I talk about tailoring
in this video tutorial.

You’ve heard tailoring your resume is important. Here’s what to focus on.

Pull the role’s target language.
Skim the posting and extract 6–10 phrases you’ll reflect back (tools/skills, key responsibilities, and “success outcomes”). Use the employer’s wording when it’s accurate for you.

Align the top third (where decisions happen fastest). Update your headline/title/Targeted Role to the role title.

Tune Skills for relevance + scanability.
Reorder skills so the most role-relevant items are in the top row. Add missing keywords only if you can back them up in your bullets.

  • Here’s a prompt for this. ChatGPT prompt (copy/paste).
    “Act as a recruiter + ATS. Here is (1) the job description and (2) my resume. Identify the top 15 role-critical keywords/phrases I’m missing.

Reorder and lightly edit your bullets.

  • Don’t rewrite everything.

  • Reorder your bullet points based on what’s needed most for this role.

Use a matcher tool as a quick validation step.

  • Run your resume + the job description through Jobscan (jobscan.co) or SkillSyncer (skillsyncer.com) to spot missing keywords, job-title alignment, and ATS/formatting issues—then make small, truthful edits based on the report. (Jobscan)

  • Tip: If you upload a resume to any tool, remove personal details first.

Tweak your 2–3 line professional summary to mirror:

  • the role scope (function + level)

  • the problems you solve (2–3 themes from the posting)

Don’ts

  • Don’t rewrite your whole resume, tailoring should take 20-30 minutes.

  • Don’t add keywords you can’t defend with real examples.

  • Don’t keyword stuff (repeating terms unnaturally or dumping them in Skills with no proof).