Free Resume Builder

Build a clear résumé without uploading your personal data

Enter your contact details, experience, education, skills and projects while the preview updates beside the form. DraftFort creates a real text-based PDF in your browser—no account, watermark or document-processing server.

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How to create and check your résumé

1. Add only the contact details an employer needs to reach you.
2. Write a short target-role headline and summary based on the job you are applying for.
3. Add experience in reverse chronological order and put one truthful achievement per line.
4. Include relevant education, skills, licences, links and projects.
5. Choose Letter for common US/Canadian workflows or A4 where that is expected.
6. Review the live preview, download the PDF and run the plain-text check below.
7. Follow the job advertisement if it requires a different format or naming convention.

What you can add

• Contact details and links (LinkedIn, portfolio, GitHub)
• A tailored professional summary
• Work experience with achievement bullet points
• Education, skills, and optional projects
• Letter or A4 paper size

What “ATS-readable” means—and what it does not promise

Applicant tracking systems differ by employer and vendor. DraftFort reduces common parsing risks by using one reading column, ordinary section names and selectable text instead of turning the résumé into a picture. It does not issue an “ATS score,” predict a hiring decision or guarantee that every system will interpret every field identically.

Run a one-minute plain-text check

1. Open the downloaded PDF in your normal PDF reader.
2. Select all text, copy it and paste it into a plain-text editor.
3. Confirm that your name, contact details, headings, employers, dates and bullets appear once and in a sensible order.
4. Check that no important information exists only as decoration or an image.

This does not reproduce a particular employer’s ATS, but it catches a fundamental failure: text that cannot be selected or appears in a confusing reading order.

Turn responsibilities into evidence

Use a simple structure: action + task + result + context. Include a number only when it is true and meaningful.

The examples demonstrate structure; they are not facts to copy. Replace the role, scope and result with evidence from your own work. Canada’s Job Bank recommends highlighting accomplishments, keeping writing clear and using action verbs in its official résumé guidance.

Tailor the document without keyword stuffing

Compare the job advertisement with your résumé. Bring genuinely relevant skills, qualifications and examples closer to the top, and use the employer’s terminology when it accurately describes your experience. Do not paste a hidden keyword block or claim a tool you have never used.

Workforce Australia similarly recommends a simple professional layout, relevant keywords and tailoring the résumé for the job in its résumé guidance.

Leave sensitive identifiers out

A résumé needs enough information for a legitimate employer to contact and assess you; it normally does not need government identifiers, banking details or payment information. Canada’s Job Bank specifically warns job seekers not to provide items such as a Social Insurance Number, birth date, health-card number or banking details in a résumé or early interview. See its current job-search safety guidance.

Expectations differ by country and occupation. This builder omits a photo, date of birth and marital-status field rather than treating them as global defaults. Follow the employer’s instructions and local requirements if your application context is different.

Tips for a stronger resume

1. Put the most relevant evidence where a reviewer can find it quickly.
2. Use consistent dates, tense, punctuation and job-title formatting.
3. Remove vague adjectives that are not supported by an example.
4. Proofread names, phone numbers, links and dates after every tailored edit.
5. Send PDF only when the job posting accepts it; DraftFort does not export DOCX.

Read the full guide: How to write an ATS-friendly resume.

Resume examples by role

Want a head start? These come pre-filled with a realistic, editable example for your field — just replace the details with your own:

• Software Engineer resume example
• Nurse (RN) resume example
• Graphic Designer resume example

Related reading: how long should a resume be.