Skip to content

Free resume templates

Choose from 71 free resume templates built for US and Canadian applications, fill one in online and download a PDF. 50 are single-column, ATS-friendly layouts, and none needs a sign-up or adds a watermark.

Browse resume templates Start with an ATS-friendly template
  • Free PDF download
  • US Letter or A4
  • Free account to download

Last updated

All 71 resume templates

For most US applications, turn on "ATS-friendly only" and "No photo". Open any template to see it full size, then start writing; you can switch designs later without losing a word.

Style
Photo
Layout

All 71 templates, free to use

  • Bale resume template with a navy left sidebar with a round photo, contact details, languages and skill ratings, gold accents and a white career column

    Bale

    Professional
    • Photo
    • Two columns
  • Modern resume template with a solid colour left sidebar for contact details, skills and languages beside a light main column

    Modern

    Modern
    • Two columns
  • Atlas resume template with a centred spaced-capital name, thin rules under each heading and a single text column

    Atlas

    Professional
    • ATS-friendly
  • Harbor resume template with a main career column on the left and a pale right sidebar for contact details, skills, languages and certificates

    Harbor

    Professional
    • Two columns
  • Quill resume template with serif type, a centred name and centred small-capital section headings in a single column

    Quill

    Professional
    • ATS-friendly
  • Meridian resume template with a single column with experience and education on a vertical timeline of dots

    Meridian

    Modern
    • ATS-friendly
  • Ember resume template with a full-width coloured header band with the name and contact details, then a single column with pill-shaped skill tags

    Ember

    Modern
    • ATS-friendly
  • Onyx resume template with a near-black header block with the name in white and an accent-coloured job title, over a single column

    Onyx

    Modern
    • ATS-friendly
  • Terra resume template with a warm tinted left sidebar with contact details, skill ratings and languages beside the career column

    Terra

    Creative
    • Two columns
  • Prairie resume template with a full-width header above a slim left rail for skills and languages and a wide main column

    Prairie

    Creative
    • Two columns
  • Slate resume template with a minimal single column with generous white space, no colour blocks and light headings

    Slate

    Minimal
    • ATS-friendly
  • Summit resume template with a dense single column with compact headings, inline skills and contact details on the right of the header

    Summit

    Minimal
    • ATS-friendly
  • Campus resume template with a single column with an accent line at the top, square-bullet headings, education first and skill tags

    Campus

    Modern
    • ATS-friendly
  • Beacon resume template with a deep blue left panel with a photo, the name, contact details, skill bars and language dots

    Beacon

    Modern
    • Photo
    • Two columns
  • Linden resume template with a centred name, ruled capital headings and one-line entry headings in a single column

    Linden

    Professional
    • ATS-friendly
  • Vista resume template with a full-width teal band with a photo, name and contact details over a single column with skills in three columns

    Vista

    Modern
    • ATS-friendly
    • Photo
  • Ledger resume template with a split header with the contact list on the right, and dates in a left margin column beside each entry

    Ledger

    Professional
    • ATS-friendly
  • Sable resume template with a name-first main column and a soft tinted right panel holding a photo, contact details, skills and certificates

    Sable

    Professional
    • Photo
    • Two columns
  • Crest resume template with a centred serif capital name over a fine double rule, serif headings and a core competencies section first

    Crest

    Professional
    • ATS-friendly
  • Nova resume template with an oversized bold name, an accent bar, a framed photo on the right and pill-shaped section labels

    Nova

    Creative
    • ATS-friendly
    • Photo
  • Pebble resume template with a centred header with a round photo, highlighted section headings, education first and skill pills

    Pebble

    Modern
    • ATS-friendly
    • Photo
  • Tally resume template with a compact single column with section titles in a narrow left gutter and one-line entry headings

    Tally

    Minimal
    • ATS-friendly
  • Marlow resume template with a serif executive layout with a portrait photo to the right of the name and one-line entry headings

    Marlow

    Professional
    • ATS-friendly
    • Photo
  • Fjord resume template with a slate-blue left panel with contact details and dot-rated skills beside a wide career column

    Fjord

    Modern
    • Two columns
  • Aster resume template with a tinted header band with a round photo overlapping its lower edge, and entries along a thin accent rule

    Aster

    Creative
    • ATS-friendly
    • Photo
  • Cobble resume template with a compact two-column layout with small type and a narrow right column for skills and languages, without a coloured panel

    Cobble

    Minimal
    • Two columns
  • Juniper resume template with a leaf-green tinted left panel with a photo, skill pills and interests, and education first in the main column

    Juniper

    Modern
    • Photo
    • Two columns
  • Kestrel resume template with a single-column timeline with dates beside a continuous accent line and ringed markers

    Kestrel

    Modern
    • ATS-friendly
  • Maple resume template with a classic left-aligned name, serif capital headings over full-width rules and stacked entries

    Maple

    Professional
    • ATS-friendly
  • Orbit resume template with a very large name on the left, a contact list on the right and a quarter-circle accent shape in the top corner

