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How it works
A standout resume in three free steps
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Start in seconds
Open a blank, ATS-safe resume and fill it in — no design skills, no software to install. Everything saves automatically as you type.
02
Make it strong
Pick from 30+ recruiter-built templates, set your color and type in the design panel, and tighten each line — lead bullets with results, add real numbers, and mirror the job's keywords.
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Download & apply
Export a clean, single-column PDF that parses in any applicant tracking system, then send it with confidence. Free, no credit card.
Why it matters
What an ATS is, and why it decides whether you get read
An Applicant Tracking System (ATS) is the software employers use to collect, scan, and rank resumes before a recruiter sees them. Roughly 99% of Fortune 500 companies and a fast-growing share of small businesses use one. When you apply online, your resume almost always meets a machine first.
The ATS parses your resume into structured fields — name, contact, experience, skills, education — then matches it against the job description. If it can't read a section, that section effectively doesn't exist. Multi-column layouts, tables, text inside images, headers/footers, and non-standard headings are the usual culprits that quietly sink strong candidates.
Every Ruubu template is built to parse cleanly: a single column, standard section headings, real selectable text, and no graphics that confuse the parser. You write the content; we make sure the machine — and then the human — can actually read it.
Parsed
The ATS extracts your text into fields. Clean structure = clean parse.
Ranked
Your resume is scored on keyword and skill overlap with the posting.
Surfaced
Top-ranked resumes reach a recruiter; the rest are rarely opened.
Read
A clean, quantified resume then earns the human yes.
Templates
Recruiter-built, ATS-safe templates
Design & formatting
Canva-level control. Recruiter-safe by design.
Pick a template, choose your color, set the type — all live, all in one panel. Every choice stays single-column with real, selectable text, so it still sails through the ATS.
Accent color
12 hand-tuned presets, each contrast-checked for legibility — plus any custom color you like.
Font size
S · M · L
Typeface
5 families
Line spacing
3 levels
Every combination stays ATS-safe — we never let a design choice break the parse.
Font & size, your call
Switch between five typeface families and nudge the size up or down — without ever breaking the layout or dropping below an ATS-safe point size.
Line spacing that breathes
Compact to fit a dense career on one page, or relaxed for an airy, senior feel. The page re-flows live as you choose.
Built-in spell check
Catch the typo that quietly costs you the interview — spell check runs right in the editor, on by default.
Why Ruubu
Everything you need to get shortlisted
ATS-friendly by default
Single-column, standard headings, real selectable text: built to parse cleanly in the applicant tracking systems most large employers use before a human ever reads your resume.
AI writing assistance
Turn flat duties into measurable, recruiter-ready bullets and polish your whole resume in one click. Grounded in your real experience — never invented.
Instant PDF downloads
Export a pixel-perfect PDF in seconds, free. Letter and A4, ready to attach to any application or upload to any job board.
30+ recruiter-built templates
Dozens of templates shaped by what recruiters actually shortlist — grouped by style, each with a real rendered preview and an ATS-safe badge.
Tailor to each job
Match the language of the posting so your resume surfaces for the right keywords. A tailored resume beats a generic one every time.
Honest, simple pricing
Build and download for free. No trial countdown, no surprise charge — upgrade only if you want AI and a watermark-free file.
Writing guide
What to put in every section
A great resume is more than a template. Here's exactly what each section should say to get past the ATS and win the recruiter.
Professional summary
Two to three sentences naming your role, years of experience, and your single biggest, quantified win. This is the first thing a recruiter reads — make it unmistakably about the job you want.
Work experience
Reverse-chronological, with 2–4 bullets per role. Open each bullet with a strong verb and close it with a number — revenue, percentage, time saved, or scale handled. Show impact, not duties.
Skills
List the exact hard skills and tools the posting names, plus the ones you'd be comfortable being interviewed on. Keep it scannable; skip soft-skill clichés that every applicant claims.
Education & certifications
Degree, school, and graduation year — plus any certifications that map to the role. Recent grads can lead with education; experienced applicants keep it short and let experience carry the weight.
Resume tips
Eight rules that get interviews
Lead every bullet with a result, then the action — numbers earn a second look.
Quantify wherever you honestly can: %, $, time saved, and scale beat adjectives.
Mirror the job description's exact skill and tool names so the ATS scores the overlap.
Keep it to one page under ten years of experience; cut anything that isn't an outcome.
Use a single column with standard headings — no tables, text boxes, or graphics.
Save and send as PDF unless the posting explicitly asks for DOCX.
Tailor the top third (headline, summary, first role) to the specific job.
Proofread out loud — one typo can cost you the interview.
Free tool
Match the job before you apply
Paste any job description into our free skills extractor and get the skills it actually asks for — split into must-have and nice-to-have, grouped and ready to add to your resume so the ATS scores the overlap.
Extract skills freeMust-have vs. nice-to-have
See at a glance which skills are required and which are bonus.
Grouped by category
Technical, tools and soft skills, sorted so nothing slips past you.
No sign-up to try
Paste a posting and get results on the spot — free, no card.
By role
Resume examples for your job
See a real, ATS-safe example for your role, then build your own from the same engine. Free to start.
Illustrative outcomes
The kind of turnaround people come here for.
“I went from zero callbacks to four interviews in two weeks. The section-by-section fixes showed me exactly why recruiters were skipping my profile.”
Maya Adeyemi
Product Manager · Stripe
“My old resume kept getting filtered out. The ATS-safe rewrite passed every screener and landed me an offer 19% above my last salary.”
Daniel Cho
Backend Engineer · Spotify
“The profile score was brutally honest, and right. I fixed the three things it flagged and a recruiter reached out within the week.”
Priya Nair
Data Analyst · JP Morgan
“Job matching saved me hours. Instead of scrolling boards, I applied to five roles that actually fit and got two interviews.”
Lucas Moreau
UX Designer · Microsoft
“The resume finally sounded like me, not a template. I tailored it per role in one click and signed an offer a month later.”
Sofia Rossi
Marketing Lead · Google
“I'd been job hunting for three months with no luck. After the rewrite I had two onsite loops booked in ten days.”
Andre Silva
DevOps Engineer · Amazon
Illustrative examples. Quotes and portraits are representative composites, not real customers, and company names indicate the kind of roles our users target, not endorsements.
FAQ
Everything you might be wondering
Simple pricing
Free to build. Upgrade only if you want to.
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