{9 designs}
Simple resume templates
Quiet, clean layouts that put all the attention on your experience and read cleanly in applicant tracking systems. The safe choice for company careers portals.
Ivy Classic
Refined single column, serif, ATS-friendly
Clean Minimal
Quiet and easy to scan
Classic Professional
Centred header, traditional
Bold Header
Colour band with your name
Bold Navy
Confident, corporate
Sidebar Profile
Photo and skills in a side panel
Sidebar Emerald
Calm side panel layout
Skills Focus
Skills up front as tags
Skills Amber
Warm, skills-first
{Using them well}
How to get the most from simple resume templates.
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Best for application portals
Large employers run resumes through applicant tracking systems. Simple layouts are read correctly every time.
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Content does the work
With no design to lean on, use strong action verbs, numbers and keywords from the job description.
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One page if you can
Under ten years of experience, a single well-edited page is easier to read than two thin ones.
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Are these resume templates free?
Yes. Sign up free, pick any of the 28 designs, fill it in and download it as a PDF. You can keep several resumes, for example one with a photo and one without.
Can I edit the templates online?
Yes, everything is edited in the browser. Change the text, move sections, restyle or recolour any element, swap fonts and add or remove sections. Nothing to install.
Are the templates ATS-friendly?
Every PDF has a real text layer, so applicant tracking systems can read your words. For big companies' application portals the simple one-column designs are the safest; the designed ones are best when a person opens your resume directly.
Do I need a photo?
No. Every design works without one; templates built around a portrait show your initials instead. Add a photo where it's expected, such as much of Europe, the Gulf and Asia, and leave it off for the US, UK, Canada and Australia.
What format do I download?
An A4 PDF, the format recruiters and application systems prefer. It looks the same on every device and prints cleanly.
Can I switch templates after filling one in?
Yes. Your content stays the same while you try different designs, so you can compare a simple and a bold version side by side in seconds.