Free Resume Templates · A4 · ATS-friendly

Five resumes for five
very different situations.

Not one template pretending to fit everyone: chronological for the straightforward path, skills-based for pivots, a first-job layout, a career-change bridge, and a plain ATS-safe version for strict portals. Fill in the browser, Ctrl+P, done.

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The five templates

All free, all single-column (the #1 ATS requirement), all print-ready A4. Grey placeholder text tells you what to write where.

1 · Chronological

Classic reverse-order history with quantified bullets. The default choice when your path is linear and your last role is a strong one.

Best for: standard applications
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2 · Skills-based

Leads with three capability blocks and their evidence; history stays compact. Use when your titles don't match the job you want.

Best for: pivots & comebacks
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3 · First job

Education first, projects and volunteering treated as real experience, honest part-time work. No fake-work pressure.

Best for: students & school leavers
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4 · Career change

A "bridge" summary that names the switch, transferable-skill blocks, and a one-line "why it matters now" note on each old job.

Best for: switching fields
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5 · Minimal ATS

Deliberately plain: serif, black-on-white, zero columns or tables. For portals that chew fancy formatting. Boring on purpose.

Best for: strict application portals
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Four rules that matter more than design

Numbers beat adjectives."Improved customer satisfaction" is invisible; "cut support tickets 41% in one quarter" survives every skim.

One page until you've earned two.Under 10 years' experience, one page. Ruthless cut list: photo, "references available", soft-skill word clouds.

Mirror the job ad.Applicant tracking systems match keywords. If the ad says "project coordination", your CV should contain those words, honestly.

Export as PDF, name it properly.Firstname-Lastname-CV.pdf. Test it by copy-pasting the text into notepad — if it reads in order, parsers will read it too.