# Resume guides

Each guide answers one question about a resume on one page, with links to complete example resumes and designs where they help. The tool pages say what CVAurum’s builder and ATS check do. All of it is free to read and free to use, with no account.

## Writing a resume

- [Resume format](https://cvaurum.com/resume-format): Which resume format to use: chronological, functional or hybrid, the section order, one page or two, fonts, margins, PDF or Word, and what an ATS needs.
- [How to write a resume](https://cvaurum.com/how-to-write-a-resume): How to write a resume step by step: contact line, summary, experience bullets with results, skills, education, tailoring to the job and proofreading.
- [Resume for freshers](https://cvaurum.com/resume-for-freshers): How to write a fresher or student resume with little experience: format, what to include (projects, internships, coursework), examples and common mistakes.
- [CV template](https://cvaurum.com/cv-template): CV format and templates: CV vs resume by country, academic CV vs job CV, and UK conventions (no photo, no date of birth, two pages is fine), with examples.
- [Resume template for Word](https://cvaurum.com/resume-template-word): Free resume templates for Word: 75 designs, each downloadable as an editable, ATS-friendly .docx or a vector PDF. No sign-up, no watermark.
- [Resume summary examples](https://cvaurum.com/resume-summary-examples): 108 resume summary examples by job and field, each from a complete example resume you can open and edit for free. No sign-up.
- [Resume skills by job](https://cvaurum.com/resume-skills): The skills listed on 108 example resumes, by job and field, grouped the way an employer scans them. Open any example and edit it for free.
- [Resume action verbs](https://cvaurum.com/resume-action-verbs): The verbs that open the bullets of 108 example resumes, counted and grouped, each shown in a full bullet. Free examples you can edit.

## The free tools

- [Free resume builder](https://cvaurum.com/free-resume-builder): Build and download a resume for free: 75 templates, PDF and Word export, no paywall, no watermark, no account. Open source and private.
- [ATS resume checker](https://cvaurum.com/ats-resume-checker): Check a resume the way an applicant-tracking system reads it: a repeatable score, a keyword match against the job and the text a parser sees. No upload.
- [No sign-up resume builder](https://cvaurum.com/resume-builder-no-sign-up): Make a resume without creating an account: open the editor and start. 75 templates, free PDF and Word export, saved only in your browser.

[About CVAurum](https://cvaurum.com/about): Who makes CVAurum, how a resume builder can run with no server, how the example resumes are written, and how every design is checked before it ships.

Templates: https://cvaurum.com/templates · Examples: https://cvaurum.com/examples · Prompts: https://cvaurum.com/prompts · About CVAurum: https://cvaurum.com/about