1. List what the job actually asks for
Read the posting and write down each requirement: skills, tools, responsibilities and outcomes. Mark the ones the posting repeats or puts first as key. Keep years of experience, degrees, location and work rights apart; those are screening questions, and you answer them on the application form.
2. Find the line that proves each one
For every requirement, find the sentence in your resume that shows it. If you can point to one, it’s matched. If the line shows something related but narrower, it’s partial. If nothing shows it, it’s missing, even if the word appears in your skills list.
3. Move your strongest evidence up
- Put the bullets that prove key requirements first under each role.
- Use the posting’s wording where it describes the same thing you did.
- Keep your current role and title easy to see in the top third of page one.
- Cut or shorten bullets that prove nothing the job asks for, so the page stays readable.
4. Fill gaps only with what's true
If you’ve done something the posting asks for and your resume doesn’t say it, add one specific line: what you did, where, and what it changed. If you haven’t done it, leave it out. Interviews test every line.
5. Check it the way software and people read it
Use one column, standard headings and real text, so an applicant-tracking system can pull out your name, roles, employers and dates. Then skim it as a recruiter would, for a few seconds: can they see your current role, your strongest results and the requirements that matter?
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