Online resume builder/app/generator?

May 11, 2022 8:11 AM

Can you recommend an online resume builder or app? I’m updating my resume, and the layout of it, in Word, is taking forever. I can’t be eternally fussing around with fonts, kerning, and spacing. There has to be an easier solution—can you recommend one? Ideally I would just paste the text in and it would spit out something beautiful…
posted by Ollie to Computers & Internet (10 answers total)

Word comes with resume templates; I'm not a big fan. I recommend you do all the writing, then create styles based on your preferred formatting, and apply to the rest of the document. Most resumes get fed to a program that looks for key words; you formatting will seldom be seen.
posted by theora55 at 8:20 AM on May 11, 2022

I hired a local graphic designer to format mine for $50 and it looked amazing. I found her on a community group.
posted by nouvelle-personne at 8:26 AM on May 11, 2022 [1 favorite]

If LaTeX is in your skillset, there's some very good LaTeX resume templates out there. I've been using one I found online for my last four jobs. Beautiful typesetting without you having to worry about the details is the core feature of LaTeX, though if you've not used a script to generate output from marked-up plaintext before, it can be a learning curve. I run a TeX distribution on my PC, but I believe there's online TeX renderers these days, too.
posted by Alterscape at 8:49 AM on May 11, 2022 [1 favorite]

I wonder if something like Resumey.Pro (https://resumey.pro/) is what you're looking for? It's a resume generator where you input your content in Markdown, then you can choose a bunch of different templates for output in different fonts, colours, etc.

(I came across this on Product Hunt-- there are a few other resume generators linked in the sidebar there, too: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/resumey-pro-2-0)

Good luck in your search! :)
posted by misspettigrew at 8:55 AM on May 11, 2022 [3 favorites]

See if your local public library provides access to Brainfuse/JobNow--it offers resume templates and feedback on your resume--you can access it at home under your library's membership and it's FREE with your library card.
posted by bookmammal at 9:07 AM on May 11, 2022 [1 favorite]

Canva! You can get a free account and use any number of templates. It’s very easy to use.
posted by missmary6 at 9:48 AM on May 11, 2022

Best answer: I used Creddle for this the last time I was job hunting. It's pretty easy to use, my favorite thing about it is that it dynamically resizes everything so it always fits on one page.
posted by theodolite at 11:38 AM on May 11, 2022 [5 favorites]

You can do this on LinkedIn.
posted by rollick at 12:56 AM on May 12, 2022

Response by poster: Creddle is a dream, thank you!
posted by Ollie at 5:21 AM on May 13, 2022

You can try Novoresume. They have a free version and for more features you can go paid for ~$50 for 3 months
posted by manny_calavera at 6:25 AM on May 13, 2022