Tailor Your Resume to a Job Description: Just Paste the Job Link

Paste the job link, or the posting text if the link can't be read. CareerGenius reads the posting, shows which of its keywords your resume covers, and suggests wording that stays true to your resume.

Want to compare first, without an account? Use the free resume keyword checker: paste your resume and a posting and see which keywords match, in your browser.

How tailoring works in CareerGenius

It reads the posting. From the link, CareerGenius picks out the job title, company and description, and you confirm it's the right job. Some job sites can't be read; then you paste the job description and your link is kept.
It shows keyword coverage. You see which of the posting's keywords your resume already covers and which it doesn't, as whole words in any form. It's a guide for tailoring, not a score.
Suggest proposes wording, and a fact check holds it to your resume. AI suggests rewrites of your summary and bullets in the job's terms, built from your own resume and the posting. Each suggestion is checked against your resume: a change that adds a tool, a number, a job title or a claim your resume doesn't show is held back.
You decide. Keep or discard each suggestion, edit anything by hand, and check the coverage again.

No tool can tell you how a particular employer's system will rank your resume, so CareerGenius doesn't show an "ATS score", a pass rate or your odds of an interview.

How to tailor your resume to a job description by hand

The same steps work with or without a tool. To match your resume to a job description:

Read the posting twice. Mark the requirements, the tools and the duties it repeats. Requirements matter more than "nice to have".
Compare your resume to the job description. For each requirement, find the line on your resume that shows it. If none does, ask whether you have done that work.
Use the posting's words for work you really did. If you "managed inventory" and the posting says "inventory management", either is fine for a person, but the posting's term is easier to spot.
Put the most relevant experience first. Reorder bullets so the work this job cares about is at the top of each role.
Update the summary and skills. A short summary that names the role and your strongest matching experience, and a skills list with the tools you can use today.
Proofread and save a copy for this job. Keep your master resume unchanged, so the next job starts from the full version.

What not to do

Don't stuff keywords. A list of every term in the posting, or white text hidden on the page, reads badly to a person and proves nothing.
Don't claim skills you don't have. If the posting asks for a tool you have never used, leave it out or say what you are learning. A false claim can cost you the interview, and the job.
Don't copy the posting's sentences. Use its terms inside your own bullets about your own work.
Don't invent numbers. Add a figure only if you know it and could explain it.

Questions

Is it worth tailoring my resume for every job?

For jobs you really want, yes. Postings for the same title often ask for different tools and skills, and a reader skimming for this job's terms can miss experience you describe in other words. Tailoring means saying what you really did in the words this posting uses.

How many keywords should my resume match?

There is no magic number, and no tool can tell you how a particular employer's system ranks resumes. Cover the requirements you genuinely meet, in the posting's words, and leave out the ones you don't.

Should I have one resume or many?

Keep one complete master resume with everything you have done, then make a tailored copy for each job you apply to. CareerGenius keeps a separate tailored resume for each job, so your master stays as it is.

Will CareerGenius add skills I don't have?

It shouldn't, and it checks. Every suggestion is compared with your resume, and a change that adds a tool, a number, a title or a claim your resume doesn't show is held back. You still read each suggestion and keep or discard it.

Is it free?

Pasting a job, the keyword check and the suggestions are free to start, with no credit card required. Downloading the finished resume as a file needs Premium.

What if the job link doesn't work?

Some job sites don't let us read their pages. When a link can't be read, CareerGenius keeps the link and asks you to paste the job description instead.