Resume Generator

How is the resume generated?

You fill in the form and the resume builds itself, already formatted on a printable A4 page. There's no login, no upload, nothing tracking you.

To save it as a PDF, just hit Ctrl/Cmd + P. The layout was kept lean and ATS-friendly, meaning the automated screening systems can read it without trouble.

The whole thing is generated in your browser.

What recruiters look for in a modern resume

In 2026 the average corporate recruiter spends between seven and ten seconds on the first pass through a resume, and roughly eighty percent of mid- and large-sized companies route applications through an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) before any human eye is involved. That double audience — a parser that scans plain text and a hiring professional who scans for signals — defines almost every formatting decision on the page. The goal of a good resume is no longer to look beautiful: it is to be readable by both software and a tired human in a hurry.

Recruiters look for three things in those seconds: a clear professional summary that matches the role, the keywords from the job description repeated naturally inside the experience bullets, and measurable accomplishments instead of vague responsibilities. A bullet that says "responsible for the sales team" tells a recruiter nothing; "led a six-person sales team that grew quarterly revenue from 1.2M to 1.8M (+50%) in eighteen months" tells them exactly what you can do. Numbers anchor claims. Percentages, dollar amounts, team sizes, deadlines met and tools mastered turn a generic resume into a piece of evidence.

ATS-friendly format: what to avoid

An ATS reads your file as flat text. Whatever the parser cannot interpret either gets dropped or shuffled into the wrong field, which is why polished-looking resumes often score worst in automated screening. The safest test is simple: open your file, select all the text with Ctrl+A and paste it into a plain text editor. If the order makes sense and nothing important disappeared, the ATS will probably read it correctly.

• Avoid multi-column layouts. The parser reads top-to-bottom and may interleave the columns into nonsense.
• Skip tables, text boxes and floating shapes. Section content placed inside them is frequently lost.
• Do not rely on icons or graphics for contact details. Type the email and phone as plain text.
• Use a standard font (Arial, Calibri, Helvetica, Georgia, Times New Roman) sized 10 to 12 points.
• Avoid headers and footers for important data — many ATS engines ignore those regions entirely.
• Write months and years in full (January 2024, not 01/24) so dates are parsed reliably.
• Submit the file in the format the posting requests. When in doubt, .docx is the most universally parsed; PDFs work in most modern systems but not all.

Essential sections and the STAR method

A clean resume contains five core sections in this order: contact details, professional summary, experience, education and skills. Optional blocks (languages, certifications, volunteer work, publications) come after if relevant. The professional summary is three to five lines that name your current role, your strongest specialty and one or two headline accomplishments. Treat it as a trailer for the rest of the document.

Within experience entries, the STAR method (Situation, Task, Action, Result) gives every bullet a backbone. State the situation briefly, name the task, describe the action you personally took (not your team) and close with a measurable result. Start each bullet with a strong action verb — designed, launched, reduced, scaled, negotiated, automated — and quantify the outcome whenever possible. Three to five bullets per recent role is enough; older roles can be summarised in one or two lines.

Brazilian standard versus international resume

If you are applying to roles outside Brazil, especially in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany or the Netherlands, remove the photograph, date of birth, marital status, ID number and any other personal data unrelated to the job. Anti-discrimination laws in these markets treat that information as a legal risk for the employer, and many recruiters will discard the file rather than read it. A US resume should also be capped at one page for early-career candidates and two pages for experienced professionals.

In Brazil it is still common to include a small photo, city/state of residence and LinkedIn URL. Two pages are acceptable. For academic positions, the curriculum lattes hosted at CNPq is the parallel standard and complements the conventional resume.

Specialised resumes: academia, software and design

Different industries expect different supporting artefacts alongside the resume. Academic candidates need a long-form CV listing publications, conferences, grants and teaching experience — often five pages or more. Software engineers benefit from a public GitHub profile pinned to two or three flagship repositories with clear READMEs; recruiters open these links almost as often as the resume itself. Designers, illustrators and front-end developers need a portfolio site hosting case studies, not just thumbnails — a short paragraph explaining the brief, your role and the outcome turns each project into a story.

Common mistakes that cost interviews

• Spelling and grammar errors. Run the file through a checker and read it out loud before sending.
• Listing every skill imaginable. Recruiters prefer five strong, demonstrated skills over twenty unverifiable ones.
• A five-page resume for a non-academic role. Edit ruthlessly; what is not relevant is noise.
• Generic objectives like "seeking a challenging opportunity in a dynamic company". Replace with a specific summary.
• Email addresses that look unprofessional. Use [email protected].
• Inconsistent verb tense. Use past tense for finished roles and present tense for the current one.
• Sending the same resume to every posting. Tailoring is the single highest-impact change you can make.

Tailoring per vacancy and the cover letter

Tailoring does not mean rewriting the whole document. Read the job description, mark the ten or fifteen recurring nouns and verbs (technologies, methodologies, responsibilities) and make sure those exact words appear somewhere in your experience or skills section, in a sentence that proves you have used them. Tools like Jobscan, Teal and ResumeWorded measure that match rate; aim for 65 to 75 percent. A short cover letter (three paragraphs, no more than half a page) extends the resume with context: why this company, why this role, which two accomplishments are most relevant to it.

Frequently asked questions

How long should my resume be? One page for less than seven years of experience, two pages above that, longer only for academic CVs. Hiring managers will not read more.

Should I include a photo? Yes in Brazil, Portugal and most of Latin America. No in the United States, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia and most of Northern Europe.

PDF or Word? Submit in the format requested. When the posting does not specify, .docx is the safest because every ATS can parse it; modern ATS engines also handle text-based PDFs reliably.

Do I need a different resume for every role? A different version, yes — not a different resume from scratch. Keep a master document with everything you have done and trim a tailored version for each application.

What if I have gaps in my employment history? Address them briefly and honestly: study, caregiving, sabbatical, freelance work. Hiring managers care less about gaps than about unexplained ones.