Resume Builder: Make a Resume and Download Word or PDF

Build a resume in four steps

1. Enter your name, city, phone and email. In the United States and Canada a resume carries no photo, age or marital status.
2. Add your jobs with the newest first. Write what you achieved and use numbers.
3. Add education, skills and any licences or certificates.
4. Pick the US, Canadian or another format, check the preview and download Word or PDF.

What goes on a resume and what stays off

The Government of Canada Job Bank advises keeping a resume to two pages, tailoring it to the position, using simple words and action verbs, and limiting each section to five to seven bullet points. It also says to leave out personal details such as age, marital status and religion, never to include a Social Insurance Number, and not to add a photo.

In the United States, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission states that an employer should ask for a photograph only after a job offer has been made and accepted, and should avoid questions that reveal age, religion or national origin. A resume without those details is the normal way to apply.

Resume or CV: which word should you use?

Employers in the United States and Canada usually say resume and expect one or two pages. In the United Kingdom, Europe and much of Asia and Africa the same document is called a CV. Academic jobs everywhere use a longer CV with publications. The builder is the same tool for all of them: only the format you pick changes.

Sources

• Job Bank (Government of Canada): How to write a good resume
• US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: Prohibited Employment Policies/Practices
• Template files: made by Dev Global Jobs and opened in Microsoft Word before publishing.

Sources last checked: 2 October 2026.