ATS-Friendly templates
ATS-Friendly Resume Templates
Layouts built for a clean automated read — selectable text, standard headings and a predictable reading order that parsers handle well.
ATS-Friendly Resume Templates
Quartz
Single-Column ATS
Slate
Two-Column ATS
Pearl
Split-Header ATS
Ivory
Headerless ATS
Graphite
Retail & Sales ATS
Linen
Europass ATS
Choosing a ats-friendly resume template
Most large employers run applications through an applicant tracking system before a person ever sees them. An ATS-friendly resume template is designed so that first, automated pass goes smoothly: the text is real selectable text rather than an image, the section headings are the familiar ones software expects, and the reading order is predictable so your name, roles, dates and skills are extracted in the sequence you intended. The templates in this category were chosen specifically for those parsing qualities.
It is worth being honest about what "ATS-friendly" can and cannot promise. No template can guarantee a particular screening result, because every employer configures its system differently and the ranking rules are theirs, not ours. What a good layout does is remove the avoidable problems — text trapped in graphics, contact details hidden in a header, exotic headings a parser cannot map — so your content is read accurately and your application is judged on its substance. The rest is down to how well your wording matches the job.
Choose one of these templates when you are applying into a mid-sized or large organisation, an online job board, or any process where software screens first. After you export, take one extra step: open the PDF, select the text to confirm it is real, and run it through our free ATS checker to see the extracted reading order. Then tailor your wording to the specific posting — the layout gets you read, but matching the role’s language is what gets you shortlisted. Every template here is free, editable online, and exports a selectable-text PDF with no watermark.
What to look for
- ✓Real selectable text, never a resume rendered as an image
- ✓Standard section headings a parser can map without guessing
- ✓Contact details in the body, not tucked inside a header or footer
- ✓A single clear reading order you can verify in the exported PDF