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Resume Genius

The World's Smartest Resume Builder

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    Resume Builder Software

    Making a resume is easy with the right tool. Our resume builder does the hard work for you.

    Cover Letter Generator

    Short on time or simply don't like writing? Try our cover letter generator and make a cover letter fast.

    CV Maker Tool

    CVs are often longer than resumes. With our CV maker, you can create a CV in the same amount of time.

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  • Resumes

    Free Resume Templates

    ProfessionalHR approved, organized, and stylish.
    ModernContemporary templates perfect for your new job.
    CreativeA little visual flair to highlight your creativity.
    SimpleBasic templates that focus on your work experience.

    Genius Resume Builder

    • Resume checker
    • Resume summary generator
    • How to write a resume
    • The best resume format in 2025
    • Best skills for your resume

    Resume Examples

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  • Cover Letters

    Cover Letter Templates

    ProfessionalHR approved, organized, and stylish.
    ModernContemporary templates perfect for your new job.
    CreativeA little visual flair to highlight your creativity.
    SimpleBasic templates that focus on your work experience.

    Genius Cover Letter Generator

    • How to write a cover letter
    • How to start a cover letter
    • Cover letter format guide
    • Short cover letter examples
    • The best cover letters of 2025

    Cover Letter Examples

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  • CVs

    CV Templates

    BusinessProfessional CV templates for senior-level positions.
    HarvardTemplates for academics and scholars.
    ResearchA format to showcase your research background.
    WriterPerfect templates for published writers.

    Genius CV Maker

    • How to format your CV
    • How to write a CV for a job
    • CV vs resume: what's the difference?
    • How to write an academic CV
    • CV examples for students

    CV Examples

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    Blog

    Resume Help

    Learn the ins and outs of writing a resume. From formatting to fonts, we cover every topic.

    Cover Letter Help

    Cover letter writing is a skill that will help you outshine other applicants. Our guides can teach you that skill.

    Interview Help

    You're one step away from getting the job. Win over hiring managers with our expert interview tips.

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Professional AI Resume Builder

Make your professional resume in minutes 

Try our free resume builder and create a resume with the power of AI. Let the Genius resume maker help build your resume quickly and effortlessly.

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Job-Winning Resume Templates

Our templates are designed and approved by HR experts to fit a wide range of jobs and experience levels. Choose your favorite to showcase your professional background and make your resume stand out among the competition.

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The Clean resume template in orange, featuring a large full-color sidebar on the left that highlights the candidate's contact information and resume summary. Use This Template

Clean

The Taj Mahal resume template in blue, featuring a large sidebar for contact information, a resume summary, and education. Use This Template

Taj Mahal

2025 resume template in black Use This Template

2025

The Corporate resume template in red, with a bold full-color header and minimalist sidebar. Use This Template

Corporate

The Advanced resume template in orange, with modern-looking bubbles for the candidate's contact information and skills. There's a square on the top right that provides space for a headshot. Use This Template

Advanced

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Majestic

The Modern resume template in red, with a simple header design and a spot for a round headshot. Use This Template

Modern

The Minimalist resume template in blue, featuring a basic layout and unique skill bars highlighting the candidate's hard and soft skills. Use This Template

Minimalist

The Elegant resume template in green, with a center-aligned layout and a spot at the top for a simple headshot. Use This Template

Elegant

The Chicago resume template in blue, featuring a basic design that works especially well for highly formal industries. Use This Template

Chicago

Features of Our AI Resume Builder

AI parsing: upload and edit your old resume

Quickly pull information from your existing resume with our builder’s AI-parsing tool. There’s no need to start a new resume from the beginning (unless you want to — we can help with that too).

AI content generation

Instantly create bullet points to describe your past work experience. Then use our ChatGPT-powered summary generator to build a summary that concisely highlights your top professional qualifications.

Automatic resume formatting

Save time adjusting fonts and margins. Our software automatically formats each section of your resume according to HR best practices, ensuring the end product is clean and professional.

