Free resume templates
13 designs, all free to use and free to download. Every one exports a text-based PDF that an applicant tracking system can read, and you can start writing without an account.
Showing 13 of 13 templates
AlazSingle-columnSection labels in the left margin, roomy single column.Use this template →
DoraTwo-column+ PhotoDark name band over a slim skills column beside the story.Use this template →
ErlikTwo-column+ PhotoFull-height dark sidebar for contact, skills and education.Use this template →
KızaganSingle-columnCentred name, quiet typography, no rules or colour blocks.Use this template →
AyzıtTwo-column+ PhotoDark side column with a matching name band and a timeline.Use this template →
KayraSingle-columnFilled section bands that walk the eye down one column.Use this template →
BurkutTwo-column+ PhotoRounded dark column, contact details on a pill above the text.Use this template →
YayıkSingle-columnCorporate single column split by thin horizontal rules.Use this template →
MergenTwo-column+ PhotoTwo columns held apart by colour rules, not a filled panel.Use this template →
KuaraSingle-columnFull-width colour band across the top of a single column.Use this template →
KubayTwo-column+ PhotoDark column on the right, a dotted timeline for experience.Use this template →
ÜlgenTwo-column+ PhotoNeutral top strip and two columns divided by a vertical line.Use this template →
UmayTwo-columnDark top band, a full-width profile, then two columns.Use this template →
How to choose a resume template
One column or two?
Every template here exports a text-based PDF, so a parser reads words rather than a picture. The difference is reading order: a single column can only be read one way, while a two-column page depends on the parser following the layout correctly. If a posting matters a lot to you, a single-column design is the safer bet.
Should the resume carry a photo?
It depends entirely on where you are applying — normal in much of Europe, discouraged in the US, UK and Canada. Seven of these designs keep a place for one; the rest ignore the field, so you can leave it filled in and simply pick a template that does not print it.
What if you pick the wrong one?
Nothing is locked in. The template, its colour theme and its font are all switchable from the editor while you write, and your content stays where it is. Pick the one you like the look of and change your mind later.
Not sure what to put in it?
Read a resume example written for a role like yours, then bring the wording back into the template you picked.
Questions about these templates
Still deciding? Start writing anyway
The template, its colours and its font all change from inside the editor, and nothing you have written is lost when they do.
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