Start a blank resume in Reactive Resume, add your name and contact details, fill in your first section, and download it as a PDF.
This guide takes you from an empty account to a first resume you can download. It takes a few minutes. If you already have a resume as a PDF, Word or JSON file, you can import it instead of starting blank.
You need a Reactive Resume account. If you don’t have one yet, see Creating an account. Sign in at rxresu.me, or at your own address if you host Reactive Resume yourself.
After you sign in, you land on Documents, the page that lists all your resumes and cover letters. On your first visit it’s empty and offers three ways to begin.
Documents on your first visit
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Choose Start blank
Select Start blank. You can also select New in the sidebar (or press N) and choose Start blank in the New document dialog.
The New document dialog
Reactive Resume creates the resume straight away and opens it in the editor. There’s no name or address to fill in first.
Want to look around before typing anything? Choose Try a sample (or Try with a sample resume in the dialog) to
get a filled-in resume you can explore and delete later.
The editor opens in Write mode with the cursor in Full name. The page on the right updates as you type, and every change saves on its own. The editor bar shows Saved under the document name.
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Fill in the basics
Type your Full name, then a Headline (for example, the job title you’re aiming for), your Email, Phone and Location. Add a Website if you have one.
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Check the document name
A new blank resume is called “Untitled resume”. Until you name it yourself, it takes its name from your Headline, so it’s easy to find later. To pick your own name, open the document name menu at the top left and choose Rename…, or rename it from Documents.
Below your details, under Sections · print order, Reactive Resume suggests the sections most resumes have.
Suggested sections on a new resume
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Add a section
Select Experience (or any other suggestion). For anything else, select Add section.
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Fill in the entry
The section opens with an empty entry. Fill in Position and Company, then Location and Dates. Turn on
Present if you still work there. An experience entry appears on the page once it has a company.
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Add more
Select Add experience below the entry for your next job, or add more sections the same way.
