Resume templates you can
read before you commit.
Nine finished executive CVs you can read page by page, plus 114 professional resume and CV templates for Microsoft Word, including the only ATS-friendly range we actually measured. Two templates are free to download.
Two CVs built on an idea, not a layout
Most resume designs decorate the page. These two borrow a shape the reader already knows how to read, and use the recognition to buy your first ten seconds.
Not templates. Finished work.
Nine complete CVs written for senior professionals across construction, finance, engineering, safety and HR. Every page is here to read, cover pages included, because the only honest way to show writing quality is to let you inspect all of it.
Names and contact details are fictional. The structure, sequencing and language are exactly as delivered.
Want your career presented at this standard?
These were written to brief. Our writers build the same structure around your own history, target role and market.
Four tiers, and an honest line between them
Three things separate them: who wrote the document, whether hiring software can read it, and whether a cover letter is included.
Most resume templates cannot be read by hiring software. Ours were tested.
Applicant tracking systems read the text flow of a Word file. Anything set inside a floating text box is frequently dropped, which is how a beautiful resume arrives at a recruiter as a name and little else.
Every template in this library was measured for the share of its words sitting in real Word paragraphs rather than floating boxes. The results decided which products carry an ATS label, and which do not.
(8 resumes, 7 cover letters)
designer templates
to carry the label
The decorative templates are still excellent documents for a human reader, for a portfolio, or for an application you hand over in person. They simply are not built for automated parsing, and we would rather say so than put a badge on all of them.
A working Word file, not a picture of one
Every purchase and every free download is the original editable document.
Editable .docx
Opens in Microsoft Word, and in Pages or Google Docs with minor layout differences. Change the fonts, colours and section order.
A4 and US Letter
The suites ship in both page sizes, so the layout holds whether you are applying in the Gulf, Europe or North America.
Matching cover letter
36 products include a cover letter built in the same design. The card says so only when the file is genuinely in the download.
Inspect before you buy
Open any template full screen and zoom until the body text is readable. Cover letters have their own preview tab.
From browsing to sending, in four steps
1. Filter
Narrow by career level, style, price or whether you need a matching cover letter.
2. Preview
Open it full screen and zoom in. What you see is Word's own rendering of the file you will receive.
3. Download
Free templates download immediately, two per browser. Premium templates download after checkout.
4. Replace the sample text
Templates ship with placeholder content. Type over it, then export a PDF to apply.
How to choose the right resume template
Start from who reads it first. Job portals and company career sites run your file through parsing software, so an ATS-friendly resume template earns its keep there. An application a person opens directly is where a modern designer layout does its best work.
Applying online
Choose from the ATS Verified range. These are the only templates here measured for machine readability, and each pairs with a cover letter in the same design.
Senior and executive roles
Read the Executive Portfolio to see the standard, then pick an Executive or Professional template. When the writing itself needs doing, our resume writing service builds the document around your record.
Creative and client-facing work
The Creative and Modern collections are designed for a human reader. Use them where a person, not a parser, opens the file first.
First job or a quick start
The Free and Simple ranges cover entry-level and mid-career applications. Two downloads are free, so start there and pay only if you outgrow them.
A template carries the layout; the words still decide the interview. When the content needs work too, our cover letter writing, LinkedIn profile optimization and CV distribution across the UAE and GCC pick up where the template stops.
Questions worth answering
The one built for the reader it meets first. For online applications through job portals, an ATS-friendly template with real text flow beats any decorative layout. For a resume a person opens directly, a clean design that fits your industry wins. No single template is best for every application, which is why this library labels what each range is built for.
A Word file whose text sits in real paragraphs that applicant tracking systems can parse, rather than in floating text boxes that parsers drop. Our ATS range was measured at 100% text flow; any template that did not clear 93% carries no ATS label here.
The ATS range, and only that range. Those files were measured at 100% of their words sitting in real Word paragraphs. The designer templates measured 0%, because their text sits in floating boxes that parsers routinely drop. Both are useful, for different jobs.
Reverse-chronological, with standard section headings, real Word paragraphs, and no text boxes or graphics carrying important content. Submit the .docx or an exported text-based PDF, whichever the posting asks for.
In the UAE, Europe and most of the world the two words name the same document, and employers use them interchangeably. In the United States a resume is the short one-to-two page version and a CV is the longer academic record. Every template here works for both; the length is up to you.
Yes, when the template matches the channel. A template settles layout, spacing and typography so your time goes into the content, which is what actually gets read. The one caution is decorative templates on portal applications, where parsing software can drop text set in graphics, so check the ATS label before applying online.
Match the industry. Banking, law, government and most senior corporate roles expect a traditional, restrained page. Marketing, design, media and startups read a modern layout as fluency rather than decoration. When you are unsure, a clean traditional template is never the wrong answer.
Fully. Every download is an editable Microsoft Word document, so fonts, colours, section order and page count are yours to change. Nothing is locked and no attribution is required.
The original editable .docx. Products showing "+ cover letter" include a second file in the same design, and the suites ship in A4 and US Letter.
Any two templates marked Free are yours, no account needed. The allowance is tracked in this browser, so clearing your site data or switching device starts it again. Downloading the same template twice never costs a second slot.
Yes, though layouts built around floating graphics can shift. Microsoft Word gives the result the preview shows.
They ship with placeholder text so you can see how a finished page reads. Type over it.
You can use these for your own applications and for clients you write for. Reselling or redistributing the template files themselves is not permitted.
Want the words handled too?
A template gives you the layout. Our writers build the resume around your career, your target role and the market you are applying into.