Resume Template Pack: Six ATS-Friendly Role Layouts with Filled Examples

All six share one look: a left-aligned name block with a thin blue rule under it, section headings in small capitals, and entry lines with the dates at the right margin.

How to use it

1. Pick the layout for the job you are applying for (guide page 2) and read its section notes.
2. Open the Example file to see a finished page, then save a copy of the Blank file under your name.
3. Replace every bracket with your own true details and delete the entries you do not need.
4. Save as PDF from Word or Google Docs, copy the PDF's text into a plain-text note to check it reads in order, and run the pre-send checklist.

Requirements

• Microsoft Word 2016 or later. The files were built and exported with Microsoft Word (Office 16).
• The templates use only named Word styles, a plain bullet, a right tab stop, a paragraph border and Calibri, which are features Google Docs keeps. Google Docs has no small-capitals setting, so the section headings may show in ordinary capitals and lower case there.
• Any PDF reader for the guide and example PDFs.

Good to know

• ATS-friendly here means the templates avoid the features applicant tracking system vendors and recruiters warn about (tables, columns, text boxes, headers and footers, icons and images), and every file was tested for clean text extraction. Each of the 12 Word files was exported to PDF by Microsoft Word and its text was read back with PyMuPDF and python-docx. The test checked that section headings come out whole and in the role's order, each entry line comes out as one line with its dates at the end, no paragraphs merge or reorder, no characters are garbled, and each file is one A4 page with no tables, text boxes, images, shapes or header and footer text.
• This is not a test inside any specific applicant tracking system, and there is no score. No template can guarantee an interview or a job.
• All six examples are one page. The guide explains when a second page is earned.
• Every person, college, employer, link and number in the examples is fictional. Replace them with your own true facts; never add skills, dates or numbers you cannot back up.
• Tool names in the examples are generic where a brand would matter (for example "a BI tool"). Write the exact tool you used.
• Not included: the one-page generic fresher layout and bullet example bank, career-switch resumes, cover letters and outreach messages.
• Google Docs was not tested live; check the page count and date alignment after opening a file there.
• Not affiliated with Microsoft or Google.