Section order, headings and how dates appear
Which parts of your CV layout can be changed, who changes them, and why date wording comes from the source CV rather than a formatting setting.
Section order, headings and visibility are controlled by your template. For most agencies that means RemakeCV builds them to your specification; agencies with the self-serve template editor change them directly. Date wording is not a formatting setting — it comes from how dates are read out of the source CV, with month names shortened automatically.
Who changes what
| Change | How |
|---|---|
| Section order | Template editor if you have it, otherwise ask us |
| Section headings ("Career History" vs "Work Experience") | Template editor if you have it, otherwise ask us |
| Hiding a section entirely | Template editor if you have it, otherwise ask us |
| Font, logo, header and footer colours | Company Settings — see logos, fonts and colours |
| Whether a cover page is included | Your own settings — see cover pages |
| Date wording | Not a setting — see below |
See using the template editor for whether your agency has self-serve control.
How do dates actually appear?
This surprises people, so it is worth stating plainly: there is no date-format setting.
RemakeCV reads the date range as the candidate wrote it and carries that wording through, with one automatic normalisation — full month names are shortened, so January 2019 becomes Jan 2019.
That means:
- A CV written as
2019 – 2022stays as2019 – 2022. - A CV written as
January 2019 – PresentbecomesJan 2019 – Present. - Two candidates who wrote their dates differently will still look different from each other.
If date consistency matters to your agency — and for client-facing submissions it usually does — email support@remakecv.com. Consistent date handling is built into how your CVs are read rather than toggled in a settings panel, so it is a change we make for you once.
Can I show time in role?
Not as a calculated value. RemakeCV renders the date range from the CV; it does not compute "3 years 2 months" from it.
If you want tenure displayed, tell us — it is a template-level change rather than a setting, and it needs a decision about what to do with open-ended and overlapping roles.
Choosing a section order
If you are specifying a template with us, the principle is: lead with what your client screens on.
| Sector | Common order |
|---|---|
| General / commercial | Profile → Experience → Education |
| Technology | Profile → Skills → Experience → Education |
| Graduate / early career | Profile → Education → Experience |
| Regulated (finance, legal, healthcare) | Profile → Qualifications → Experience → Education |
Renaming sections
Worth doing where your clients use particular terminology:
- Work Experience → Career History, Professional Experience, Employment
- Profile → Executive Summary, Candidate Overview
- Education → Academic Background
A heading applies to every CV rendered in that template. If different clients want different terminology, that is a case for a template variant.
What about one unusual candidate?
Within the editor you can reorder and delete entries and bullet points inside a section — moving a role up, dropping an irrelevant job. What you cannot do per CV is reorder the sections themselves; that comes from the template.
Frequently asked questions
- Can I choose how dates are displayed?
- Not as a setting. Date wording follows the source CV, with month names shortened automatically — January becomes Jan. If your agency needs a consistent house style for dates, email support@remakecv.com so it can be built into how your CVs are read.
- Can I show how long a candidate was in each role?
- Not automatically. RemakeCV renders the date range from the CV rather than calculating a duration from it. If you want tenure shown, tell us — it is a template-level change.
- Can I reorder sections on a single CV?
- No. You can reorder entries and bullet points within a section, but the order of the sections themselves comes from your template.
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