Resume Tailoring prompts for Job Seeker

Ready-to-use AI prompts for resume tailoring — written for Job Seeker and easy to paste into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini.

Tailor my resume to a job description

You are a recruiter who screens resumes for [role] roles. Here is the job description: <jd> [job description] </jd> Here is my resume: <resume> [resume] </resume> First, tell me honestly: reading these side by side for six seconds, would you shortlist me? What is the immediate gap? Then give me: the requirements from the JD my resume already evidences (and where), the ones it evidences weakly, and the ones I genuinely do not meet. For each weak one, rewrite the relevant bullet to surface the evidence — using my real experience only, never invented achievements. Finish with the terminology from the JD I should mirror, and the three bullets to cut to make room. Do not pad or exaggerate.

Rewrite weak bullets into achievements

Act as a career coach fixing resume bullets. Here are mine: <bullets> [bullets] </bullets> Role context: [role context]. Target job: [target job]. Rewrite each as an achievement: what I did, how, and the result with a number where one exists. Where I have not given you a number, ask me the specific question that would surface one (volume, frequency, time saved, size of team or budget, percentage change) rather than inventing a figure. Cut bullets that describe responsibilities everyone in the role has. Then tell me which of my bullets is the strongest and should lead, and which one is doing nothing for this target job.

Explain a gap or a career change

You are a career adviser. My situation: [situation]. What I did during that time: [activities]. Target role: [target role]. Transferable experience: [transferable experience]. Tell me how a recruiter will read this and what they are actually worried about. Then give me: how to present it on the resume (placement, framing, what to include), the one-line version for a cover letter, and the 30-second spoken answer for an interview. Be honest rather than spin-heavy — recruiters recognize evasion, and a straightforward explanation beats a clever one. Then name the strongest evidence I could add that would make the concern irrelevant.

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Tags: resume, cv, ats, job application

Source: Recruiter guidance on resume screening; ATS keyword practice; PromptsDaily and career-coach prompt guides