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Editor's pickTwo-column layout with a timeline spine and photo header — the all-round favourite for corporate applications.
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Write, design and export a professional resume in one screen. Pick from 50 modern CV templates, edit with live preview, set your own colours and sections, then download a clean PDF — no account, no watermark.
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Collections
Start from the kind of application you are making
Each collection explains what that format is for, what breaks it, and which of the 50 layouts fit.
ATS resume templates
Single column, standard headings, nothing a parser can misread.
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Professional templates
Corporate, finance, legal and management. Restrained and considered.
20 templates →
Modern CV templates
The 2026 set: soft gradients, editorial grids, big tight type.
13 templates →
Creative templates
For designers, writers and freelancers, where taste is assessed.
19 templates →
Developer templates
Stack and projects up front, including a dark terminal layout.
6 templates →
Academic CV templates
Publication lists, Europass structure, education-first layouts.
7 templates →
Templates
50 resume templates that already look finished
Every preview below is the real template rendering live — not a picture. Filter by what you need, open it in the builder, then change colours, sections and order without losing a word of your content.
50 templates
Aurora
NewGradient mesh masthead with a glass side rail. Built for design, marketing and product roles.
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NewColour-spine layout with gradient section rules and a soft card rail for skills.
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NewRecruiter-first layout: oversized role titles, heavy accent bars and a highlighted summary block.
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NewDiagonal two-tone header with ribbon section titles — confident and easy to scan.
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NewDark IDE aesthetic in monospace with a code-comment section style. Made for developers.
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NewNeo-brutalist blocks, thick rules and hard offset shadows for portfolios that need to stand out.
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NewInternational Typographic Style: numbered sections, hairline rules and a huge uppercase name.
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NewEditorial fashion masthead with a two-column body and drop-cap profile.
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NewIvory and gold minimal serif with wide letter-spacing for senior and luxury-sector roles.
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NewVertical name spine with an asymmetric editorial content column and vertical section labels.
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Top 1%Ultra-premium asymmetric layout with a dark gold-accented header band and sidebar.
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C-SuitePremium C-suite columns with a divided contact grid and a quiet, authoritative tone.
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VisualDual-column premium grid with a tinted sidebar for visual, data-led profiles.
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FreeClean single-column structure with a photo header. Safe, readable and ATS-friendly.
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PopularSidebar layout with strong hierarchy — the most-used modern CV structure.
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FreeColour-blocked header with playful section markers for creative and agency roles.
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FreeType-only layout with generous whitespace and no decoration. Parses perfectly.
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FreeSerif nameplate with a two-column body for senior management applications.
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FreeTwo-column technical layout that puts your stack and projects up front.
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PopularSkills-forward engineering layout with a tinted sidebar for tooling and certifications.
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FreeQuality-assurance layout with room for test tooling, frameworks and coverage detail.
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FreeThin serif headings with hairline rules — understated and refined.
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PopularHigh-contrast filled header with solid icons for confident, senior profiles.
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FreeFast-scan layout for founders and early-stage teams, projects before history.
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FreeConservative structure with a ruled header for banking, legal and insurance.
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PremiumDark-panel header with solid icons and a bright accent for standout digital roles.
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FreeTraditional structure with a blue accent band — familiar and dependable.
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FreeFormal minimal layout with an optional photo and a tightly ruled section grid.
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FreeBook-typography serif CV for academia, law and public institutions.
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FreeEuropass-style structured CV with labelled personal-detail rows for EU applications.
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FreeRight-hand dark sidebar with icon contact rows and a wide main column.
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FreeScandinavian layout: boxed section blocks, warm paper tone and a rounded photo.
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PopularConnected timeline spine that makes career progression obvious at a glance.
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FreeTypewriter monospace on warm paper with a dashed rule — distinctive but still plain-text safe.
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FreeHigh-density single page for long careers that must still fit one sheet.
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PremiumDeep navy sidebar with a rounded avatar for portfolio-led creative applications.
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FreeEducation-first academic layout with a double-rule header for new graduates.
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FreeFriendly rounded-card layout that foregrounds coursework, projects and activities.
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FreeWarm light layout with a right service rail for independent contractors.
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FreeQuiet grey right sidebar with a large name block and roomy main column.
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FreeMagazine layout with a rotated section label and a wide serif nameplate.
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ATSStrict monochrome, single column, no graphics. Built to pass applicant tracking systems.
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AcademicCrisp Times-set academic layout that reads like a LaTeX CV class.
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ClassicCentred Garamond header with a double rule — the Ivy League finance standard.
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GovernmentBoxed government layout with an explicit personal-details block for federal applications.
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Skills-FirstSkills-first functional CV for career changers and gaps in employment history.
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TrendingReverse-chronological layout with a dotted connector on every entry.
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McKinseyHigh-density consulting format with a burgundy rule and right-aligned contact stack.
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ScholarSpacious research CV with hanging-indent entries for publications and grants.
