Resume Templates

Discover the best ATS resume templates

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Newest Resumes

Latest arrivals

Freshly designed layouts that combine modern design trends with the latest ATS compatibility standards. Be the first to apply with these new formats.

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Modern

A sleek design optimized for the tech industry. This template features distinct sections for technical skills and languages, making it the top choice for developers, engineers, and IT professionals who need to showcase expertise at a glance.

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Harvard

The definitive Harvard resume format, trusted by top universities and Ivy League graduates. This clean, education-first layout is ideal for students and recent graduates targeting competitive roles in finance, consulting, and academia.

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Jake's Resume

Our adaptation of Jake's Resume from Overleaf, now available without LaTeX coding. This high-density, single-column layout is a standard for software engineers and developers who need to showcase skills and projects.

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Highlight

A professional modern resume template that uses subtle color accents to guide the recruiter's eye. Perfect for creative professionals and tech startups looking to stand out while maintaining strict ATS compatibility and high content density.

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Simple Resumes

Recruiter favorites

Clean, distraction-free formats preferred by recruiters in conservative industries like finance, law, and government. These templates prioritize readability above all else.

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Standard

Our most popular reverse-chronological resume template. Designed for maximum readability, this standard format is the safest choice for applicants in corporate, government, and traditional sectors where clarity is king.

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Simple

A minimalist resume template that uses negative space to guide the recruiter's eye. This clean, distraction-free layout is excellent for experienced professionals who want their achievements to speak for themselves without visual clutter.

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Basic

A traditional resume format that recruiters instantly recognize and trust. This no-nonsense layout is fully ATS-optimized and perfect for conservative industries like law, finance, and administration.

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Minimalist

Maximizes page space for dense information. Ideal for seasoned professionals with a lot to say in a limited area.

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Harvard

The definitive Harvard resume format, trusted by top universities and Ivy League graduates. This clean, education-first layout is ideal for students and recent graduates targeting competitive roles in finance, consulting, and academia.

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Modern Resumes

Tech & startup ready

Sleek designs optimized for the technology and startup sectors. Highlight your technical skills with layouts built to befriend bots and human recruiters alike.

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Modern

A sleek design optimized for the tech industry. This template features distinct sections for technical skills and languages, making it the top choice for developers, engineers, and IT professionals who need to showcase expertise at a glance.

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Smart

A professional layout designed to highlight linear career progression. The Smart template uses clear headers and robust spacing, making it perfect for managers and mid-level professionals demonstrating consistent growth and leadership.

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Neat

A timeless, ATS-compliant resume format engineered for large organizations. This template guarantees parsing accuracy, making it the safest bet for applications to Fortune 500 companies and global enterprises.

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Trendy

Engaging and personable, using softer colors and playful graphics. Suited for customer-facing roles or jobs in small, family-run businesses.

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Jake's Resume

Our adaptation of Jake's Resume from Overleaf, now available without LaTeX coding. This high-density, single-column layout is a standard for software engineers and developers who need to showcase skills and projects.

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Compact Resumes

High-density layouts

High-density layouts designed to fit extensive experience onto a single page. The ideal choice for senior professionals and executives with long work histories.

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Compact

A high-density layout designed to maximize page real estate. This one-page resume template allows seasoned professionals to list extensive experience without spilling onto a second page. Ideal for lawyers, consultants, and executives with long work histories.

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Maximum

A sophisticated design that commands authority. This executive resume template uses elegant typography and optimal spacing to create a high-end look. Perfect for leadership roles, luxury industries, and senior management applications.

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Structured

A highly organized layout defined by sleek lines and clear compartmentalization. This template projects reliability and attention to detail, making it the go-to choice for operations managers, engineers, and administrative professionals.

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Creative Resumes

For design & marketing

Stand out from the stack with bold colors and unique headers. Perfect for marketing, design, and media professionals who need to showcase their personal brand.

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Bold

A high-impact creative resume template that commands attention. Designed for marketers, designers, and innovators, this format balances strong visual headers with professional structure to ensure your application is memorable.

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Accent

A contemporary layout that helps build your personal brand. This template uses subtle color accents to highlight key sections, making it perfect for junior professionals and startup candidates who want to showcase personality without sacrificing readability.

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Bright

A design-forward template tailored for fashion, media, and the arts. This aesthetic layout highlights your individual creativity while remaining fully parsable by ATS software, giving you the best of both worlds.

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Vibrant

Bright and inviting design that breaks away from the traditional. Perfect for new graduates or those in casual fields.

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Highlight

A professional modern resume template that uses subtle color accents to guide the recruiter's eye. Perfect for creative professionals and tech startups looking to stand out while maintaining strict ATS compatibility and high content density.

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Template Features

Recruiter-approved resume formats

Every Rezi format is engineered for ATS compatibility so your resume makes it to a human.

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Rezi resume templates available in multiple formats and styles.

Fully customizable

Download your resume as a Word or PDF file and keep editing it on your terms.

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Auto-fill your template

Rezi's AI writes tailored bullet points and summaries for your role so your resume is halfway done before you type a word.

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Everything you need to know about resume templates

The Verdict: For the most robust, ATS-compliant experience, Rezi is our top pick. If you prefer a highly simplified Google Docs-style approach, Sheets Resume is a strong runner-up.

