Help / Tailoring and approval

Read the before and after diff

Every change is shown next to the line it replaces, with a reason that names two words. How to read the changes, and when to say no to one.

Many tools just say "improved wording" or "optimised for ATS" (the hiring software). You cannot check that, so people keep every change, even the wrong ones.

Here, each change names the employer's word and your word.

What a change looks like

The job ad asks for "stakeholder management". Your bullet said "worked with clients".

Below that you see both versions of the line: what you wrote, and what it would become. You keep it or you drop it.

You can check that reason in four seconds against your resume and the job ad. It also tells you openly that we changed your words, shows both, and lets you undo it. A change you can see and undo is a suggestion. A hidden change would be a claim made for you.

The number at the top

The count at the top is exact. It shows how many of the job ad's keywords appear on your resume in exactly the same words, before and after.

Both are honest, and they answer different questions. We show the exact count at the top because it goes up when the rewrite works, and because you can check it by searching your document for the word.

How to read the list

1. Read the reason first. It should name a word from the job ad and a word from your line. If it does not, something is wrong, so tell us.
2. Check the change is still true. Only you know whether "led" is fair for what you did.
3. Watch your numbers. We already block any rewrite that deletes a number you wrote. But moving lines around can still push one down. If your best number is now on page two, move that bullet back up.
4. Say no freely. Rejecting a change is free. Keeping a change you cannot explain can cost you an interview.

The kinds of change you will see

• Reordered. Same words, new place.
• Reworded. Your work, in the job ad's words.
• Restored. A bullet from your own resume that was cut to fit the page, now put back instead of a less useful line.
• Offered. Something from an answer you typed before, with the date you wrote it. It waits for your yes.
• Unchanged. No part of it is relevant to this employer, so it stays as it was.

After the changes

The ATS compliance screen reads the new resume the way hiring software will. What it finds is usually about the resume we built, not about your history. You can fix it without changing your words: see what the checkers do.

Then comes the last read-through, and only after that a file. No file downloads by itself. That is explained in why no change is final without you.