A clean, ATS-friendly layout
This formats your own experience, education, and skills into a standard single-column resume layout - section headers, consistent spacing, no tables, columns, or graphics - the format applicant tracking systems (ATS) parse most reliably. Fill in each section (work experience blocks accept multiple bullet points) and get a formatted preview plus a plain-text version to copy.
This formats the content you provide - it does not invent experience, skills, or achievements for you. The substance of a strong resume is specific, quantified accomplishments, which only you can supply.
Why a single-column layout matters more than how a resume looks to a human
Before a human ever reads a resume, most mid-size and large companies run it through an applicant tracking system that parses the text to extract sections, dates, and keywords - a layout with tables, text boxes, or multiple columns can parse out of order or get sections skipped entirely, which is why this tool deliberately avoids all of that in favor of a simple, linear structure a parser reads correctly every time.
Why this strictly formats rather than writes any content for you
A resume's actual persuasive power comes from specific, quantified accomplishments ("reduced page load time by 40%" rather than "improved performance") that only you can know and supply - a tool that invented generic-sounding achievements would produce a resume that reads as padded rather than credible, which is why this one strictly organizes what you provide rather than adding anything of its own.
Why the plain-text version matters alongside the formatted preview
Many application systems and ATS platforms accept or even prefer plain text over a formatted document, and copying from a rendered preview can sometimes carry over unwanted formatting - having a clean plain-text version ready alongside the visual preview covers both situations without extra reformatting work on your end.