Tailor your resume to any job posting

Copy this into ChatGPT, Claude, or whatever you use. Swap the bracketed parts with your info.

I need to tailor my resume for a specific job. Here's what I have:

**My current resume:**
[Paste your full resume here]

**My work history document (if you have one):**
[Paste your work history document here. This has detailed accomplishments, metrics, and stories from each role. If you don't have one, skip this section.]

**The job posting:**
[Paste the full job description here]

Now do this:

1. Read the job posting and pull out the top 8-10 skills, qualifications, and keywords they care about most. List them.

2. Compare those against my resume (and work history, if provided). For each one, tell me:
   - Whether my resume already covers it
   - Where it shows up (or where it should)
   - How to reword my experience to match their language

3. Rewrite my resume with these changes:
   - Reorder bullet points so the most relevant experience comes first
   - Swap in keywords from the posting where they fit naturally
   - Cut or shrink anything that doesn't relate to this role
   - If I provided a work history document, pull in accomplishments and metrics that are relevant to this job but missing from my current resume
   - Each bullet point should follow this pattern: what I did, how I did it, what the result was
   - Start each bullet with a strong action verb

4. Flag anything the job posting asks for that I'm genuinely missing, so I can decide whether to address it in my cover letter.

Writing rules:
- Keep sentences short and plain. One idea per bullet point.
- Don't stack buzzwords. "Cross-functional, data-driven, customer-centric approach" is not a sentence.
- Don't use filler phrases like "demonstrating ability to", "with a track record of", or "leveraging expertise in."
- Don't fabricate experience, inflate scope, or add skills I didn't mention. If something is ambiguous, use conservative language or skip it.
- Don't change my job titles or dates.
- Keep it to 2 pages max.

Give me the full rewritten resume at the end, ready to copy and paste.

Tips for better results

• Build a work history document first and paste it in. It gives the AI real metrics and stories to pull from instead of just rewording your existing bullets.
• Paste the entire job description, including the “nice to have” section. Those keywords matter too.
• If the rewrite feels too aggressive, ask it to “tone down the changes and keep more of my original wording.”
• Read the output carefully. AI sometimes inflates scope (turning “managed a team” into “led organizational transformation”). Catch that before you submit.
• Run this once per application. A generic resume gets filtered out by ATS systems. A tailored one gets through.
• Once your resume is done, use the cover letter prompt to write a matching cover letter for the same job.