Ready-to-use AI prompts for resume tailoring — written for Job Seeker and easy to paste into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini.
When you need resume tailoring done, these job seeker prompts give you a fill-in-the-blanks starting point covering resume, cv, ats. Fill in fields like role, job description, resume and paste the result 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.
How to use this prompt
Fill in the blanks. Type your details into each highlighted field of this resume tailoring prompt — fields like role, job description, resume — and it rewrites itself live.
Copy the prompt. Press Copy prompt to put the finished resume tailoring prompt on your clipboard.
Paste into your AI model. Paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or any chat LLM to get your resume tailoring result.
Review and iterate. Read the response as a job seeker would, then adjust fields like role, job description, resume and re-run to sharpen it.
Fill-in fields explained
role
Your role.
job description
paste it
resume
paste it
bullets
paste bullets from one role
role context
what you did, the team, the scale, any numbers you know
target job
role and what it values
situation
career gap of X months / changing from field A to B / layoff / short tenures
activities
what you did during that time
target role
role and why I want it
transferable experience
what you bring
Frequently asked
Which AI models does the Resume Tailoring prompt work with?
The Resume Tailoring prompts for Job Seeker are plain-text and model-agnostic — paste them into ChatGPT (GPT-4o), Claude, Gemini, Llama, or any other chat model.
How do I customize the Resume Tailoring prompt for my own use?
Fill in the 10 labelled fields (role, job description, resume, …) before copying, or edit the [bracketed] text after you paste.
Are the Resume Tailoring prompts for Job Seeker free to use?
Yes. Every Resume Tailoring prompt here is free to copy and reuse, including for commercial and client work, with no sign-up.