Whether you are applying for a job, school admission, internship or scholarship both home abroad, there is almost a 100% chance that you would be asked to submit a CV or resume.

A CV or resume is the first professional image you paint of yourself to your prospective employer or admissions´ officer. I do get a lot of emails about how to create one so I made a list of websites with beginner-friendly templates for creating a CV or resume. These sites have both free and paid template plans but I promise you, the free plans are enough for your projects. Here they are:

EuropassCV: this is great for applications within the European union and Europe in general. Apart from a CV template, they also have a Cover letter template, Europass Cover Letter.

CakeResume: This is a good CV template for creatives who want to add images, videos, slides etc.. It works well for other professionals too.

ResumeNerd: This is a great resume builder for early career applicants, internship and school applications. They also have cover letter builder, cover letter template and formats.

StandardResume: If you have a LinkedIn account and you want to create a CV effortlessly using your profile information on LinkedIn, then this is for you. This resume template allows you to import your professional profile and it saves time.

KickResume: This is an AI-assisted resume builder, it also comes with free cover letter templates.

Wepik: This is a free resume or CV builder which allows you to create a e fully customizable professional resume by downloading their free templates. They also have free cover letter templates.

ResumeCoach: This is an AI-enabled, fast CV builder with beautiful functional templates.

Resume.io: This CV builder pride themselves in delivering professional field-tested resume templates that gets noticed by the employers.

Canva: canva is a free graphical design and editing website but the offer free resume and cover letter templates.