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Match your resume to a job description
Tailoring your resume to each posting is the single most effective thing you can do, and the most tedious. This tool does the comparison for you in seconds, on your own device.
How the comparison works
Drop your resume, then paste the job description (or a Greenhouse, Lever or Ashby link). You get two readings of the same posting:
- Exact keywords. The terms the posting leans on, such as tools, certifications and methods, split into the ones on your resume and the ones missing. This is how older applicant tracking systems and recruiter keyword searches see you.
- Meaning. A small AI language model, running in your browser, reads each requirement and finds the line on your resume that comes closest, even when the words differ. “Coach and grow junior engineers” is matched to “Mentored a team of 6”.
The useful part is where the two disagree. Covered in meaning but missing in wording means you have the experience but a literal-minded ATS won’t see it. The tool tells you exactly which of the posting’s words to add.
How to tailor a resume without lying
- Swap your synonym for theirs. You wrote “client onboarding”; they wrote “customer implementation”. Same work, their word.
- Reorder. Move the bullets that answer this posting’s top requirements to the top of each role.
- Promote buried skills. If the posting asks for SQL and yours only appears in a skills list, add the bullet where you actually used it.
- Leave real gaps alone. If a requirement shows as “nothing on your resume speaks to this” and that’s accurate, don’t invent it. Address it in a cover letter or be ready for the question.
What score should I aim for?
Matching around 60–80% of a posting’s key terms is a realistic target. Chasing 100% usually means stuffing, which reads badly to the person who interviews you. Postings are wish lists: applicants who meet most of the requirements get interviews.
Why it’s private
Your resume and the job you’re applying to are nobody else’s business, least of all while you’re still employed. Both are analysed inside your browser tab: the AI model is downloaded to your device and runs there. Nothing is uploaded and there is no account. How that works.
Questions
Do I need a different resume for every job?
You need one master resume and ten minutes of tailoring per application: swap in the posting’s wording, reorder bullets, trim what isn’t relevant. The comparison shows you where those ten minutes should go.
Which job links work?
Links from Greenhouse, Lever and Ashby load automatically, because those sites publish open job feeds a browser can read. For LinkedIn, Indeed, Workday and others, copy the description text and paste it in.
Is this a keyword scanner or AI?
Both. Keywords are matched by exact rules, because that is how many ATS filters behave. Requirements are matched by an AI model that understands meaning, because that is how newer systems and human recruiters read.