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Weak resumes list duties. Strong resumes show what you did and what changed because of it. Use this pattern: action verb + what you did + a result you can measure. If you do not know the exact number, use an honest estimate, such as "about 40 tickets a day". Never invent numbers. An interviewer may ask you about them.
Software developer
Weak: Worked on the company website.
Strong: Rebuilt the checkout page in React, cutting load time from 6 seconds to 2 seconds and reducing abandoned carts by about 15%.
Sales
Weak: Responsible for selling products to customers.
Strong: Signed 38 new business accounts in 2024 and reached 124% of my yearly sales target.
Customer support
Weak: Answered customer emails and calls.
Strong: Handled about 60 chats and emails a day with a 94% customer satisfaction score. Wrote 12 help articles that cut repeat questions about refunds.
Fresh graduate with no work experience
Weak: Did a final-year project on machine learning.
Strong: Built a crop-disease detection app with Python and TensorFlow in a team of 3. The model correctly identified 88% of test images, and the project won second place at the college tech fair.
This builder has no Projects section. For a project, add a Work Experience entry: the project name in Job Title, your college in Company, and the months in Dates. Internships and volunteer work fit here too.
Write 2 to 3 sentences: who you are, your strongest skill or result, and the kind of role you want. Skip phrases like "hard-working team player". Almost every applicant writes them, so they tell the reader nothing.
Customer support specialist with 4 years of experience in online retail. Handles about 60 chats a day with a 94% satisfaction score and trains new team members. Looking for a senior support or team lead role.
Computer science graduate (2025) with internship experience in Python and SQL. Built a crop-disease detection app that won second place at the college tech fair. Looking for a junior data analyst role.
Read the job post and use its exact words when they are true for you. If the post says "Microsoft Excel" and "stakeholder communication", write those words, not "spreadsheets" and "people skills". Put the most important skills first. Leave out things every employer expects, like email or basic typing, unless the post asks for them. In the PDF, your skills print as one comma-separated list.
Many companies use an applicant tracking system (ATS). This software stores applications and pulls the text out of each resume, so recruiters can search it. If the ATS cannot read your file, your resume can look empty to it.
This builder creates the PDF with the jsPDF library and writes every line as real text in the standard Helvetica font. It is not a screenshot or an image. The layout is one column with plain section headings, which ATS software handles well. To check, open the PDF, select a line with your mouse, and paste it into a text editor. If it pastes cleanly, software can read it too.
Two honest limits:
| Mistake | Fix |
|---|---|
| Spelling mistakes and typos | Read the PDF out loud, slowly. Ask a friend to read it too. |
An email like coolboy99@… |
Use a simple address based on your name, such as firstname.lastname@… |
| Long paragraphs in the description | Split them into 3 to 5 short lines, each starting with a hyphen. |
| Listing duties instead of results | Use the pattern above: action + what you did + result. |
| Sending the same resume to every job | Change the summary and the skills list for each job post. |
| A long or broken profile link | Write the short form, like linkedin.com/in/your-name. The link in the PDF is plain text, not clickable. |
For more on resume formats and what goes in each section, read our guide to building a professional resume.
Neither. The form and the PDF are created entirely in your browser, and nothing is sent to a server. The builder also does not save your entries in browser storage, so refreshing or closing the page clears the form. Keep a copy of your text in a notes file so you can paste it back later.
The PDF is made with the jsPDF library, and every line is written as real, selectable text in the Helvetica font, not as an image. It uses one column and plain section headings, which ATS software usually reads well. To check, open the PDF and copy a line of text. No tool can guarantee that every ATS reads every file, so if a job portal asks for a Word file, paste your text into a word processor and save it as .docx.
The preview is a quick on-screen view. It uses a serif font, shows skills as small tags, and joins description lines into one paragraph. The PDF uses the Helvetica font on an A4 page, prints skills as a comma-separated list, and keeps the line breaks you type in the Description box. Always open the downloaded PDF and check it before you send it.
Press Enter after each achievement and start each line with a hyphen (-). The downloaded PDF keeps every line on its own line, even though the live preview shows them joined together. Aim for 3 to 5 short lines per job, each one describing a result, not just a duty.
No. The builder has five fixed sections: Personal Information, Professional Summary, Work Experience, Education, and Skills. There is no photo field. You can add projects, internships, or volunteer work as Work Experience entries. Entries print in the order you add them, so add your most recent job first. To move an entry, remove it with the × button and add it again in the right place.
A common rule of thumb is one page if you have less than about 10 years of experience, and two pages for longer careers. The builder starts a second page automatically when the first one is full. If the second page holds only a few lines, shorten older jobs or remove details that do not match the job you are applying for.