removed.
- What is in the header band?
- The photo or initials, the name, a one-line headline, location and notice period as stated, and the consultant presenting the candidate when your notes give one.
- How long is the CV?
- One page for a typical CV; a long career runs onto a second page in the same single column.
- Will it use my brand colours?
- Yes. Formatix takes your logo, colours and fonts from your website or brand kit and rebuilds the layout around them; you check a sample before the first 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
WordTwo-column CV with sidebarAn agency CV in two columns: name, profile and career history in the main column, and a tinted sidebar on the right with the photo or initials, the consultant presenting the candidate, key facts, skills, languages, education and certifications.
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.
WordModern CV with dark headerA modern agency CV under a dark full-width header with the logo, name, headline and key facts, then a clean sans body: profile, core skills in a three-column grid, career history with dates beside each role, education, certifications and languages.
Use the cv with photo header 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.