CV Builder
Fill the form, add optional sections, check your score, choose a visual style or ATS mode, and download your CV as PDF, TXT, or standalone HTML.
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Free CV Builder Online
Create a clean professional CV with live preview, photo upload, ATS-friendly mode, example phrases, extra sections, checklist scoring, browser autosave, and direct PDF, TXT, or HTML export.
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How To Use the CV Builder
Start by filling the Profile block with your name, professional title, and contact details, then write a two or three sentence summary that states your role, years of experience, and one standout result. Add your skills, then use Add role and Add education to list experience newest-first with dates and a few achievement bullets. The preview on the right updates as you type and a checklist scores how complete the CV is. Pick a template, set the accent colour and photo style, then choose Download PDF, Download TXT, or Download HTML to save the finished document.
What a CV Is and How It Is Structured
A CV (curriculum vitae) is a structured summary of who you are professionally: your contact details, a short positioning statement, your work history, your education, and your skills. The job of the document is not to tell your whole life story but to let a recruiter decide in seconds whether to invite you for an interview. Every good CV therefore follows a predictable order of sections so that a reader, or an applicant tracking system, can find each piece of information exactly where it expects to. The builder keeps that standard structure for you and lets you reorder, add, or hide the optional blocks such as projects, certifications, and languages.
Standard CV Sections and What Goes in Each
These five sections form the backbone of almost every CV. Fill them in this order and a recruiter can scan your CV without hunting for anything.
| Section | What goes in it |
|---|---|
| Contact | Full name, professional title, email, phone, city, and a link such as LinkedIn or a portfolio. No full street address needed. |
| Summary | Two or three sentences: your role, years of experience, specialism, and one measurable headline result. |
| Experience | Each role newest-first: job title, employer, dates, and 3 to 5 bullets that start with an action verb and a number. |
| Education | Degree or qualification, institution, and year. Recent graduates can add grades; experienced hires keep it brief. |
| Skills | A focused list of tools, languages, and competencies that match the job posting, not a generic catch-all. |
Optional blocks such as projects, certifications, and languages sit below these five when they strengthen your case for a specific role.
Worked Example: Turning a Duty into an Achievement
A weak experience bullet describes a duty: Responsible for managing the support inbox. A strong one shows impact with a verb and a number: Cut average support response time from 9 hours to 2 by triaging the shared inbox and writing 20 canned replies. Apply the same pattern across every role: start with what you did, then show the result you produced. This is what turns a list of job descriptions into evidence that you are worth interviewing, and it is the single change that improves most CVs the most.
Why This Tool Is Useful
Formatting a CV in a word processor is fiddly: margins drift, bullets misalign, and exporting to PDF often breaks the layout. This builder gives you a clean, consistent template, a live preview so you see exactly what employers will receive, and a completeness checklist that nudges you to fill gaps such as a missing summary or undated roles. An ATS-friendly mode produces a single-column, graphics-free layout that applicant tracking systems read reliably, and one-click export to PDF, TXT, or HTML means you can tailor and resend a version for each application in minutes.
Accuracy and Privacy
Everything runs locally in your browser. Your CV text and the photo you upload are saved only in your device's local storage, the image is resized in the browser before it is stored, and nothing is uploaded to any server by this static tool. Because the document is yours alone, review it carefully before sending: check the contact details, the dates, and the section order, and on a shared computer use the Clear button when you are finished so no draft is left behind.
FAQ
What is the difference between a CV and a resume?
In the US and Canada a resume is a short, targeted one to two page document, while a CV (curriculum vitae) is a longer academic record listing publications, research, and full history. In the UK, Europe, and much of the world the word CV simply means the standard job-application document, which is what most people building a resume online actually need.
How long should my CV be?
For most jobs aim for one page early in your career and up to two pages once you have several roles to show. Recruiters skim each CV for only a few seconds, so put the most relevant and recent achievements first. Academic and research CVs can run longer because they list every publication and grant.
Is the output ATS-friendly?
Choose the ATS Friendly template for a single-column layout with plain headings and no graphics, which applicant tracking systems parse most reliably. Use standard section names such as Experience and Education, include keywords from the job posting, and prefer the TXT or PDF export so the text stays machine-readable.
What should I leave off my CV?
Leave out date of birth, marital status, a national ID number, salary history, and references, which belong on request rather than on the page. Drop unrelated hobbies and any role older than about fifteen years unless it is directly relevant. In regions where photos are discouraged, set the photo style to Hide photo.
Where is my CV data stored?
Your CV content and photo are saved locally in your browser using local storage, so you can return on the same device. Nothing is uploaded to a server by this static tool. To download a file, use Download PDF, Download TXT, or Download HTML.