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Tailor your resume to a job posting

Match your real experience to a job description with stronger, quantified bullets, without inventing anything.

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Written for Claude Sonnet 5.5 · Updated 2026-10-16

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<job_posting>[paste]</job_posting>
<resume>[paste]</resume>
1) List the top 8 requirements from the posting and where my resume shows evidence (or a gap). 2) Rewrite my bullets to emphasize relevant impact using action + result + metric, using only facts from my resume (ask me for numbers if missing). 3) Suggest a 2-line summary. 4) Keywords to include naturally for applicant tracking systems.

Replace everything in [square brackets] with your own details.

Settings & parameters

• claude-sonnet-5-5

Variations

• Career-change version emphasizing transferable skills.

Tips

• Never add experience you don't have; recruiters check.