Rewrite your résumé so it gets past the filters

Most résumés are filtered out by software before a human reads them. ATS tools compare your résumé to the posting and surface the real gaps; AI then rewrites weak bullets into quantified impact. Done together, you pass both the machine and the recruiter's seven-second skim — honestly, without faking anything.

Run your résumé and the job description through an ATS checker, or just paste both into AI. The naive move is to copy exact phrases; the better move is to find the genuine overlap you've under-stated and express it in the posting's language. If the ad says 'stakeholder management' and you've 'coordinated across five teams', that's the same skill in different words — match it without inventing anything.

Recruiters don't care what you were responsible for; they care what changed because you were there. Rewrite every bullet as strong verb + specific action + measurable result. The hard part is the number — and the right move when you don't have one is to dig for a defensible estimate, never to let the model invent one. 'Responsible for social media' becomes 'Grew Instagram 2k→11k in 9 months by shipping 3 posts/week.'

Tailoring every résumé from scratch is slow and tempts you to recycle a generic version. Instead keep one master document with every project, metric and responsibility you can remember, then have AI assemble a tailored résumé per role by selecting and reframing from the bank. One source of truth; a custom top-third for each application without starting over.

1. 1Paste your résumé and the job description into an ATS tool (e.g. Jobscan).
2. 2Add the missing keywords you honestly have.
3. 3Rewrite weak bullets into 'verb + action + number'.
4. 4Re-scan, then export in a clean, ATS-safe format.

Résumé prompts