ATS-Friendly Resume Template: A Clear Structure and How to Check It

An ATS resume template you can adapt

Start with clearly labeled sections and replace every placeholder with accurate information. Adjust the order to suit your background, and omit sections that do not apply. This outline is not a claim of tested compatibility with every applicant tracking system.

NAME
Phone | Email | City, Region

SUMMARY
[Your job title or professional background, relevant experience, and skills you can support with examples.]

SKILLS
[Relevant tools, technical skills, and job-specific knowledge you actually have.]

WORK EXPERIENCE
[Job title] | [Employer] | [Dates]
• [What you did, the tools or methods you used, and a supported result or scope.]
• [Another relevant responsibility or contribution.]

EDUCATION
[Qualification] | [Institution] | [Completion date, if included]

CERTIFICATIONS OR PROJECTS
[Relevant credential or project, with enough detail to explain its relevance.]

Use concrete wording rather than vague claims. A customer support specialist who performed the work could write: “Resolved billing questions in Zendesk and documented recurring issues for the product team.” A data analyst could write: “Used SQL to combine sales records and built Excel reports for monthly reviews.” These are examples of phrasing, not experience to copy as your own.

• Use recognizable headings such as “Work Experience,” “Education,” and “Skills.”
• Keep job titles, employers, and dates clearly associated with each role.
• Include a result when you can support it; do not invent a number to make a bullet sound stronger.
• Follow the employer’s instructions for the submission file type.

Check the resume file, not just its appearance

A visual review and a text-extraction review answer different questions. After filling in your template, use the [ATS resume checker](/ats-resume-checker) to inspect extracted text and explainable findings for the resume you provide.

Check whether the extracted content preserves your information and whether the identified sections match your intended structure. Resumeva’s findings describe its analysis; they do not establish how every employer’s system will process the same file.

• Confirm that your contact details are present and accurate.
• Look for missing words, repeated content, or text appearing out of order.
• Check that job titles, employers, dates, and qualifications remain understandable.
• Review the sections Resumeva can identify and investigate anything missing or misplaced.

Compare job wording without adding false qualifications

Compare your resume text with a job description you provide. Look for requirements you genuinely meet but have described unclearly or omitted.

For example, if a posting asks for “Microsoft Excel” and your resume says only “spreadsheets,” name Microsoft Excel if that is the tool you used. Do not add SQL, Salesforce, a certification, or any other requirement merely because it appears in the posting.

For more guidance on reviewing your wording and structure, see [ATS optimization guidance](/resources/ats-optimization). Keep every revision grounded in your actual experience.

Understand what Resumeva’s score means

Resumeva uses a versioned scoring method. Read the [ATS scoring rules](/ats-scoring-rules) to understand how the score is calculated and what it cannot predict.

Resumeva does not claim that its score comes from an employer’s ATS or that it reproduces an employer’s system. A score cannot guarantee an interview or offer, and it is not a prediction of hiring outcomes.

Use the score alongside the extracted text and explained findings. A score alone cannot establish that a template works identically in every system.

Keep template claims in perspective

Both source pages flagged their template guidance for editorial review, including checks of sources, examples, numbers, product details, and wording. This consolidated page does not reinstate unsupported statistics, vendor comparisons, or guarantees as facts.

For the broader context and limitations behind these checks, read [Resumeva’s reviewed ATS guidance](/ats). No template label or Resumeva score should be treated as a promise of universal compatibility or a hiring outcome.