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These free Google Docs resume templates give you four one-page designs, Classic, Modern, Graduate and Teacher, as US Letter resumes and as A4 CVs. Click Make a copy and Google Docs opens your own editable copy straight away, so there is nothing to download or install. I’m Patrick Elliott, a teacher and Inclusion Lead: I designed each resume myself, then ran every file through Google Docs to check that the fonts, rules and layout come through exactly as designed.

In this guide, you’ll find a Make a copy link for every google docs resume template, which design suits your job, and how to fill it in, download it as a PDF and keep it ATS-friendly.

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Make a Copy of a Google Docs Resume Template

Pick a design and a paper size. Each link opens Google Docs and asks you to Make a copy: click it and the copy is saved in your own Google Drive, ready to edit. You need to be signed in to a Google account. The originals stay untouched, so you can come back for a fresh copy at any time.

Design	Best for	US Letter resume	A4 CV
Classic	Section names in a left column with thin gold rules; suits any job	Copy the Classic resume	Copy the Classic CV
Modern	Your name on a navy band; a bold look that still reads cleanly	Copy the Modern resume	Copy the Modern CV
Graduate	Education and projects first, for students and new graduates	Copy the Graduate resume	Copy the Graduate CV
Teacher	License or QTS, classroom experience and training, with shaded headings	Copy the Teacher resume	Copy the Teacher CV

👉 Use US Letter in the United States and Canada. Use the A4 CV in the UK, Ireland, Australia, the Philippines and most other countries: it uses UK spelling and the word CV.

👉 Prefer Microsoft Word? The download box at the top of this page has the same eight resumes and CVs as .docx files in one small ZIP.

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Which Google Docs Resume Template Should You Use?

• Classic: the section names sit in a narrow left column with thin gold rules between them. It is calm, easy to scan and suits almost any job.
• Modern: your name, job title and contact details sit on a navy band across the top. The rest of the page stays plain, so it still prints and parses well.
• Graduate: a college or high school graduate resume that puts education and projects first, then internships, part-time work and activities.
• Teacher: a google docs teacher resume template with your license (or QTS on the A4 CV), classroom experience, education, skills and professional development, under shaded headings.

Every design has a summary, experience with achievement bullets, education, skills and one extra section such as certifications or volunteering. The sample text is realistic, with real numbers, so you can see how a strong line reads before you write your own.

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How to Edit a Resume Template in Google Docs

1. Click a link in the table above and choose Make a copy. Your copy opens in a new tab.
2. Rename it: click the title at the top left and type something like Firstname Lastname Resume.
3. Select the sample name and type your own, then replace the job title, phone, email, LinkedIn and city.
4. Rewrite the summary in 2 to 3 lines, using words from the job ad.
5. For each job, type the title, dates and employer, then 2 to 4 bullets that start with a verb and show a result.
6. Delete a section you do not need: click in its row, right-click and choose Delete row. Nothing else moves.
7. Go to File > Download > PDF document (.pdf) to save a PDF for job applications.

The layout is built from a simple borderless table, so deleting or adding a row never breaks the page. To add a bullet, put the cursor at the end of one and press Enter. To reuse your finished resume as a starting point, save it as your own template: see how to make a template in Google Docs.

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Are These Google Docs Resumes ATS-Friendly?

Yes. Applicant tracking systems read text from top to bottom, and these resumes keep every word as ordinary text: no text boxes, pictures, icons, skill bars or header and footer text. The headings are standard (Summary, Experience, Education, Skills), the fonts are League Spartan and Arial, and each section reads in order, row by row. Send the PDF unless the employer asks for a Word file; if they do, use File > Download > Microsoft Word (.docx) or the Word versions in the download box.

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Google Docs Resume or CV: Which Paper Size?

	US Letter resume	A4 CV
Where	United States, Canada	UK, Ireland, Australia, Philippines, Europe, Asia
Paper	8.5 x 11 in	210 x 297 mm
Spelling	US (organized, program)	UK (organised, programme)
Teacher design	State teaching license	QTS, DBS check and safeguarding training

Both versions fit on one page. To change the paper size of a copy later, go to File > Page setup, choose the new size and check the page still ends where you expect.

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How to Print a Google Docs Resume

Download the PDF first (File > Download > PDF document), open it and print at 100% or Actual size on plain white paper of the same size. Printing the PDF keeps the line breaks and spacing exactly as they look on screen. To send the resume by email, attach the PDF and name it with your full name.

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FAQs

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Conclusion

These Google Docs resume templates give you a clean, ATS-friendly one-page resume or CV that you can copy and edit in your browser in a few minutes, human-made by a teacher and tested in Google Docs.

Pick a design above and click Make a copy. Writing in Word instead? Use the resume templates for Word or the CV templates for Word, and add a matching cover letter or application letter.

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