Data-backed skills selector

Want to know what skills to list on your resume? Enter your job title, and our software will provide you with targeted skills suggestions pulled from an extensive employment database.

Start applying for jobs in 3 easy steps

Our software makes it quick and easy to put together a job application that impresses employers and earns interviews. After you make a resume with our professional resume builder, you can then put together a matching cover letter to target the job you want.

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step 1

Create or update your resume

Quickly generate your resume’s content and test how it looks in different templates and colors. After you’ve refined your resume and it’s ready to send out, you can save it to your dashboard and create multiple versions in different styles to see what gets the best response from hiring managers.

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Contact Information Experience Education Certifications Skills Summary

step 2

Generate a matching cover letter

A cover letter lets you explain why you’re the ideal person for a job (with 49% of hiring managers saying a strong cover letter can land you an interview). Finalize your job application by making a cover letter to pair with your resume in just a few minutes.

Benefits of a cover letter

Provides context to your resume Demonstrates interest Explains career gaps Showcases professionalism Many hiring managers expect one

step 3

Download your completed application

Save your newly built resume and cover letter in the format of your choice directly to your browser. You’re now ready to start sending out job applications.

File Formats

Microsoft Word (can open in G Docs) PDF TXT Hyperlink (easily shareable)
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Real resume examples reviewed by experts

Our site hosts 450+ resume examples for the most common jobs in the United States. Every sample is reviewed by a Certified Professional Resume Writer, hiring manager, or recruiter to ensure it’s accurate and reflects the current state of the job market.

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Resumes & insights for every industry

From education and the arts to sports and medicine, our resume examples cover major industries found in the US and throughout the world.

Government Teacher Nurse Graphic Designer Sales IT Administrative Assistant Engineer
Human resources Volunteer Cashier Call center representative Babysitter Retail Acting
Tax Preparer Student Accountant Intern Marketing Lawyer Banking Server CNA Developer

Experience level variations for every job title

Whether you’re an experienced professional or haven’t held a job in your life, you’ll find resume examples similar to your own background that show you how to make a job-winning resume.

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Learn how our builder software can help you create a resume that perfectly highlights your talents and lands you more interviews.

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The Resume Genius Way

How we prepare you for success on your job hunt

High Editorial Standards

Every piece of content published follows our rigorous editorial process to ensure its usefulness and accuracy for our readers.

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Certified Experts

Resume Genius is staffed by certified career and resume experts, and supported by external recruiters and HR professionals.

Meet Our Team
Innovative Studies

From original research to news on job hunting, the Genius PR team is ready to give users an edge in today’s competitive job market.

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Geoffrey Scott

Professional Resume Writer, Career Coach, & Senior Hiring Manager

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Content Manager & Hiring Manager

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Eva Chan

Senior PR Expert & Certified Professional Resume Writer

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Senior Content Editor & Certified Professional Resume Writer

Free resources from resume experts & hiring managers

Step-by-step guide for making a job-winning resume in 2025

You don’t need to start your resume on a blank Word document or Google Doc. Our veteran team of resume experts outlines exactly how to make a resume in 2025, and provides tips for mastering the art of resume writing so you can attract more interviews and job offers.

Resume summary generator tool for all experience levels

Summarizing your experience and skills on a resume isn’t easy. Our custom resume summary generator, developed by our in-house team, simplifies the process — create a custom summary in minutes or generate a random summary instantly.

Professional templates for Word & Google Docs

To make sure we can help the most job seekers possible, we provide resume templates for Word, plus Google Docs resume templates in hundreds of colors and styles. No matter your career background, we have a free template in a usable file format for you. Just choose your favorite, and start making your resume today.

Our experts have been cited in top publications around the world*

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All of our authors are authorities in job hunting, interviewing, and resume writing. Some instances where the media and press have cited our team’s expertise include:

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Genius insights: data-backed resources to guide your job search

We provide job seekers with the most up-to-date research and advice on job hunting today. Check out our blog to learn more about what hiring managers are thinking, the current state of the job market, and how to enhance every part of your job application.

