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Targeted Applications

A version of your resume written for one specific posting.

The work that actually moves the needle on an application is boring and repetitive: read the posting, work out what they care about, pull the relevant things forward, use their words for the thing you already do. Forty minutes a job, and it is the first thing people stop doing around application fifteen.

This does that part. Your master resume stays exactly as it is; each application gets its own version alongside it.

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A targeted application open on its Resume tab: the tailored resume with rewritten passages highlighted, and beside it the What changed, and why panel listing what was brought forward, one role left out with a Put it back link, and the posting’s terms now used
The tailored version, with what changed and why sitting beside it, including what was left out, and a way to put it back.

How it works

  1. 1

    Pick a job

    One saved in your tracker, or one you paste in from anywhere else.

  2. 2

    We tailor a copy

    Reordered and reworded to lead with what this employer asks for, using their vocabulary for the things you already did. The master resume is not modified.

  3. 3

    Read what changed

    Beside the document, not behind a button: the approach taken, what was brought forward, which of their terms now describe your work, and anything left out with the reason it went. If you want something back, "Put it back" returns it. Nothing disappears silently.

  4. 4

    Edit and download it

    The same editor as your master resume, with the same templates, colors and font size. Edits stay with this application and leave your master resume alone.

  5. 5

    Finish the cover letter

    Written from the posting for the same job and shown as the page it prints on, with notes on what was written and why. Edit it right on the page, date and recipient lines included, or ask for a change (shorter, warmer, more confident, or in your own words) and undo it if you prefer what you had.

What you get

  • check_circleA separate document per application. Your master resume is never overwritten.
  • check_circleA change summary beside the document: brought forward, their words now yours, and anything left out with a reason and a way to put it back.
  • check_circleCover letter for the same job, written from the posting rather than a template, with a Copy text button for application forms.
  • check_circleFully editable, with the same templates and download formats.
  • check_circleDrafted answers to the application form’s own questions, from what is on your resume.
  • check_circleA readiness check (can software read it, and would a person shortlist you) in bands, never a number.
  • check_circleThe job’s card, with its stage, interview date and notes, opens beside your list of applications.
  • check_circleFit assessment and tailoring run independently: a good tailoring pass cannot talk the fit assessment into being optimistic.

What this tool won't do

These are constraints we chose, not gaps we haven't got to.

Tailoring reorders and rewords freely, removes very little, and reports every removal. Your employment history stays complete.

If a posting lists something as required and it is not on your resume, we say that plainly and suggest adding it if you have it.

It all starts with your master resume

Targeted Applications reads from your master resume, so that is where to start.

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