Tailoring tools
Tailor to a job
Match your resume to a specific job quickly while preserving the truth of your experience.
What tailoring changes
Focus, language, and evidence—while preserving truth.
- Summary targeting: reframes your top paragraph with the exact role keywords.
- Bullet re-weighting: emphasizes relevant achievements and de-emphasizes unrelated ones.
- Skill mirroring: maps your skills to employer phrasing to improve ATS matching.
Source of guidance
Tailoring uses analysis insights plus the job’s responsibilities and requirements. It proposes edits; you choose which to accept.
Tailoring step-by-step
Use the job description alongside AI suggestions.
- Open the job or paste a job description.
- Use Tailor to generate role-specific suggestions.
- Review changes, adjust as needed, and export your tailored resume.
Annotations (yellow highlights)
Inline notes explain why each change is suggested.
What the notes mean
Notes call out the exact job requirement or phrasing that led to a suggestion. Use them to trace every recommendation back to the posting.
- Keyword mirrors: highlight terms to include verbatim for ATS (frameworks, tools, certifications).
- Evidence gaps: point to bullets that need quantification or scope.
- De-emphasis: suggest compressing bullets not relevant to this role.
Export options
Choose how you want to deliver or review the tailored resume.
Standard Export Options
- Annotated PDF/Word: Export with yellow highlights and change notes for review or feedback
- Clean PDF/Word: Export without annotations—polished and ready for submission
Professional Template Exports (ATS-Friendly)
Give your tailored resume a professional, ATS-friendly appearance with Resume Templates:
- PDF with Template...: Export with professional formatting—standard fonts, clean layout, proper spacing
- Word with Template...: Same professional formatting in editable Word format
Templates combine your tailored content with professional styling that passes ATS screening. Set a default in Settings or choose during export.
Recommended: Use templates for applications
Export with a template when submitting to employers—it ensures ATS compatibility while maintaining a professional appearance. Use the annotated version internally for feedback first.
Templates preserve your tailored content
Your job-specific bullets, keywords, and skills stay exactly as you refined them. Templates only add professional formatting—dates, spacing, fonts, and layout. Learn more about templates →
Fine-tuning tips
Polish the last 10%.
Prioritize impact
Keep 4–6 bullets per recent role. Lead each with a verb and a metric. Remove generic bullets that don’t advance alignment.
Avoid overfitting
If tailoring hides core strengths, recruiters may miss them. Keep at least one bullet that shows breadth or leadership.
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