Recruiters spend well under ten seconds on a first pass, and every second spent decoding a layout is a second not spent reading your accomplishments. Classic's design decisions all serve scan speed: role and company bolded at identical positions in every entry, dates right-aligned in a fixed column, one accent color used only for structure (name and section rules), never decoration.

The reverse-chronological single column is also what hiring systems are built to expect. There is no layout ambiguity for a parser to misread — reading order, parsing order, and visual order are the same order.

Every structural choice matches what ATS parsing guides recommend: standard section headings, no tables, no text boxes, no columns, no graphics, contact information in the document body rather than a page header. Exported .docx files use real Word headings and lists (not floating frames), so parsers that read document structure rather than visual position get clean fields too.

If your one page is overflowing — students with heavy project sections, engineers with dense internship histories — Jake's fits meaningfully more per page. If you want more whitespace and a more modern feel for design-adjacent or startup roles, Minimal reads lighter. Classic sits deliberately in the middle: the most content-neutral option, which also means it's nobody's most distinctive one.