Not sure where to start? Use our free resume template here.

1. Chronological Resume Template (The Standard)

This is the most popular format used by 90% of job seekers. It lists your work history in reverse-chronological order, starting with your current job.

  • Best for: Professionals with a steady work history and no employment gaps.
  • Rezi Templates: Standard, Simple, Basic.

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2. Functional Resume Template (Skills-Based)

A functional resume focuses on your skills and abilities rather than your chronological work history. It groups achievements into skill categories.

  • Best for: Career changers, freelancers, or those with employment gaps.
  • Rezi Templates: Bold, Modern.

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3. Hybrid Resume Template (Combination)

The best of both worlds. This format highlights your technical skills at the top (like a functional resume) but includes a detailed work history below (like a chronological resume).

  • Best for: Senior professionals and executives with diverse skill sets.
  • Rezi Templates: Compact, Executive.

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Why ATS-Friendly templates matter

Did you know that 75% of resumes are rejected before a human ever sees them? Companies use Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) to scan resumes for keywords. If your template uses complex graphics, tables, or columns that aren't coded correctly, the ATS cannot read it.

All Rezi templates areverified ATS-friendly. We use standard fonts, proper tagging, and optimized margins to ensure your resume passes the scan every time."

Word vs. PDF: Which should you use?

Most job applications accept both formats, but there are pros and cons to each.

  • PDF (Recommended): Locks in your formatting so it looks exactly the same on every screen. Rezi defaults to PDF to preserve your design.
  • Microsoft Word (DOCX): Required by some legacy recruiting systems. Rezi allows you to download any template as a Word Doc for easy offline editing.

Frequently Asked Questions

Your questions, answered.

Rezi templates are ATS-safe. Hiring software can parse your resume with accuracy and you won't have to enter the entire resume all over again after uploading it. Our best resume template is always free. More templates and personalisation is available on Pro subscription. Regardless of what resume template you can customise sections to suit your needs. When in doubt, a clean single-column template works for every industry and every applicant tracking system.

Yes. Rezi stores your content separately from the design, so you can switch templates at any time without retyping anything. Your Rezi Score and keyword targeting stay intact across every template. Some advanced resume template formats require a Pro subscription, but our best template is always free.

A Word or Google Docs template is a static file: one wrong edit breaks the formatting, and nothing checks the result. Rezi keeps the layout locked and parser-safe while its AI writes your content, then scores the finished resume against the job you want.

No. Recruiters expect a standard structure, and applicant tracking systems parse it more reliably than a hand-built layout. What hurts is generic content. Rezi's AI tailors your bullet points and keywords to each job description, so your resume never reads like a template.

The most reliable way to know is to test it instead of guessing. You can open any of the popular ATS like Lever and Workday and upload your resume. You will notice that Rezi’s ATS templates will seamlessly populate the application fields for you. You won't have to enter the entire resume all over again. You can compare the results with other resume templates from other websites like Canva, Figma, EnhanceCV etc. Rezi's ATS templates will always prevail when compared to other design-focused graphical templates. 

An ATS-friendly template uses a single-column layout, standard headings like Experience and Education, and common fonts. No tables, text boxes, graphics, or photos, because parsing software skips or garbles them. Rezi templates follow these rules by default and ensure ATS parsability.

No. A clean template only guarantees your resume gets parsed. Applicant tracking systems then rank you on keywords from the job description. Rezi compares your resume against the posting and shows exactly which keywords you are missing.

Yes. Rezi templates are single-column and machine-readable, with standard headings and no graphics or tables that break resume parsers. Over 4.5 million job seekers have used Rezi to get past applicant tracking systems.

Yes. The standard template free and available for all users. With the free plan, you can completely create 1 resume, use AI writer, and download your resume 3 times in PDF format. No credit card is required to join the free plan. Rezi Pro at $29 per month removes the limits and unlocks all our Pro templates including Compact, Modern and Smart templates.

The free template that comes with the free plan is rated as one of our best resume templates. Pro subscription offers more personalisation and more templates while keeping ATS-safe designs; Pro removes limits on resumes, downloads, and AI tools. Our best template is never paywalled and is always free for everyone.

They are risky. Many parsers read multi-column layouts out of order or skip a column entirely, so skills and dates end up scrambled. You can easily check this in popular ATS like Workday and Lever. Rezi templates will seamlessly populate the fields in these ATS where two-column templates struggle. The same applies for graphical resumes. Rezi uses single-column layouts because they parse correctly in every major applicant tracking system.

Use a text-based PDF unless the job posting asks for Word. PDFs have been around for years and modern applicant tracking systems read PDFs reliably. PDF locks your layout so it looks the same everywhere. Rezi exports machine-readable PDFs that parse cleanly in every major ATS and ensure compatibility.

Yes. The same ATS rules apply to CVs: single column, standard headings, machine-readable text. CVs usually tend to be longer than resumes. You can check their differences here. Rezi templates can handle both if you require a longer CV format, you can easily add sections like publications, certifications, and research without breaking the layout. It is recommended to use a shorter resume format than CVs when applying for jobs, unless mentioned otherwise.