    Orbit

    Creative
    • ATS-friendly
  • Pillar resume template with a split header, section titles in a left gutter against a fine vertical rule and a roomy single column

    Pillar

    Professional
    • ATS-friendly
  • Rook resume template with black and white styling, a full-width black header and black section heading bars

    Rook

    Creative
    • ATS-friendly
  • Solace resume template with an airy single column with wide margins and tiny spaced-capital headings, without rules

    Solace

    Minimal
    • ATS-friendly
  • Meadow resume template with a light green left panel with a round photo, interests and languages, and projects early in the main column

    Meadow

    Modern
    • Photo
    • Two columns
  • Quarry resume template with a maximum-density single column with small type, hairline rules and skills in two columns

    Quarry

    Minimal
    • ATS-friendly
  • Vellum resume template with an academic serif design with dates in a left column and no colour bands

    Vellum

    Professional
    • ATS-friendly
  • Cinder resume template with a bold name in the main column and a deep red right panel holding a square photo and skill bars

    Cinder

    Creative
    • Photo
    • Two columns
  • Drift resume template with a split header, accent-coloured dates in a ruled left column and skills on one line

    Drift

    Modern
    • ATS-friendly
  • Lumen resume template with a soft tinted band with a centred round photo and name, and centred section headings

    Lumen

    Modern
    • ATS-friendly
    • Photo
  • Spruce resume template with two white columns divided by a fine vertical rule, with contact details and skills on the left

    Spruce

    Professional
    • Two columns
  • Tidal resume template with a two-tone blue header band and a single column with skill bars in two columns

    Tidal

    Modern
    • ATS-friendly
  • Bramble resume template with a one-page first-job layout with projects first, skill tags and plain headings

    Bramble

    Minimal
    • ATS-friendly
  • Canvas resume template with a square monogram of the initials beside the name and a narrow accent column of portfolio links

    Canvas

    Creative
    • ATS-friendly
  • Gable resume template with a deep navy right panel with a portrait photo, and a serif name above the career column

    Gable

    Professional
    • Photo
    • Two columns
  • Inlet resume template with a quiet single column with hairline rules, muted headings and right-aligned dates

    Inlet

    Minimal
    • ATS-friendly
  • Jasper resume template with large numbered section markers (01, 02, 03) beside bold section headings in a single column

    Jasper

    Creative
    • ATS-friendly
  • Opal resume template with each section on a soft rounded card with a light tint under a clean header

    Opal

    Modern
    • ATS-friendly
  • Prism resume template with a thick purple accent strip down the left edge of every page beside a single column

    Prism

    Creative
    • ATS-friendly
  • Sterling resume template with a centred serif name with a round photo above it, small-capital headings and fine rules

    Sterling

    Professional
    • ATS-friendly
    • Photo
  • Willow resume template with a compact two-column layout with a light green left panel for contact details and a skills list

    Willow

    Minimal
    • Two columns
  • Ripple resume template with layered teal waves across the top of the page above a single column, with short wavy rules under each heading

    Ripple

    Modern
    • ATS-friendly
  • Contour resume template with a deep green left panel with faint topographic contour lines, a round photo, contact details and skill tags beside a serif name and white career column

    Contour

    Modern
    • Photo
    • Two columns
  • Facet resume template with a dark indigo header band of low-poly triangular facets with the name in white and a framed round photo, over a single column with triangle markers

    Facet

    Creative
    • ATS-friendly
    • Photo
  • Stipple resume template with orange halftone dots fanning from the top-right corner, a large bold name and a single column with dotted heading markers

    Stipple

    Creative
    • ATS-friendly
  • Hatch resume template with a hatched blue strip down the right edge of every page, a serif name over a hatched underline and dates in a left column

    Hatch

    Professional
    • ATS-friendly
  • Bloom resume template with soft rose blobs clustered in the top-right corner behind a round photo in a white ring, a bold name and a single column with blob markers

    Bloom

    Creative
    • ATS-friendly
    • Photo
  • Honeycomb resume template with a pale amber right panel topped with a hexagon grid behind a ringed photo, with contact details and skills below and the name in a white main column

    Honeycomb

    Modern
    • Photo
    • Two columns
  • Lattice resume template with a compact layout with a slate-blue dot-grid left panel on every page, contact details and skills on clean white-tinted cards, and the name in the main column

    Lattice

    Minimal
    • Two columns
  • Sunray resume template with a golden sunburst with a solid sun in the top-left corner, rays fading behind a bold name, and a single column with sun heading markers

    Sunray

    Creative
    • ATS-friendly
  • Dune resume template with layered sand-coloured dune curves along the foot of the header under a serif name and framed photo, with a low dune strip at the bottom of every page

    Dune

    Modern
    • ATS-friendly
    • Photo
  • Aurora resume template with a deep indigo left panel lit by soft violet, blue and magenta glows, with a ringed round photo, contact details and skill pills beside a bold name and white career column

    Aurora

    Creative
    • Photo
    • Two columns
  • Sprinkle resume template with a strip of teal confetti dots, rings, bars and squiggles across the top of the page above a bold name, with education first in a compact single column

