Free Resume Builder
Fill in your details, see a real, formatted resume take shape as you type, and download it as a PDF — free, no account required. Your draft is saved automatically in this browser.
Contact Info
Summary
Experience
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Education
No schools added yet — click "Add school" to start.
Skills
Separate with commas.
Your Name
email@example.com • (555) 123-4567 • City, State
Fill in the form to see your resume take shape here.
Why this resume looks plain, on purpose
Before a person reads your resume, software often does. Many employers run applications through an applicant tracking system, which pulls your name, jobs, dates and skills out of the file and files them into fields. Two-column layouts, text boxes, icons and headings with clever names are exactly what trips that step up: a job title lands in the wrong field, or a whole section is skipped.
So the builder produces one column, standard section names and ordinary text. It will not win a design award. It will be read correctly, by the software and by the person who opens it after.
What goes in each section
Bullets that get read
The builder suggests a shape for every bullet: Led [what you did], resulting in [specific outcome]. The outcome is the part people leave out, and it is the part a hiring manager is looking for. A number helps when you have an honest one. When you do not, say what changed.
Responsible for customer emails.
Answered 40 to 60 customer emails a day and cut the average reply time from two days to same-day.
Helped with the website redesign.
Rewrote the product pages for the website redesign, which the sales team now sends to every new lead.
Hard-working team player with great communication skills.
Trained four new hires on the returns process and wrote the checklist the team still uses.
That last one is worth dwelling on. Phrases like team player and detail-oriented appear on so many resumes that readers skip them. The cliché finder will flag them, and the readability checker will tell you if a bullet has grown into a sentence nobody finishes.
How long should it be?
One page is the usual expectation early in a career, and two is reasonable once you have a decade or more of relevant work. The preview shows you where you stand as you type. If it runs long, cut the oldest roles to a single line each before you cut anything recent.
Saving it as a PDF
Download as PDF opens your browser's print window with only the resume on the page. Set the destination to Save as PDF. In Chrome and Edge, open More settings and untick Headers and footers, or the page will carry the date and a web address along its edges.
Send the PDF rather than a link or a screenshot. It keeps its layout on every device, and it is the format most application forms expect.
Your draft stays with you
What you type is saved in this browser as you go, so a half-finished resume is still there tomorrow. It is not sent to us or stored anywhere else. The flip side: it will not follow you to another device, and clearing your browser data clears the draft. Save a PDF once it is close to done.
Wrote your experience in Spanish? A free account translates it into English, and paraphrasing will tighten a bullet that is running long.
Open the translator →Questions
Is it really free?
Yes. No account, no watermark, no limit on how many times you download it.
Should I write a different resume for each job?
Not a different one, but an adjusted one. Reorder your bullets so the most relevant come first, and bring the skills section in line with the posting. Your draft stays here between edits, so it takes minutes.
Do I need a photo?
In the United States, generally not, and many employers prefer resumes without one. The builder leaves it out.
Related: cliché finder, readability checker, case converter.
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