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Why it feels better
Everything important stays in front of you
Writing, layout, template choice and export live inside one calm editing flow, so you finish faster without fighting the formatting.
Live preview
Type, reorder sections and refine details while the A4 page updates as you go, page breaks included.
50 professional templates
Corporate, creative, technical, ATS-safe and academic layouts, each designed for a different kind of application.
Controlled styling
Set the accent colour, add or remove a photo and show only the sections that help your application.
Real PDF export
Download a print-ready PDF with selectable text and clickable email, phone, LinkedIn and project links.
Drag-and-drop sections
Move experience above education, add internships, courses, references or a custom section, and reorder by dragging.
Private auto-save
Your draft is stored in your own browser. Nothing is uploaded, and no account is ever required.
How it works
From blank page to polished PDF in minutes
No tutorial, no template licence, no export credits. Three steps and you are done.
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Start from a layout that matches your role, experience level and the country you are applying in.
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Add experience, education, skills, projects, languages, certifications and any custom section you need.
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Check the live preview, switch templates if you want a second look, then download the PDF.
Resume guide
How to write a resume that passes ATS and still reads well
Most applications are read twice: once by parsing software, once by a person with about seven seconds to spare. These are the choices that matter for both.
1. Pick the layout your reader expects
An applicant tracking system reads your resume as a stream of text. Single-column layouts with standard headings — Work Experience, Education, Skills — parse most reliably, which is why the ATS Friendly and Chronological templates keep decoration to a minimum. Sidebar designs still export real text, so use them when a human screens first: agencies, studios, startups and referrals.
2. Lead every bullet with the result
Replace duties with outcomes. “Responsible for onboarding” becomes “Cut onboarding drop-off 34% by rebuilding the first-run flow”. Put the number first, then the action, then the scope. Three to five bullets per role is enough; older roles need one or two.
3. Mirror the job posting's vocabulary
Parsers and recruiters both match on keywords. If the posting says “stakeholder management”, use that phrase rather than a synonym, and spell out acronyms once (“Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)”). Keep your skills section to genuine, current skills — padding it is easy to spot in an interview.
4. Respect the one-page rule until you can't
One page for students and early-career applicants, two once you have several relevant roles worth detail. Academic CVs and federal applications are the exception and run longer. Compact and Consulting are built for dense histories that must still fit one sheet.
5. Get the contact block right
Name, city and country, phone with country code, a professional email address and a LinkedIn URL. Add a portfolio or GitHub link if the work is public. A photo is expected across much of Europe and Asia and usually left off in the US, UK and Canada — check the local convention before you export.
6. Export as PDF, not a screenshot
PDF preserves your layout on every device and keeps the text selectable so parsers can read it. Never
submit a resume as an image, and name the file clearly —
firstname-lastname-resume.pdf — because that filename is what a recruiter sees in
their inbox.
Guides
Read the guide, then build it
Ten guides written to be specific enough to act on, with no filler about being a team player.
Resume writing
How to write a resume in 2026
The whole process in order, with the decisions that change the outcome and the ones that do not.
ATS and screening
How ATS software actually reads your resume
What really breaks a parse, what is superstition, and the twenty-second test that catches nearly everything.
Early career
Writing a resume with no experience
You have more material than you think. It is usually described too vaguely to count.
Resume writing
Professional summary examples that are not filler
Before-and-after summaries for graduates, career changers, engineers and returners.
Resume writing
180 resume action verbs, grouped
Grouped by what they signal, plus the sentence structure that makes them work.
Resume writing
17 resume mistakes, and the fix for each
Ordered by damage done, not by how often the internet mentions them.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Every one of the 50 templates, all editor features and PDF export are free. There is no signup, no trial, no watermark and no paywall before download.
Templates in the ATS category — including ATS Friendly, Harvard Style, Chronological, Functional, Federal Style, Minimal and Compact — use a single readable text flow, standard section headings and no text inside images, so applicant tracking systems can parse them. Creative templates with sidebars still export real selectable text, but the plain layouts parse most reliably.
No account is needed. Your resume is stored locally in your own browser using localStorage, so nothing is uploaded to a server and you can come back later to keep editing on the same device.
For corporate and agency applications choose Professional, Modern or Executive. For roles screened by software choose an ATS template. Developers do well with Software Engineer, Impact or Terminal. Students and researchers should pick Graduate, Academic CV or Harvard Style. Designers can use Aurora, Vogue or Portfolio.
Yes. Your content is stored separately from the design, so you can switch between all 50 templates at any point and every section, date and bullet carries across instantly.
One page for early-career and most industry roles, two pages once you have several relevant roles to show, and longer only for academic CVs and federal applications. The editor shows page breaks live, and the Compact and Consulting templates are built to fit dense histories on a single page.
Yes. Email addresses, phone numbers, LinkedIn profiles, portfolio websites and project URLs stay as live clickable links in the exported PDF.
Yes, and many templates have a dedicated photo slot. Photos are common in Europe and much of Asia but are usually left off resumes in the US, UK and Canada, so check the convention for the country you are applying to.
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