    Sprinkle

    Modern
    • ATS-friendly
  • Mosaic resume template with a strip of burgundy triangle tiles in four shades down the left edge of every page, a large name and a single column with two-tile heading markers

    Mosaic

    Creative
    • ATS-friendly
  • Petal resume template with a pale lilac left panel woven with an overlapping-circle petal lattice, strongest behind a round photo in a white ring, beside a serif name and white main column

    Petal

    Modern
    • Photo
    • Two columns
  • Ridge resume template with four layers of blue mountain ridgelines across the full width under a split header, a low ridge at the foot of every page and a single column with peak markers

    Ridge

    Professional
    • ATS-friendly
  • Halo resume template with a deep teal header band of concentric rings radiating from a framed round photo, with the name in white, over a single column with ring markers

    Halo

    Modern
    • ATS-friendly
    • Photo
  • Quirk resume template with coral Memphis shapes (triangles, rings, squares and squiggles) clustered in the top-right corner beside a big bold name, single column below

    Quirk

    Creative
    • ATS-friendly
  • Chevron resume template with a deep slate right panel of broad chevron rows, bright at the top and tone-on-tone below behind contact details and skills, beside a white career column

    Chevron

    Professional
    • Two columns
  • Lozenge resume template with a full-width harlequin lattice of plum diamonds in the header, a framed square photo and a serif name on a white card, single column below

    Lozenge

    Professional
    • ATS-friendly
    • Photo
  • Swell resume template with a sweeping three-tone blue curve down the left edge of every page beside a bold single column with curved heading rules

    Swell

    Modern
    • ATS-friendly
  • Studio resume template with a clean single column with a left-aligned name, a thin accent rule under each capitalised heading and plenty of white space

    Studio

    Minimal
    • ATS-friendly

The right resume template for your situation

Start from the row that describes you. Each pick is a single-column layout unless noted on its page.

Applying through online job boards and company portals

One column, standard headings and dates on the right. Parsers and recruiters read it the same way.

Student, new grad or first job

Education and projects first, with room for campus jobs and volunteering.

Ten or more years of experience

Compact type and clear structure, so two pages hold a long career.

Director, VP or executive

Serif headings and a competencies section that signal seniority in seconds.

Design, marketing or creative roles

Personality in the header, but still a single column underneath.

Tech, data and engineering

Clean timelines and skill sections that put tools and results up front.

What a US or Canadian resume template should do

A recruiter spends seconds on a first pass, and many large employers filter resumes through an applicant tracking system (ATS) before a person sees them. A good template helps on both counts: clear headings a parser recognizes, and a layout that puts your most recent job and your results where the eye lands first.

Do

  • US Letter paper (8.5 × 11 in). Switch from A4 in the Customize tab.
  • One page with less than about ten years of experience; two pages beyond that.
  • Your city and state, phone, email and LinkedIn. A full street address is no longer needed.
  • Reverse-chronological order, with month and year for each date.

Leave off

  • A photo, date of birth, marital status or Social Security number.
  • "References available upon request" (employers assume it).
  • Tables or text boxes for the main content: some applicant tracking systems skip them.

One page or two?

Most students and early-career applicants should fit on one page. Pick a template with comfortable density, such as Atlas, and cut anything older than ten years or unrelated to the job. With a longer career, a two-page resume is normal; compact layouts such as Tally keep it from spilling onto a third page. The builder's live preview shows the page breaks exactly as they will appear in the PDF.

Single column or two columns?

Two-column templates look modern and fit more on a page, and current ATS software reads most of them. But some older systems still read straight across the page and jumble the sidebar into your job history. If you are applying through a large company's careers site, a single column is the low-risk choice. Not sure? Download your PDF and run it through our free ATS resume checker to see the text a parser extracts.

Build your resume free See resume examples

Frequently asked questions

Are these resume templates free?

Yes. All 71 templates are free to edit and download as a PDF, with no watermark, and you just need a free account to download. There are no premium templates behind a paywall.

Which resume template is best for ATS?

A single-column template with standard headings, such as Linden, Summit or Inlet. 50 of our templates are marked ATS-friendly. Two-column designs usually parse well in modern systems, but a single column removes the risk.

Should a resume be one page or two?

One page if you have less than about ten years of relevant experience, two pages if you have more and every line is relevant. Academic and federal resumes are the main exceptions and can be longer.

Can I use a resume template without a photo?

Yes. Every template works without a photo, and in the US and Canada you should leave it off. Templates designed around a photo still look complete when you switch it off in the builder.

Do the templates work for Canadian resumes?

Yes. Canadian resumes follow almost the same rules as US ones: no photo, one or two pages, Letter paper. Add a languages section if you speak French, since bilingual skills matter to many Canadian employers.

Can I change the template after I start writing?

Yes. Your content is saved separately from the design, so you can switch between all the templates in the builder at any time without retyping. You can also change the accent color, font size and spacing.

Keep going