Download free ATS-friendly resume templates as PDF or Word. Compare clear layouts for technical, corporate, healthcare, graduate, and career-change roles.
Match the layout to the evidence you need to show
A useful resume template is an information system, not decoration. Choose a structure that makes the target role's most important evidence easy to find, whether that is recent experience, technical skills, regulated qualifications, projects or transferable results.
Make the finished resume easy for software to read
Keep the main content in one clear reading order, use familiar headings such as Experience, Education and Skills, keep essential details out of headers and images, and confirm that text remains selectable after export.
Turn responsibilities into evidence
Replace every sample field with accurate information from your own background. Strong bullets connect the action you took, its context and a measurable outcome so skills appear beside evidence rather than as isolated claims.
Tailor, verify and submit
Keep a reliable master resume, create a role-specific copy, align relevant wording to the job description without inventing experience, then check the exported file for parsing, spelling and reading order before applying.