Create stunning, professional CVs and resumes that stand out. Our templates are ATS-friendly, customizable, and designed to highlight your achievements.

Modern Professional CV

A clean, modern design perfect for most industries:

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,sans]{moderncv}

% Modern CV theme
\moderncvstyle{banking} % Options: casual, classic, banking, oldstyle, fancy
\moderncvcolor{blue}    % Options: blue, orange, green, red, purple, grey, black

% Character encoding
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[scale=0.85]{geometry}

% Personal Information
\name{John}{Smith}
\title{Senior Software Engineer}
\address{123 Tech Street}{San Francisco, CA 94105}{USA}
\phone[mobile]{+1~(555)~123~4567}
\email{john.smith@email.com}
\homepage{www.johnsmith.com}
\social[linkedin]{johnsmith}
\social[github]{johnsmith}
\social[twitter]{@johnsmith}

% Photo (optional)
% \photo[70pt][0.4pt]{picture}

\begin{document}
\makecvtitle

\section{Professional Summary}
Experienced software engineer with 8+ years developing scalable web applications. 
Expert in Python, JavaScript, and cloud technologies. Proven track record of leading 
teams and delivering high-impact projects on time and within budget.

\section{Experience}

\cventry{2020--Present}{Senior Software Engineer}{Tech Corp}{San Francisco, CA}{}{
  \begin{itemize}
    \item Led development of microservices architecture serving 10M+ users daily
    \item Reduced API response time by 40\% through optimization and caching strategies
    \item Mentored team of 5 junior developers and conducted code reviews
    \item Technologies: Python, Django, React, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes
  \end{itemize}
}

\cventry{2018--2020}{Software Engineer}{StartupXYZ}{San Francisco, CA}{}{
  \begin{itemize}
    \item Built RESTful APIs and real-time features using Node.js and Socket.io
    \item Implemented CI/CD pipeline reducing deployment time by 60\%
    \item Collaborated with product team to deliver features improving user retention by 25\%
    \item Technologies: JavaScript, Node.js, MongoDB, Redis, Jenkins
  \end{itemize}
}

\cventry{2016--2018}{Junior Developer}{Digital Agency}{Los Angeles, CA}{}{
  \begin{itemize}
    \item Developed responsive websites for 20+ clients using modern frameworks
    \item Maintained and optimized existing codebases
    \item Participated in agile development process
    \item Technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL
  \end{itemize}
}

\section{Education}
\cventry{2012--2016}{Bachelor of Science in Computer Science}{University of California}{Berkeley, CA}{GPA: 3.8/4.0}{
  \begin{itemize}
    \item Dean's List: Fall 2014, Spring 2015
    \item Relevant Coursework: Data Structures, Algorithms, Software Engineering, Database Systems
  \end{itemize}
}

\section{Technical Skills}
\cvitem{Languages}{Python, JavaScript, Java, C++, SQL}
\cvitem{Frameworks}{Django, React, Node.js, Express, Spring Boot}
\cvitem{Databases}{PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, MySQL}
\cvitem{Cloud/DevOps}{AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Terraform}
\cvitem{Tools}{Git, JIRA, VS Code, IntelliJ IDEA}

\section{Projects}
\cventry{2023}{Open Source Contributor}{AsyncAPI}{}{}{
  Contributed to AsyncAPI specification and tooling. Implemented new features 
  for code generation improving developer experience.
  \newline{}\textit{GitHub: github.com/asyncapi/asyncapi}
}

\cventry{2022}{Personal Project}{Task Management API}{}{}{
  Built RESTful API with authentication, real-time updates, and integrations.
  Deployed on AWS with 99.9\% uptime.
  \newline{}\textit{Technologies: Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS}
}

\section{Certifications}
\cvitem{2023}{AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional}
\cvitem{2022}{Google Cloud Professional Cloud Developer}
\cvitem{2021}{Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)}

