These are the sections every recruiter — and every ATS — expects to find on a resume that actually gets read.
Full name, phone with country code, a professional email, city, and a LinkedIn link. No photo, no ID numbers, no sensitive personal data.
A 3–4 line summary that says who you are, your experience, and what you are after. Mirror the keywords from the job posting.
Don't list duties — show results. "Grew sales 30%" beats "responsible for sales." Use numbers, percentages, and strong action verbs.
Separate hard skills (tools, software, languages) from soft skills. Include the exact ones the role asks for so the ATS can detect them.
Degrees, institution, year, and current certifications. Most recent and relevant first; the basics need no lengthy explanation.
Up to 75% of resumes never reach human eyes — the ATS rejects them first. These are the errors candidates make most.
In most markets a photo invites bias and the ATS cannot read it. It eats valuable space and can break the layout. Leave it out.
Marital status, age, religion, ID number, or date of birth add nothing and expose your privacy. A recruiter does not need them to call you.
If your resume is an image or a scanned PDF, the ATS cannot read the text — it shows up blank. Always export selectable text.
Templates with tables, text boxes, or graphics confuse the ATS, which reads left to right. The result: your experience arrives scrambled or lost.
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The most common questions when building your resume.
In the US, "resume" is the one to two page document used for job applications, while "CV" (curriculum vitae) is longer and used in academia or outside the US. For most job seekers they refer to the same thing: a summary of your professional background.
In most cases, no. A photo invites bias, the ATS cannot read it, and it can break the file layout. Unless the role explicitly asks for it, send your resume without a photo.
One page if you have under 10 years of experience; two at most for senior profiles. Recruiters spend seconds on the first scan, so lead with the most recent and relevant and cut the filler.
Use a selectable-text format (not an image), a single column, standard headings (Experience, Education, Skills), no tables or graphics, and the keywords from the job posting. CV RESET does all of this automatically and gives you a compatibility score.
Yes. You can analyze your resume and see its ATS compatibility score for free. Premium features — like unlimited rewrites and matching against each job posting — are available on paid plans.
