Resources
Guides to tailoring your resume
Everything here is about one problem: making a resume you already have read as the right resume for one specific job. No templates, no interview-question lists — just the parts of the process people get wrong, with examples.
Guides
How to Tailor Your Resume to a Job Description
A step-by-step method for matching your resume to one job posting: how to read the job description, what to reorder, what to rewrite, and what to leave alone.
8 min read
Should You Tailor Your Resume for Every Job?
Sending one resume everywhere is faster per application and worse per outcome. Here's when tailoring is worth the time, and the minimum version when it isn't.
6 min read
How to Tailor a Resume Without Lying
Where tailoring ends and fabrication begins, with concrete examples of rewrites that stay true and rewrites that quietly cross the line.
7 min read
Can AI Tailor Your Resume? What It Should Change
What AI is genuinely good at when tailoring a resume, where it goes wrong, and the specific changes you should never let it make unsupervised.
7 min read
How to Optimize a Resume for ATS
What an applicant tracking system actually does with your resume, which formatting choices break parsing, and how to improve your match without keyword stuffing.
8 min read
Resume Keywords: How to Use Them Without Keyword Stuffing
How to find the keywords that matter in a job posting and place them where they carry evidence — instead of padding a skills list nobody believes.
6 min read
Resume Tailoring vs Resume Optimization
Two terms used interchangeably that describe different work. One improves your resume once; the other aims it at a single job. You need both, in order.
4 min read
Tailoring advice by role
What screeners look for, and what to lead with, in specific disciplines.
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