\section{Awards \& Achievements}
\cvitem{2023}{Employee of the Year - Tech Corp}
\cvitem{2022}{Best Innovation Award - Internal Hackathon}
\cvitem{2021}{Speaker at PyCon - "Scaling Python Applications"}

\section{Languages}
\cvitemwithcomment{English}{Native}{}
\cvitemwithcomment{Spanish}{Professional Working Proficiency}{}
\cvitemwithcomment{Mandarin}{Basic}{}

\end{document}

Classic One-Page Resume

Perfect for US job applications with ATS optimization:

\documentclass[11pt,letterpaper]{article}
\usepackage[margin=0.75in]{geometry}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

% Disable page numbers
\pagestyle{empty}

% Custom commands
\newcommand{\resumeSection}[1]{
  \vspace{2mm}
  {\large\textbf{#1}}
  \vspace{1mm}
  \hrule
  \vspace{2mm}
}

\newcommand{\resumeSubheading}[4]{
  \vspace{1mm}
  \begin{tabular*}{\textwidth}[t]{l@{\extracolsep{\fill}}r}
    \textbf{#1} & #2 \\
    \textit{#3} & \textit{#4} \\
  \end{tabular*}
  \vspace{-2mm}
}

\newcommand{\resumeItem}[1]{
  \item{#1}
}

\begin{document}

% Header
\begin{center}
  {\LARGE\textbf{Jane Doe}} \\
  \vspace{2mm}
  Seattle, WA | (555) 987-6543 | jane.doe@email.com | linkedin.com/in/janedoe | github.com/janedoe
\end{center}

\resumeSection{PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY}
Results-driven Marketing Manager with 6+ years of experience driving growth through data-driven strategies. 
Proven track record of increasing brand awareness by 150\% and generating \$2M+ in revenue through integrated campaigns. 
Expert in digital marketing, content strategy, and team leadership.

\resumeSection{EXPERIENCE}

\resumeSubheading
{Marketing Manager}{Seattle, WA}
{TechStart Inc.}{Mar 2021 -- Present}
\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, labelindent=0pt, itemsep=-0.5mm]
  \resumeItem{Led cross-functional team of 8 to launch product rebrand, resulting in 45\% increase in brand recognition}
  \resumeItem{Developed and executed digital marketing strategy increasing website traffic by 200\% and leads by 150\%}
  \resumeItem{Managed \$1.5M annual marketing budget, optimizing spend to achieve 3:1 ROI across all channels}
  \resumeItem{Implemented marketing automation workflows improving lead nurturing efficiency by 60\%}
\end{itemize}

\resumeSubheading
{Senior Marketing Specialist}{Portland, OR}
{Digital Solutions Co.}{Jun 2019 -- Feb 2021}
\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, labelindent=0pt, itemsep=-0.5mm]
  \resumeItem{Created content strategy resulting in 300\% increase in organic search traffic over 18 months}
  \resumeItem{Managed social media presence across 5 platforms, growing followers by 10K+ and engagement by 85\%}
  \resumeItem{Collaborated with sales team to develop materials contributing to \$500K in new business}
  \resumeItem{Analyzed campaign performance using Google Analytics and provided actionable insights}
\end{itemize}

\resumeSubheading
{Marketing Coordinator}{San Francisco, CA}
{StartupABC}{Aug 2017 -- May 2019}
\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, labelindent=0pt, itemsep=-0.5mm]
  \resumeItem{Coordinated 20+ marketing campaigns from conception to execution}
  \resumeItem{Wrote compelling copy for websites, emails, and advertisements}
  \resumeItem{Assisted in organizing 5 industry events with 200+ attendees each}
\end{itemize}

\resumeSection{EDUCATION}

\resumeSubheading
{Bachelor of Arts in Marketing}{Seattle, WA}
{University of Washington}{Sep 2013 -- Jun 2017}
\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, labelindent=0pt, itemsep=-0.5mm]
  \resumeItem{GPA: 3.7/4.0 | Dean's List: 4 semesters}
  \resumeItem{Relevant Coursework: Digital Marketing, Consumer Behavior, Data Analytics, Brand Management}
\end{itemize}

