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Free Entry-Level Resume Templates (No Experience Needed)

Free, ATS-friendly entry-level resume templates for your first job — built for when you have little or no work history. Entry-level resumes work differently: education leads, a short objective signals drive, and the page leans on transferable skills, internships, coursework, projects, volunteering, and school or campus involvement instead of a long job history. Four layouts cover the four situations — a recent college grad, a high-school / first-job resume, a skills-first career starter (great for a career change), and an internship / projects resume. Pick the one that fits where you are, download it in Word or copy it to Google Docs, and make it yours — completely free.

The templates

Four first-resume layouts, each in three colors.

Recent College Grad (education, GPA, coursework, one internship) · High School / First Job (activities, volunteering, transferable skills — no experience needed) · Career Starter (a skills-first / functional layout for a career change or odd jobs) · Internship / First Role (projects and coursework forward for students). Every one opens in Word or Google Docs, holds to one page, and is built to be ATS-friendly.

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Recent College Grad — Indigo

Education-first layout for new graduates — puts your degree, GPA, honors, and coursework up top, then frames internships and a part-time job as real experience. Ideal when your degree is your strongest card.

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Recent College Grad — Teal

The recent-graduate layout in teal — degree, coursework, and internship forward for that first full-time role out of college.

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Recent College Grad — Rose

The new-grad design in a warm rose — education-led and confident, for graduates entering the workforce with strong academics and one internship.

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High School / First Job — Teal

A clean, friendly layout for a first part-time job with no work experience — turns school activities, clubs, and volunteering into resume-worthy strengths with a transferable-skills strip.

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High School / First Job — Blue

The first-job design in blue — simple, honest, and easy to scan for a teenager applying to retail or food service with no prior jobs.

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High School / First Job — Violet

The high-school first-resume layout in violet — activities, volunteering, and dependability forward for a student writing their very first resume.

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Career Starter (Skills-First) — Coral

A functional, skills-first layout that groups achievements under skill themes — built for a career-changer or anyone with odd jobs and no directly relevant experience who wants abilities, not job titles, up front.

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Career Starter (Skills-First) — Teal

The skills-based design in teal — leads with transferable strengths and a light work history, ideal when switching fields or returning to work.

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Career Starter (Skills-First) — Indigo

The functional career-starter layout in indigo — skill themes and software up front, work history compact, for a confident pivot into a new role.

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Internship / First Role — Violet

A projects-forward sidebar layout for a current student chasing an internship or first professional role — academic projects, coursework, and technical skills do the talking when work history is thin.

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Internship / First Role — Blue

The internship design in blue — a clean sidebar for skills and coursework with projects and experience in the main column, for STEM and business students.

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Internship / First Role — Teal

The projects-forward internship layout in teal — portfolio, hackathons, and class projects framed as real, evaluable work for a first internship.

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No work experience?

Resume templates for no work experience.

No job history yet is completely normal for a first resume — the trick is to fill the page with what you do have. Every template here is built to make limited experience look complete and credible:

Lead with education. Put your school, expected graduation, GPA (if it’s strong), honors, and relevant coursework up top so it carries the page.
Turn non-jobs into experience. Volunteering, clubs, sports, babysitting, tutoring, and class or personal projects all belong on a no-experience resume — written as real bullet points with action verbs.
Show transferable skills. Reliability, communication, teamwork, and being a quick learner are exactly what first-job employers screen for — the High School and Career Starter layouts feature them.
Add a short objective. Two lines that say what you’re looking for and what you bring make you read as motivated, not inexperienced.

Where are you starting from? If you’re a high-school student, a college student chasing an internship, or writing an academic or grad-school resume, there’s a focused page for you.

Make it yours

Fill it in and apply.

Click Open in Google Docs to copy it into your Drive, or Download Word for the .docx.
Swap in your education, skills, and anything that shows responsibility — volunteering, clubs, sports, projects, babysitting, tutoring, a part-time gig.
Mirror the job post’s words in your skills and objective so the ATS reads you as a match — even for a first job.
Keep it to one page; export a PDF to send and keep the Word copy for online application portals.

Common questions

Entry-level resume FAQ

How do I write a resume with no experience?

Lead with a short objective, then let education and a skills section carry the page — and turn coursework, volunteering, clubs, school activities, and personal projects into experience-style bullet points. Use the High School / First Job layout if you've never had a job, or the skills-first Career Starter layout to put your abilities ahead of a thin work history.

What should I put on my first resume?

Contact info, a one- or two-line objective, your education, a skills section, and any volunteering, school activities, clubs, sports, or projects — anything that shows responsibility, reliability, and ability. Babysitting, concessions, tutoring, and team roles all count on a first resume.

Do I need a resume for my first job?

Yes for most jobs, even part-time retail and food service — a clean one-page resume makes you look prepared and serious next to applicants who just walked in. The High School / First Job template is built exactly for this.

Is a skills-based (functional) resume good when you have no work history?

Yes — a functional resume puts your skills and strengths first and your limited work history last, which is exactly what you want before you have job titles to show. The Career Starter (Skills-First) layout groups your achievements under skill themes for this reason — it's also ideal for a career change.

How long should an entry-level resume be?

One page. Recruiters spend seconds per resume, and a single focused page beats a padded two-pager every time. Every template here is built to hold to one clean page.

Are these entry-level templates ATS-friendly and free?

Yes — every template is a free download in Microsoft Word and Google Docs, formatted with standard section headings so applicant tracking systems read them correctly. No signup, three colors per design.