Create a professional
resume easily
With this free, open-source, and powerful resume builder
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3 Simple Steps
- Add a resume pdf1
- or create from scratch
- Preview design2
- and make edits
- Download new resume3
- and apply with confidence
Free Forever- Civio is created with the belief that everyone should have free and easy access to a modern professional resume design
U.S. Best Practices- Civio has built-in best practices for the U.S. job market and works well with top ATS platforms such as Greenhouse and Lever
Privacy Focus- Civio stores data locally in your browser so only you have access to your data and with complete control
from humans who Google everything anyway.
Civio helped me land my dream job! The templates are so clean and professional. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a job.
The ATS friendly format is a game changer. I got way more callbacks after using Civio. It's incredibly easy to use and effective.
As a new grad, I didn't know where to start. Civio made it so easy to build a great resume. I felt confident applying for jobs.
Questions & Answers
Q1. What is a resume builder? And why is it better than wrestling with a tragic template doc?
There are two kinds of people in this world:
Those who open a resume template doc and immediately regret their life choices, and
Those who use a resume builder and avoid the emotional damage.
A template doc looks harmless… until you breathe near it. Change one bullet point, and suddenly the spacing performs experimental jazz, the font switches personas mid-sentence, and the whole document starts behaving like it’s in its rebellious teenage phase.
Resume builders, meanwhile, act like responsible adults. You type things, and they politely put everything where it should be — no formatting tantrums, no “why is this heading possessed,” no scrolling through menus like you’re defusing a bomb.
Want a new font? One click.
Want consistent formatting? Already done.
Want to not spend 45 minutes fighting a rogue margin? Welcome.
In short:
Templates make you question your sanity.
Builders let you keep it (mostly).
Q2. What uniquely sets Civio apart from other resume builders and templates?
Civio behaves like that rare friend who doesn’t create drama — which already makes it special. But it’s got two signature quirks:
1. Civio is built for the U.S. job market—and refuses to add chaos.
No clutter. No circus of options. No “would you like to add a profile picture?” trap that screams please discriminate against me. Civio keeps only the sections employers actually read, avoids the ones they pretend to read, and uses a single-column layout because ATS bots get confused faster than humans in IKEA.
It’s simple because simplicity survives.
2. Civio treats your privacy like a sacred relic.
No sign-up. No data harvesting. No “just an email, we swear.” Your resume never leaves your device — it lives inside your browser like a quiet roommate who does their dishes and never asks for WiFi passwords.
Everything stays with you, not in a server somewhere writing its own autobiography.