\resumeSection{SKILLS}

\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, labelindent=0pt, itemsep=-0.5mm]
  \resumeItem{\textbf{Marketing:} SEO/SEM, Content Marketing, Email Marketing, Social Media, PPC, Marketing Automation}
  \resumeItem{\textbf{Analytics:} Google Analytics, Tableau, Excel, SQL, A/B Testing, Data Visualization}
  \resumeItem{\textbf{Tools:} HubSpot, Salesforce, Mailchimp, Hootsuite, Adobe Creative Suite, WordPress}
  \resumeItem{\textbf{Soft Skills:} Leadership, Strategic Planning, Project Management, Communication, Problem-Solving}
\end{itemize}

\resumeSection{CERTIFICATIONS \& ACHIEVEMENTS}

\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, labelindent=0pt, itemsep=-0.5mm]
  \resumeItem{Google Analytics Certified (2023) | HubSpot Content Marketing Certified (2022)}
  \resumeItem{Marketing Excellence Award - TechStart Inc. (2022)}
  \resumeItem{Published Article: "The Future of B2B Marketing" - Marketing Weekly (2023)}
\end{itemize}

\end{document}

Academic CV Template

Comprehensive template for academic positions:

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{enumitem}

\begin{document}

% Header
\begin{center}
{\LARGE\textbf{Dr. Sarah Johnson}} \\
\vspace{3mm}
Department of Computer Science \\
University of Excellence \\
123 Academic Way, Boston, MA 02115 \\
Phone: (555) 123-4567 | Email: sjohnson@university.edu \\
Web: www.cs.university.edu/~sjohnson | ORCID: 0000-0000-0000-0000
\end{center}

\section*{Research Interests}
Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Deep Learning, AI Ethics, 
Computational Linguistics, Neural Networks

\section*{Education}
\textbf{Ph.D. in Computer Science}, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018 \\
\textit{Dissertation:} "Deep Learning Approaches for Natural Language Understanding" \\
\textit{Advisor:} Prof. John Smith

\textbf{M.S. in Computer Science}, Stanford University, 2014 \\
\textit{Thesis:} "Statistical Methods in Machine Translation"

\textbf{B.S. in Computer Science}, \textit{Magna Cum Laude}, UC Berkeley, 2012 \\
\textit{GPA:} 3.9/4.0

\section*{Academic Appointments}
\textbf{Assistant Professor}, University of Excellence, 2019--Present \\
Department of Computer Science

\textbf{Postdoctoral Researcher}, MIT CSAIL, 2018--2019 \\
Advisor: Prof. Jane Doe

\section*{Publications}

\subsection*{Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles}
\begin{enumerate}[leftmargin=*]
\item Johnson, S., Smith, J., \& Doe, J. (2023). "Transformer-based Models for Cross-lingual Understanding." 
\textit{Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research}, 75, 123-145.

\item Johnson, S. \& Lee, K. (2022). "Ethical Considerations in Large Language Models." 
\textit{AI \& Society}, 37(3), 567-582.

\item Johnson, S. (2021). "Attention Mechanisms in Neural Machine Translation: A Survey." 
\textit{Computational Linguistics}, 47(2), 234-267.
\end{enumerate}

\subsection*{Conference Proceedings}
\begin{enumerate}[leftmargin=*, resume]
\item Johnson, S., et al. (2023). "Few-shot Learning for Low-resource Languages." 
In \textit{Proceedings of ACL 2023}, pp. 1234-1245.

