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A resume builder that starts you at the finish line. The page opens on a complete, realistic resume, so the job is editing rather than staring at an empty form. Four typeset templates render the same content, so switching layout never costs you a keystroke. Download a PDF with selectable text, or export clean .tex that compiles on a stock TeX Live. Everything runs in your browser and nothing is uploaded.
To build a resume without signing up, open ihatepdf.cv/latex-resume. It opens on a complete example resume, so you edit rather than start from a blank page. Pick one of four typeset templates, replace the content with yours, and download a PDF whose text stays selectable so applicant tracking systems can read it. You can also export the LaTeX source and continue in Overleaf.
Yes. Every template, every export and the LaTeX source are free with no sign-up, no watermark and no paywall on downloading. There is no account to create and no trial to expire.
The PDF keeps its text as selectable vector text rather than an image, which is the single biggest requirement: a scanned or rasterised resume scores zero because there is nothing to read. The builder also warns you about the things that actually break parsing, such as missing dates and two-column layouts that extract interleaved.
No. You fill in a form. LaTeX is what you can take away at the end if you want it: the .tex export compiles on a stock TeX Live and opens in Overleaf, which is useful if a supervisor or a journal expects the source.
No, and that is deliberate. A real TeX distribution compiled to WebAssembly is tens of megabytes and takes seconds to start, which is the wrong trade when you are editing on a phone. The PDF is typeset natively and instantly, and the tool reads and writes .tex so you keep the portability that matters.
Yes. Drop in your .tex file and the builder pulls out your name, contact details, experience, education, projects and skills into the editor. Resume LaTeX in the wild uses a lot of personal macros, so check the result before sending it.
One column, if a machine will read it before a person does. Applicant tracking systems read a PDF in content order, so a sidebar layout can arrive with the two columns interleaved. The Sidebar template is there because it is right for design and product roles that go straight to a human, and the builder tells you when you are taking that risk.
One page under about ten years of experience, two beyond it, and longer only for academic CVs where publication lists are expected. The builder estimates your length as you type and says something when it grows past what your experience supports.
No. Everything runs in your browser tab. Your draft is saved only in your own browser storage, so closing the tab does not lose it and no server ever sees your employment history, phone number or address.
Yes. Move any section up or down. Career changers and new graduates often want projects or education above work experience, and a resume that leads with your strongest material is a better resume.
A verb, a specific thing you did, and what changed because of it. "Cut p99 checkout latency from 840ms to 310ms" says more than "improved performance". The builder counts how many of your bullets carry a number and tells you when too few of them do.
Yes. The Academic CV template is long-form rather than compressed, keeps appointments and publications readable, and does not force your material onto one page.
Yes. The editor, the design controls and the live preview each get the full screen on a phone and switch with one tap, so you can fix a typo and re-download on the way to an interview.
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