How to use the Resume Improver
- Paste your resume, upload a PDF or Word file, or use the resume you built in the Resume Builder. Optionally add the job description.
- Choose “Improve my resume”. Suggestions are grouped into Fix first, Improve and Polish, and by section: summary, experience, skills, grammar and structure.
- Accept, edit or skip each suggestion. Where a stronger line needs a fact only you know — a number, a result — the tool asks for it instead of making one up.
- Copy or download the improved text, or open it in the Resume Builder, where you review what's detected before anything changes in your saved resume.
What does this tool do?
The improver reads your resume the same way the Resume Builder's import does, then runs a set of checks on each part. Summaries are checked for objective-style wording (“seeking a challenging position”), first person, stock phrases such as “results-driven”, and length; you get a cleaned-up version plus drafts built only from your own job titles, years and skills.
Every experience bullet is checked for duty-style openers (“Responsible for…”, “Worked on…”), passive voice, filler words, present tense under roles that have ended, first person, repeated opening verbs and missing results. Rewrites keep your facts and change only the wording; the result field adds your own outcome in a natural way.
Skills are checked for duplicates, soft skills that belong in bullets, overly long lists and skills that appear only in the list with no evidence elsewhere. With a job description, you also see the skills it names that your resume doesn't — to add only if you have them.
Language checks cover over 130 frequent resume misspellings, doubled words and inconsistent bullet punctuation. Everything runs in your browser with fixed, explainable rules — not an AI model — so the same resume always gets the same suggestions, each with its reason, and nothing you paste is uploaded.
What a strong resume line looks like
A good bullet starts with a verb that says what you did, names the thing you worked on, and ends with what changed: “Rebuilt the returns process, cutting refund time from 9 days to 3.” The improver moves weak lines towards that shape without changing the facts.
If you don't know the exact result, leave it out or use an honest, defensible estimate. Interviewers often ask how a number was measured.
Related: Resume writing guide · Resume examples by job
Why use it?
- Before-and-after for every change, with the reason in plain English.
- Never invents numbers, employers, skills or qualifications.
- Accept, edit or skip each suggestion — the improved resume updates as you go.
- Role-specific examples for 14 common jobs, from React Developer to Customer Support.
- Opens straight into the Resume Builder, ATS Checker or Cover Letter Builder.
Accuracy and limits
- Checks are rule-based. They catch common, mechanical problems reliably but can't judge whether an achievement is impressive or relevant — read each suggestion before accepting it.
- Spelling checks cover frequent resume misspellings, not a full dictionary. Run a spell-checker in Word or Google Docs before you send the final file.
- PDF text extraction can merge or split lines. If a suggestion's “before” looks odd, fix the text in the box and check again. Scanned (image) PDFs can't be read.
Privacy
Everything you type is processed in your browser. Nothing you enter is sent to our servers or stored by us. There's no account to create and nothing to install.
Frequently asked questions
Does the Resume Improver use AI?
No. It uses fixed rules and the same resume parser as the Resume Builder. Nothing is sent to an AI service or a server, and it never adds experience, numbers or skills you didn't give it.
What's the difference between this and the ATS Resume Checker?
The improver works on the quality of your resume on its own: wording, structure, spelling and evidence. The ATS Resume Checker compares your resume with a specific job description, requirement by requirement. Use the improver first, then the checker for each application.
Can I put the improved text back into my resume?
Yes. “Open in the Resume Builder” passes the improved text to the builder's import, where you review each detected change before it's applied — your existing resume is kept and Undo is available. You can also copy it or download a .txt file.
Why doesn't it rewrite every bullet?
Some lines are already clear but lack a result, and only you know what the result was. For those, the improver asks the question and adds your answer to the line when you type it.
Is my resume stored?
The text you paste is saved in this browser so you can come back to it, and “Clear” removes it. It isn't uploaded anywhere.
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