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The Best Resume Format for Any Job in 2025

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May 13, 2025
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How to Write a Cover Letter for a Job in 2025

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AI Impact on Hiring Survey: How Recruitment is Evolving

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The 15 Most In-Demand Jobs for 2025

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Video advice from our experts

Have resume or job hunting questions? Join our community of job seekers and reach out for answers from our team. We also provide casual tutorials on how to land a job, career advice tips, and even a little office humor.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Resume Genius?

Resume Genius is the internet’s premier free resource for job seekers, and features powerful resume builder and cover letter generator software for anyone looking to apply for competitive jobs across the globe.

Over the past decade, Resume Genius has helped millions of users put together winning job applications by providing thorough writing guides, cutting-edge software, and free downloadable templates. Staffed by a team of seasoned career experts and HR professionals, Resume Genius seeks to help users (both old and new) find and grow their careers.

How do I build a resume?

You can build a resume with our resume creator — simply upload your existing resume and edit it or start from the beginning. Check out our resume builder today and learn how to make a resume that gets you more job offers in your chosen industry.

Additionally, you can even use our resume builder for free by downloading your resume as a text file.

Is Resume Genius legit?

Yes, Resume Genius is legit. ResumeGenius.com is SSL Certified and protected by Norton AntiVirus, and all of the downloads and software on ResumeGenius.com are protected as well.
Read, download, and navigate our content with ease, so you can spend more time focusing on that job you’ve got your eye on and getting ready to submit an application that earns you that job.

Is my information GDPR compliant and safe?

Yes, your information is GDPR/CCPA compliant and safe. We take the privacy of each user seriously, and allow everyone to opt out of some or all of the non-essential cookies we use across the website. If you’d like to request that we remove any of your personal data or check what personal data we’ve collected from you simply click here, or send us an email at privacy@resumegenius.com.

We outline the data we collect and why we collect it in our privacy policy. And if you’d like to see a list of cookies our website collects and how to opt in or out of cookies, read our cookie policy.

Can you help me build a cover letter?

Yes, we can help you build a cover letter. Our cover letter builder helps you fill out each line of your cover letter quickly — without the need to actually write it yourself. Simply put in your information and our software will provide suggestions for every sentence, helping you make a professional cover letter in just a few minutes.

Additionally, we provide more than 200 free cover letter templates that you can use to format and design your cover letter so it looks professional.

Do you support languages outside of US English?

Yes, we support languages outside of US English. If interested, please check out our UK English content on CVGenius.com, and French content on CVGenius.com/fr.

Who writes your resume examples?

Our resume samples are written by a mix of in-house experts and guest contributors who have years of experience in their respective industries.

All of our samples are reviewed by an in-house Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW). Our CPRWs also write and review all of the guides and resources in our blog.

Does Resume Genius also provide CV resources?

Yes, Resume Genius also provides CV resources. In addition to our AI-powered CV maker, we also have a variety of CV templates and expert guides available.

For example, we have guides on how to write a CV for a job, as well as how to format your CV. Whether you’re applying for an academic job or are applying for corporate work, our resources will help you polish your CV and impress employers.

Why is Resume Genius the best website to make my resume with?

Here are some reasons why Resume Genius is the best option for making a resume or CV:

  • User-Friendly Interface: Never made a resume before and not sure where to start? Our resume builder clearly guides you through the process of building and polishing your resume, making the whole process simple.
  • Template Variety: Our platform offers a variety of customizable resume templates catering to different industries, roles, and experience levels.
  • AI Content Suggestions: Our software provides generated content suggestions based on your career path that you can use to fill out your resume with ease.
  • Formatting Assistance: We automatically handle formatting, ensuring that your resume and cover letter look professional and well-organized.
  • Keyword Optimization: Worry about ATS software no more. Our builder optimizes your resume for applicant tracking systems (ATS) by suggesting common industry-related keywords and skills.
  • World-class Expertise: Collectively the Resume Genius staff has decades of job searching and resume writing experience. With multiple Certified Professional Resume Writers and Certified Career Coaches on our team, all the advice on our website is approved by experts.

More questions? Visit our FAQ library.

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