# Resume Tailor

Customize resume for specific job postings while maintaining truthfulness

- Repository: https://github.com/Paramchoudhary/ResumeSkills (2987 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-06-19
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add Paramchoudhary/ResumeSkills --skill resume-tailor -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add Paramchoudhary/ResumeSkills --skill resume-tailor -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add Paramchoudhary/ResumeSkills --skill resume-tailor -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add Paramchoudhary/ResumeSkills --skill resume-tailor -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Customize resume for specific job postings while maintaining truthfulness

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Resume Tailor

## When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when the user wants to:
- Customize their resume for a specific job posting
- Adjust their resume to match job requirements
- Create a targeted version of their resume
- Mentions: "tailor resume", "customize resume", "target role", "specific job", "match job description"

Use AFTER job-description-analyzer to know what to emphasize.

## Core Capabilities

- Reorder experience sections by relevance to target role
- Adjust professional summary for specific position
- Add missing keywords from job description
- Modify bullet points to match job requirements
- Maintain authenticity while optimizing match
- Create multiple targeted resume versions

## The Tailoring Philosophy

**Key Principle:** You're not lying or fabricating - you're HIGHLIGHTING the most relevant parts of your true experience.

Think of your full experience as a library of achievements. Tailoring means selecting the books that best fit what each employer is looking for.

## Tailoring Process

### Step 1: Analyze the Job (Use Job Description Analyzer First)
- Identify required skills and keywords
- Note the company's priorities
- Understand the role's primary responsibilities

### Step 2: Audit Your Resume
For each section, ask:
- Does this support my candidacy for THIS specific role?
- Is there a better way to phrase this for THIS job?
- Should this be higher or lower in priority?

### Step 3: Make Strategic Adjustments

**Professional Summary:** Rewrite to mirror the job's key requirements

**Skills Section:** Reorder to put most relevant skills first, add missing keywords

**Experience:** 
- Reorder jobs if a less recent role is more relevant
- Swap bullet points to lead with most relevant achievements
- Add keywords naturally into existing bullets

**Education:** Highlight relevant coursework, certifications

## Section-by-Section Tailoring Guide

### Professional Summary

This is your "elevator pitch" - customize for each application.

The rest: https://github.com/Paramchoudhary/ResumeSkills/blob/HEAD/skills/resume-tailor/SKILL.md