Get a recruiter-style critique of my resume
Gets a frank, prioritised critique of your resume from a recruiter's six-second-scan point of view, with specific rewrites.
The prompt
Act as a senior recruiter hiring for [ROLE] at [TYPE OF COMPANY].
My resume: [PASTE]
Task:
1. The 6-second scan: what you notice first, and whether it makes you read on. Be honest.
2. Strengths: three things that work.
3. Problems: the five biggest weaknesses, most important first (clarity, relevance, evidence, length, formatting).
4. For each problem, show a specific rewrite of the affected line or section.
5. Score the resume from 1 to 10 for this role, and say what would make it a 9.
Rules: be direct and specific; base everything on the text I gave; don't invent facts when rewriting, use [ADD DETAIL] instead.
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- ROLE
- TYPE OF COMPANY
- PASTE
- ADD DETAIL
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the RTF structure (Role, Task, Format). RTF tells the model who to be, what to do and what shape the answer should take. It is the quickest structure that still gives noticeably better results than a bare request.
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