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Tailoring your resume to a job

A resume rebuilt around what one job wants, using only true things, with a map of what it covered.

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How it works

  1. Open the job and go to Resume.
  2. Optional: tell it what to lean on. Type a direction, or tap a quick one: Emphasize leadership, Emphasize technical depth, Lead with numbers, I'm changing careers, Keep it to one tight page.
  3. Pick the base resume and click Tailor to this job. It takes a minute or two.
  4. Check the coverage, then download.
The Resume tab
The Resume tab
A direction, plus “Lead with numbers”
A direction, plus “Lead with numbers”
Tailoring takes a minute or two
Tailoring takes a minute or two

The coverage

A bar and a list of the job's requirements, each marked covered or not, with notes on what changed and why. Gaps here are worth covering in a cover letter or your first message.

What the new resume covers
What the new resume covers

Downloading

Download PDF is ready to send. Word, Markdown and Google Docs are there to edit elsewhere, and Open editor opens it full page to change it right here.

Download, or edit the text
Download, or edit the text

In the app

The Resume tab on iPhone
Two friends laughing over a laptop in a café

This didn't answer it?

Ask the coach: the round button at the bottom right of the app. It knows your jobs and your resume, and it can walk you through any of this.

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