# Sections and entries

> The sixteen kinds of section a resume can hold, how to reorder and hide them, and the one that surprises people - a cover letter lives here too.

Source: https://www.revquix.com/docs/resume/sections-and-entries
Last verified: 2026-09-03

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A resume is a list of sections, and each section holds entries. Nothing is fixed - you choose which
sections exist, what they are called, and what order they come in.

## What you can add

**The usual four:** Summary, Experience, Education, Skills.

**And twelve more:** Projects, Certifications, Courses, Awards, Languages, Interests, Organisations,
Publications, References, Declaration, a **Custom** section you name yourself, and a **Letter**.

> **Note** - A cover letter lives inside the resume document
>
> The Letter section is a cover letter kept with the resume it belongs to, so the two cannot drift
> apart or get mixed up between applications. It is excluded from the resume's own page count and is
> exported separately.

## Renaming a section

Every section's heading is editable. "Experience" can be "Professional experience" or "Where I have
worked" - the heading is yours, and the section's _type_ is what the builder uses internally.

That distinction matters for one reason: the ATS check and the AI assists read the type, not your
heading. Renaming Experience to something creative does not confuse them.

## Ordering

Drag to reorder. The order in the editor is the order on the page.

The convention worth knowing rather than following blindly: whichever section makes your case
fastest goes first. For most people with a job that is Experience; for a student or a career
changer it is often Projects or Education.

## Hiding rather than deleting

An entry can be hidden. It stays in the document and comes off the page.

> **Note** - This is how tailoring is meant to work
>
> Duplicate the resume, hide what does not apply to that role, and export. You keep one complete
> history in the original and never retype anything. It is also why the 10-resume limit is generous
> rather than tight - you prune as you go.

## Custom sections

Use one when nothing else fits - a portfolio, patents, military service, speaking. You name it and
it behaves like any other section.

Resist using several. A resume with nine sections and two entries each reads as a list of categories
rather than a case for hiring you.

- [Writing good bullets](https://www.revquix.com/docs/resume/writing-good-bullets) - What goes inside an entry.

- [Making it fit](https://www.revquix.com/docs/resume/making-it-fit) - When there is too much to fit.