Resume tailoring guide
Tailor your resume to the job description.
A strong tailored resume makes the most relevant parts of your experience easy to find. GetUrJob scores the job description against your resume, then can use relevant Career Archive evidence to inform improvement suggestions you review before exporting.
Start building your resumeA grounded four-step workflow
01
Save your experience
Upload a resume or start writing. Useful roles, skills, and accomplishments can be saved in your Career Archive.
02
Paste the job description
Add the complete posting so the analysis can use the role requirements and language that matter for this application.
03
Review the match
Analyze the job to see requirements matched in the resume and improvement actions. Relevant Career Archive evidence may be attached to those actions.
04
Improve and export
Choose supported improvements, review the edited resume, and export a PDF when the content is accurate.
Synthetic example
Tailoring should clarify evidence, not add it.
The example below is fictional and demonstrates a safe rewrite. The target posting asks for Python reporting tools and collaboration with product and operations. The facts stay the same; the wording brings that collaboration into the description of the work.
Before · source fact
“Built internal reporting tools in Python and worked with product and operations teams.”
After · job-aligned wording
“Built internal reporting tools in Python in partnership with product and operations teams.”
If a posting asks for a technology or outcome that is absent from your source material, review it and add it only when you can support the claim with your own experience.