Free Resume Templates
With Canva’s free resume builder, applying for your dream job is easy and fast. Choose from hundreds of free, designer-made templates and customize them within a few clicks.
Forget spending hours formatting your resume, or choosing complimentary fonts for your cover letter. Creating a resume online with Canva’s free resume builder will give you a sleek and attractive resume, without the fuss.
Choose from hundreds of free, designer-made templates, and customize them within minutes. With a few simple clicks, you can change the colors, fonts, layout, and add graphics to suit the job you’re applying for.
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While Canva offers resume options with a section for your photo, here at Rethink, we do not recommend you upload an image. Some recruiters will simply trash your resume - without even reading it!
How to make a resume
Open up Canva
Go to Canva or launch the app then log in or sign up for a new account using your email, Google or Facebook profile. Search for “Resumes” to start designing.
Find the right template
Choose from hundreds of professionally-designed resume templates. Take your pick from styles like modern or simple layouts or industries like acting, graphic design or more corporate layouts.
Personalize your resume
After picking a template, use Canva’s drag and drop design tools to tweak your resume. Change fonts, text and colors in a few clicks. Upload your own photo and rearrange any and all elements as much as you want.
Get creative with more features
Crop, straighten, use photo filters, and texturize your images. Use your own color scheme, font style, background and text layout. Add borders, frames and other ingredients to make your resume stand out.
Order your prints
Order high-quality prints of your resumes through Canva Print and enjoy free shipping. Or, save your design as a PDF, JPG or PNG file. Remember you can always edit your design any time.
Should resumes be one page?
ANSWER: It’s a myth that employers prefer one page over two pages. As long as your resume is clear and easy to read, you can include two pages. If your work experience is limited to fewer than ten years, you may want to stick to one page. Otherwise, don’t sell yourself short.
