Resume builder
Build a professional resume in minutes.
Create, customise and download a professional resume with ToolDuck. Choose a template, add your experience and export your finished resume as a PDF.
- Runs in your browser
- No upload required
- Free, no signup
This is the resume you download
Your completed resume is exported as a clean PDF using the template and the formatting you selected. The preview above is the document itself — same engine, same layout, same page breaks.
Choose a resume template
Start with a professional layout and customise it with your own experience, education and skills. Every preview here is your future document, drawn live.
Build your resume in six steps
The builder walks you through it, and every step stays editable.
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Import
Upload an existing resume or start with your own information. Files are read in your browser.
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Verify
Review what was read out of your document and correct anything that came through wrong.
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Build
Complete and edit your resume details — summary, experience, education, skills and anything optional.
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Choose a template
See your own content in each layout at full size, and pick the design you want.
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Preview and customise
Adjust the font, size, spacing, margins and accent colour, with the A4 pages updating as you go.
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Download
Export your finished resume as a text-based PDF that parsers can read.
Everything you need to build your resume
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Professional templates
Seven resume layouts, from a strict single-column ATS design to something with a little more presence. Switch at any time without retyping a word.
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Resume import
Drop in a PDF, DOCX or text file and the details are read on your own device to fill the form. Scanned documents with no text layer are recognised the same way.
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Custom formatting
Adjust fonts, size, spacing, margins and the accent colour. The A4 preview reflows as you change them, including onto a second page.
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PDF export
Download a PDF built from real, selectable text with standard fonts and a single column — no watermark, no account, no export limit.
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ATS-friendly layouts
Every template keeps a single-column body and conventional section headings, which is the structure parsing software handles most reliably.
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Browser-based
The form, the preview, the PDF and the print output are all produced by your browser. Your resume is saved in your own storage, not on a server.
More resume tools
Everything else in this category, all of it free and none of it requiring an account.
A resume builder that shows you the result first
Most online resume builders ask you to type everything in before you find out what the finished document looks like. ToolDuck takes the opposite approach: the layouts above are the actual templates, drawn live in your browser from a sample resume. What you see on this page is what the builder produces.
Start from the resume you already have
If you have a resume, upload it. PDF, DOCX and plain text are all read inside your browser — the file is never sent to our server — and the details are pulled into the form for you to check and correct. For scanned documents with no text layer, the text is recognised on your device before anything else happens. If you would rather not upload at all, paste the text, or start with an empty form.
Seven templates, one set of content
Classic ATS, Modern Professional, Minimal, Technical, Bold Header, Timeline and Elegant are seven single-column layouts built around standard section headings. Switching between them never touches your content — only the presentation changes, so you can compare designs with your own words already in place rather than guessing from a screenshot.
Customise the formatting
Adjust the font, the font size, the spacing between blocks, the page margins and the accent colour, and watch the A4 preview follow. If your resume runs onto a second page, the preview shows it as a second page rather than cutting the text off, so you can see the real length before you download. The date, the page breaks and the typography all belong to the document, not to the website, so what prints is what you reviewed.
Download a resume PDF
The finished file is a resume PDF containing real, selectable text rather than an image of text, with standard fonts and a single column. That combination is what applicant tracking systems parse most reliably. It is not a promise that every hiring system will read every file perfectly — no tool can promise that — which is why the same category includes a resume checker that reports what a parser is likely to struggle with: missing sections, very short descriptions, columns, and text that is actually an image.
Match your resume to the job
A resume is written for a particular role. Paste a job description into the resume keyword matcher alongside your resume to see which of the terms the advert repeats you already cover and which ones are genuinely missing. It is a plain comparison, run locally, and it is far more useful than adding a list of words you cannot talk about at interview.
Is this resume builder free?
Yes. There is no account, no payment and no watermark on the exported document. Your resume is stored in your own browser as you type, so you can close the tab and come back, and you can export the whole thing as JSON if you want a backup or want to move to another computer. Nothing you type is uploaded, and there is no server-side copy of your resume to delete.
Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions
Can I create a resume for free?
Yes. The builder, every template and the PDF export are free, with no account, no payment and no watermark on the document. It is supported by advertising on the page, never inside the resume.
Can I import my existing resume?
Yes. PDF, DOCX, TXT and Markdown files are read in your browser, and the details are placed in the form for you to review. If your file is a scan with no text layer, the text is recognised on your device first. You can also paste the text instead, or start from an empty form.
Can I choose different resume templates?
Yes — there are seven. Classic ATS, Modern Professional, Minimal, Technical, Bold Header, Timeline and Elegant. Switching template changes only the presentation: your name, summary, experience, education and skills stay exactly as you entered them.
Can I customise fonts and spacing?
Yes. The Preview step controls the font, the font size, the spacing between blocks, the page margins and the accent colour, and the A4 preview updates as you change each one.
Can I download my resume as a PDF?
Yes. Download PDF produces a file containing real, selectable text rather than an image of text, using standard fonts in a single column. There is no watermark and no limit on how many times you export.
Are the resume templates ATS-friendly?
Every template keeps a single-column body with conventional section headings such as Experience and Education, with no text boxes or tables for a parser to guess at. That is the structure applicant tracking systems handle most reliably — though no tool can guarantee that a particular hiring system will read any file perfectly.
Do I need an account?
No. The resume builder works without signing in. Your resume is saved in your own browser storage as you type, so you can close the tab and continue later, and you can export your data as JSON to keep a backup or move to another device.