\item Johnson, S. \& Wang, L. (2022). "Robust NLP Systems for Domain Adaptation." 
In \textit{Proceedings of NeurIPS 2022}, pp. 567-578.
\end{enumerate}

\section*{Grants and Funding}
\textbf{NSF CAREER Award}, "Advancing Multilingual NLP," \$500,000, 2022--2027 \\
\textit{Role:} Principal Investigator

\textbf{Google Faculty Research Award}, "AI for Social Good," \$75,000, 2021 \\
\textit{Role:} Principal Investigator

\section*{Teaching Experience}
\textbf{University of Excellence} (2019--Present)
\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*]
\item CS 521: Machine Learning (Graduate) - Fall 2023, Fall 2022
\item CS 321: Introduction to AI (Undergraduate) - Spring 2023, Spring 2022
\item CS 622: Advanced NLP (Graduate) - Fall 2021
\end{itemize}

\section*{Awards and Honors}
\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*]
\item Best Paper Award, ACL 2023
\item Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Excellence, 2022
\item MIT Presidential Fellowship, 2014--2018
\end{itemize}

\section*{Service}
\textbf{Editorial Boards:} Associate Editor, Journal of AI Research (2021--Present)

\textbf{Program Committees:} ACL (2020--2023), NeurIPS (2021--2023), ICML (2022--2023)

\textbf{University Service:} Graduate Admissions Committee (2020--Present)

\section*{Selected Invited Talks}
\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*]
\item "The Future of Multilingual AI," Keynote at EMNLP 2023, Singapore
\item "Ethics in NLP," Google AI Research, Mountain View, CA, 2022
\item "Deep Learning for Languages," MIT CSAIL Seminar Series, 2021
\end{itemize}

\end{document}

Customization Tips

Color Schemes

% For moderncv
\moderncvcolor{blue}    % Professional
\moderncvcolor{green}   % Fresh
\moderncvcolor{orange}  % Creative
\moderncvcolor{red}     % Bold

% Custom colors
\definecolor{customblue}{RGB}{0,102,204}
\definecolor{customgray}{RGB}{100,100,100}

Font Options

% Modern fonts
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{helvet}  % Helvetica
\usepackage{charter} % Charter

% Sans-serif for modern look
\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}

Adding Icons

\usepackage{fontawesome5}

% Usage examples
\faPhone\ (555) 123-4567
\faEnvelope\ email@example.com
\faLinkedin\ linkedin.com/in/yourname
\faGithub\ github.com/yourname
\faGlobe\ www.yourwebsite.com

ATS Optimization Tips

Essential for ATS Compatibility:

  • Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills)
  • Avoid tables, columns, or complex formatting for main content
  • Use standard fonts (Arial, Times New Roman, Calibri)
  • Save as .docx after creating PDF for online applications
  • Include keywords from job description

Keyword Optimization

% Include relevant keywords naturally
\section{Technical Skills}
\begin{itemize}
  \item Programming: Python (Expert), Java (Proficient), SQL (Proficient)
  \item Frameworks: Django, React, Spring Boot
  \item Tools: Git, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS
\end{itemize}

Design Variations

Best Practices

Content Tips:

  1. Quantify achievements: Use numbers and percentages
  2. Action verbs: Start bullets with strong verbs (Led, Developed, Increased)
  3. Relevance: Tailor content to each job application
  4. Consistency: Use consistent formatting and tense
  5. Proofread: Zero tolerance for typos in CVs/resumes

Length Guidelines

  • Entry Level: 1 page maximum
  • Mid-Career: 1-2 pages
  • Senior/Executive: 2-3 pages
  • Academic CV: No limit (include all publications)

Section Order

  1. Contact Information
  2. Summary/Objective (optional)
  3. Experience (or Education if recent grad)
  4. Education
  5. Skills
  6. Additional Sections (Certifications, Projects, etc.)

Compilation Tips

# Basic compilation
pdflatex cv.tex

# For moderncv (compile twice)
pdflatex cv.tex
pdflatex cv.tex

# With bibliography
pdflatex cv.tex
bibtex cv
pdflatex cv.tex
pdflatex cv.tex

Remember: Your CV/resume is a marketing document, not an autobiography. Focus on achievements and value you bring to employers.

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