Resume for your first job. Free, no paywall, ATS-safe.
A first-job-friendly starter template for new grads with no experience. Free builder, free PDF download, and a free ATS grade against the same checks the resume bot runs. No credit card, no "Pro" tier, no subscription gating.
No credit card · No "Pro" tier · No subscription gating — by design.
- First-job-friendly starter — empty where you fill in
- Free PDF download — no paywall at the finish line
- ATS scoring — same checks the resume bot runs
You have more than you think — if you write it like experience.
The phrase "no experience" hides work the role would respect — it just has not appeared on a payslip yet. Plainpage's first-job starter ships with the categories a hiring manager already scans for.
Relevant coursework
Capstones, projects, labs, and theses that map to the role. Name them, list the tools, drop one result line.
Internships & part-time work
Even short stints count. Lead with what you shipped, who you worked with, and how the team measured results.
Volunteering & extracurriculars
Clubs, sports, peer tutoring, organizing. Show reliability, leadership, and the ability to follow through on a commitment.
Side projects & transferable skills
A small thing you built, a tool you automated, a problem you solved. Anything that shows you can pick something up and finish it.
Lead every bullet with a verb, name the tool, and end with a measurable result. "Built a course-materials scraper in Python that pulls 80 syllabi a semester and flags the ones without a posted schedule" beats "Helped organize course materials for the department." The parser reads the first one and so does the recruiter. Plainpage's starter template drops you straight into the builder at /builderwith the categories pre-shaped — coursework, internships, volunteering, projects — so you never have to invent the section names.
Finish your first resume without paying for the builder.
The typical first-resume flow looks like this: sign up, fill in two screens of forms, hit download, get asked for a credit card. Plainpage skips every one of those steps.
Most resume builders do not charge for the writing — they charge for the download. The free tier ends at "preview," and the "Pro" tier is $20/month for a feature the resume parser does not even need. Plainpage is built the other way around: the builder is free, the PDF download is free, and the ATS score is free. There is no "Pro" tier because nothing is held back.
That is the whole difference for a first-job candidate: when money is scarce and the resume is the one artifact that decides the next six months, the tool you write it in should not be the thing that costs you. Plainpage keeps the writing, the scoring, and the download on a single free path — one uninterrupted pass from blank page to PDF, with no upsell, no watermark, and no "upgrade to remove" nag.
Open the builder, see the starter shape, start writing.
Plainpage drops you straight into the builder at /builderwith a first-job-friendly starter — empty categories where you fill in, suggested where it helps, and the ATS score updates as you type. No modal, no upsell, no account.
The ATS is a black box. Plainpage shows you what it sees.
For a first-job candidate, the parsed-scoring stage is the biggest unknown: what does the resume bot actually look for, and is my resume going to survive the parse? Plainpage runs the same checks a real applicant tracking system runs, in your browser, for free.
- Single-column layout — parser-friendly by default.
- Parse-safe bullets — plain ASCII, no glyphs or emojis.
- Plain section headings — Experience, Education, Skills.
- Free PDF download — the same shape prints and parses.
Frequently asked. No asterisks.
The questions we hear most often from new grads writing their first resume — no experience, no paywall, and what an applicant tracking system actually does with the file you send.
Ready to write your first resume?
Open the builder with a first-job-friendly starter template inside it — empty where you fill in, suggested where it helps. Walk out with a free PDF and an ATS score against the same checks the resume bot runs. No paywall, no credit card, no "Pro" tier.