# Tailor your resume to any job without stuffing keywords

> You get a short list of the posting's keywords you can't honestly claim, so you leave them out on purpose.

Give AI the job posting and your resume. It names the problems the role is hired to solve, maps the posting's words to work you've really done and lists keywords you can't honestly claim.

- Page: https://thesolocreators.com/prompts/tailor-resume-without-keyword-stuffing/
- Category: Upgrade your everyday
- Made for: Everyone
- Works in: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini
- Time: About 15 minutes per job
- Effort: Just copy and paste

## The prompt

Fill in the parts in [square brackets], or leave them and the AI will ask you for them.

```text
Here's a job posting and my resume. Help me tailor my resume honestly. Step 1: List the three to five main problems this role is hired to solve, in plain words. Step 2: For each problem, find the work in my resume that matches it, and suggest how to describe that work in the posting's language, but only where my experience truly supports it. Step 3: Rewrite my most relevant bullets with those changes. Step 4: Make a short list of keywords from the posting that I can't honestly claim, so I leave them out. Don't invent any facts, titles or numbers.

Job posting: [JOB POSTING]

My resume: [YOUR RESUME]
```

## Step by step

1. Copy the full job posting and your current resume.
2. Paste both with the prompt below.
3. Delete any suggested change you couldn't explain in an interview.
4. Save the tailored version as a PDF with text you can highlight.

## What you'll get

The role's core problems, honest matches from your experience, rewritten bullets and a list of keywords you shouldn't claim.

## Good to know

**Which AI tools does this work in?** It works in ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. On this page, ChatGPT and Claude open with your prompt already typed in. No paid plan is noted for this one.

**How long does it take?** About 15 minutes per job. It's rated "Just copy and paste". There are 4 steps, listed above.

**What do I need before I start?** Just your details for 2 blanks: job posting and your resume. You can skip any, and your AI will ask for them.

**What will I get back?** The role's core problems, honest matches from your experience, rewritten bullets and a list of keywords you shouldn't claim.

Idea spotted on YouTube, shared by Jeff Su: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1Fm4JYae1I. The prompt is The Solo Creators' own version.

## Go further

Ready-made skills in the Solo Creators AI Studio (https://thesolocreators.com/studio/) that fit this: TLDR (Your AI stops writing walls of text: every reply leads with the next action, numbered and skimmable); Second Brain (Give your AI a memory it reads across every project, so it finally knows your business).

From AI Use Cases and Prompts by The Solo Creators: https://thesolocreators.com/prompts/. Free to use; please link back to the page when you share it.