diff --git a/resume_manager_core/fixtures/resume_manager/resume_sections.json b/resume_manager_core/fixtures/resume_manager/resume_sections.json
index 695437744568ad0add6376fb1fc32330891ebc0d..98ab5aaeae13ab1b35eff9b9d26cfcbd905c64f0 100644
--- a/resume_manager_core/fixtures/resume_manager/resume_sections.json
+++ b/resume_manager_core/fixtures/resume_manager/resume_sections.json
@@ -566,6 +566,7 @@
         "resume": 3,
         "parent_section": 41,
         "name": "Contact Info",
+        "title": "",
         "css": [3, 16],
         "display_category": 3,
         "date_created": "2023-01-01T08:00:00.000Z",
@@ -604,6 +605,7 @@
         "resume": 3,
         "parent_section": 47,
         "name": "References",
+        "title": "",
         "css": [3, 6, 16],
         "display_category": 7,
         "minimalistic": true,
diff --git a/resume_manager_core/templates/resume_manager/include/contact.html b/resume_manager_core/templates/resume_manager/include/contact.html
index 0173ac89f8ecd931901cb6f0fe7f907a3528e867..a5de0cd358910a189a8c1665582672a011cde1d7 100644
--- a/resume_manager_core/templates/resume_manager/include/contact.html
+++ b/resume_manager_core/templates/resume_manager/include/contact.html
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 
 {% if title %}
   <h3>{{ title }}</h3>
-{% else %}
+{# Hides title element entirely if value is empty str #}
+{% elif title is None %}
   <h3>Contact Information</h3>
 {% endif %}
 
diff --git a/resume_manager_core/templates/resume_manager/include/education.html b/resume_manager_core/templates/resume_manager/include/education.html
index f72a7a51863ba8d6606e78f3f9df0b1992ce8ba0..bed074c36eca665a239b1c7e4fb5332e9627eec1 100644
--- a/resume_manager_core/templates/resume_manager/include/education.html
+++ b/resume_manager_core/templates/resume_manager/include/education.html
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 
 {% if title %}
   <h3>{{ title }}</h3>
-{% else %}
+{# Hides title element entirely if value is empty str #}
+{% elif title is None %}
   <h3>Education</h3>
 {% endif %}
 
diff --git a/resume_manager_core/templates/resume_manager/include/education_min.html b/resume_manager_core/templates/resume_manager/include/education_min.html
index 2ba6b5b3cdbc8dfc166a992e77ba799a8254ec2e..8f68c66925c8c0e0d2407726797b2f6aeea55d24 100644
--- a/resume_manager_core/templates/resume_manager/include/education_min.html
+++ b/resume_manager_core/templates/resume_manager/include/education_min.html
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 
 {% if title %}
   <h3 class="font-size-small">{{ title }}</h3>
-{% else %}
+{# Hides title element entirely if value is empty str #}
+{% elif title is None %}
   <h3 class="font-size-small">Education</h3>
 {% endif %}
 
diff --git a/resume_manager_core/templates/resume_manager/include/experience.html b/resume_manager_core/templates/resume_manager/include/experience.html
index ad35d17e052550a858a06b1599211b5e06b1b300..6deda55011eca31fe157cac99ac39c156d452b91 100644
--- a/resume_manager_core/templates/resume_manager/include/experience.html
+++ b/resume_manager_core/templates/resume_manager/include/experience.html
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 
 {% if title %}
   <h3>{{ title }}</h3>
-{% else %}
+{# Hides title element entirely if value is empty str #}
+{% elif title is None %}
   <h3>Experience</h3>
 {% endif %}
 
diff --git a/resume_manager_core/templates/resume_manager/include/experience_min.html b/resume_manager_core/templates/resume_manager/include/experience_min.html
index eb09bc78535f94c2b37f6b0f2092745b6c9d4e47..470e12a896aafced6911a2e2abddbfd347fb5964 100644
--- a/resume_manager_core/templates/resume_manager/include/experience_min.html
+++ b/resume_manager_core/templates/resume_manager/include/experience_min.html
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 
 {% if title %}
   <h3 class="font-size-small">{{ title }}</h3>
-{% else %}
+{# Hides title element entirely if value is empty str #}
+{% elif title is None %}
   <h3 class="font-size-small">Experience</h3>
 {% endif %}
 
diff --git a/resume_manager_core/templates/resume_manager/include/references.html b/resume_manager_core/templates/resume_manager/include/references.html
index fe906e164d2cde9b301c1af86ff11bdd36ebbbf1..395d9ad87e3a82e0274c0587881e602750a0dccd 100644
--- a/resume_manager_core/templates/resume_manager/include/references.html
+++ b/resume_manager_core/templates/resume_manager/include/references.html
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 
 {% if title %}
   <h3>{{ title }}</h3>
-{% else %}
+{# Hides title element entirely if value is empty str #}
+{% elif title is None %}
   <h3>References</h3>
 {% endif %}
 
diff --git a/resume_manager_core/templates/resume_manager/include/references_min.html b/resume_manager_core/templates/resume_manager/include/references_min.html
index a2ce94dd7a4a00d595d33b615c03927391be080c..0be92d2df635b7fbd6bcc36d5417592b5897cfb8 100644
--- a/resume_manager_core/templates/resume_manager/include/references_min.html
+++ b/resume_manager_core/templates/resume_manager/include/references_min.html
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 
 {% if title %}
   <h3 class="font-size-small">{{ title }}</h3>
-{% else %}
+{# Hides title element entirely if value is empty str #}
+{% elif title is None %}
   <h3 class="font-size-small">References</h3>
 {% endif %}
 
diff --git a/resume_manager_core/templates/resume_manager/include/skills.html b/resume_manager_core/templates/resume_manager/include/skills.html
index 2ab3bdbd2f6758e7e0a96be94e7af2fc92407096..8af4c7fafbe2f6333b292fe640a422972749e5d7 100644
--- a/resume_manager_core/templates/resume_manager/include/skills.html
+++ b/resume_manager_core/templates/resume_manager/include/skills.html
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 
 {% if title %}
   <h3>{{ title }}</h3>
-{% else %}
+{# Hides title element entirely if value is empty str #}
+{% elif title is None %}
   <h3>Skills</h3>
 {% endif %}
 
diff --git a/resume_manager_core/templates/resume_manager/include/skills_min.html b/resume_manager_core/templates/resume_manager/include/skills_min.html
index c9404590122e5cf40fa1fa654afa783a2b5c606b..f9985398bbef1e4217c40d34b04d55d280bccfbb 100644
--- a/resume_manager_core/templates/resume_manager/include/skills_min.html
+++ b/resume_manager_core/templates/resume_manager/include/skills_min.html
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 
 {% if title %}
   <h3 class="font-size-small">{{ title }}</h3>
-{% else %}
+{# Hides title element entirely if value is empty str #}
+{% elif title is None %}
   <h3 class="font-size-small">Skills</h3>
 {% endif %}