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, and are fully customisable — change them in the template editor, or tell us the specification and we will build it. Date style is set a level earlier, in how your CVs are read, so your agency's house date format is applied consistently to every CV rather than being a per-document setting.
Who changes what
| Change | How |
|---|---|
| Section order | Template editor, or ask us |
| Section headings ("Career History" vs "Work Experience") | Template editor, or ask us |
| Hiding a section entirely | Template editor, or 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 the full set of controls.
How do dates actually appear?
Dates work slightly differently from the rest of the template, and it is worth knowing why: date style is configured in how your CVs are read, not in how they are rendered.
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 with the style you want. We configure it once, at the level where dates are interpreted, and every CV your agency produces follows it from then on.
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?
- Yes. Your agency's house date style is configured once and then applied to every CV automatically, rather than being set per document. Month names are shortened by default — January becomes Jan. Email support@remakecv.com with the style you want.
- 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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