Resume generator
No resume yet? Start with the empty page
Most resume tools assume you already have a resume. This one starts from a blank page. Fill in each section one at a time. Use the examples when you need wording.
- Free to write
- Nothing to upload
- Wording you can borrow
- €2.99 to keep it
The parts
What actually goes in a resume
Six sections, in the order a reader wants them. This is the bit nobody explains, so here it is on the page rather than behind a sign-up.
Your name and what you do
Two lines at the top. Not an objective, not a paragraph about yourself — the job title you are going for, in the words the advert uses.
Like this: Mara Okonkwo — Operations Manager, logistics and light manufacturing
A short summary
Three sentences at most: how long you have done this, the kind of place you have done it in, and the one thing you are best at. Written last, once the rest exists.
Like this: Operations manager with eleven years in logistics. Runs multi-site distribution networks and is happiest fixing the planning cycle nobody else wants to touch.
Experience
Most recent first. For each job: what you ran, how big it was, and what changed because you were there. The last part is what most people leave out and it is the part that gets read.
Like this: Rebuilt the weekly planning cycle; on-time delivery went from 82% to 97% across four sites.
Skills
The tools and methods you would be comfortable being asked about in an interview. Not a wish list — a recruiter will ask, and the software reads this section literally.
Like this: S&OP · Lean · SAP · Power BI · contract negotiation
Education and training
What you studied and where, with the year. If you have been working a while this goes near the bottom and stays short. A course that is actually relevant belongs here too.
Like this: MSc Supply Chain Management, Erasmus University, 2014
Anything that is genuinely yours
Languages, a certification, volunteering you actually did, a side project that is relevant. One or two, not a list. Leave it out entirely rather than padding it.
Like this: Dutch (native), English (fluent), German (working)
You can rename any of them, drop the ones that do not apply to you, and add your own. Nothing here is compulsory.
Starting with nothing
The empty page is the hard part, so it is not empty
Open it and the sections are already there with the headings in place. You fill them in, in any order, and the printed page on the right updates as you type.
Nothing is written for you unless you ask. If you want a hand with one line, you can ask for that one line — the rest stays exactly as you wrote it.
Start with nothing at all
When there is not much to put down
First job, or changing field
If this is your first resume, a short experience section is fine. Include work you have done, such as a placement, summer job or society role. Describe what you were responsible for, not just your title.
If you are changing field, lead with the parts of your old job that the new one also needs, in the new field's words. Do not hide the change; a reader who notices it and finds no explanation assumes the worst.
Either way, a short honest resume beats a long padded one. The check will tell you if something important is missing.
Once it exists
Then you can make it look like something
When the words are down, the design is one click. Sixty-one of them, and switching never changes a word you wrote.
There are two versions of every resume: one for a person to read, and a plain single-column one for the software that reads it first. You can have both from the same page.
FAQ
Questions and answers
I have never written a resume. Where do I start?
Open the generator and fill in the top two lines — your name and the job title you are going for. Then do Experience. The summary is easiest written last, once you can see what is in the rest.
Do I have to upload anything?
No. That is the difference between this page and the one-click resume. Here you start from an empty page and type.
What if I have almost no experience?
Put down what you have and describe what you were responsible for rather than what you were called. A short honest resume reads better than a padded one, and the check tells you if something important is missing.
What does it cost?
Writing and trying designs is free with an account. Downloading the PDF costs €2.99 once, and it stays in your account for one year. Essentials includes the download and replaces your current resume. Premium includes it alongside your other resumes. Neither plan renews.
Can I change it later?
An empty page you started yourself stays editable. A bought resume stays in your account, downloadable for a year from the day you paid; after that it is deleted.