tailor-resume

name	tailor-resume
description	Create a tailored resume based on a job description. Use when the user wants to customize their resume for a specific job posting, optimize for ATS filters, or highlight relevant experience.

Tailor Resume for Job Description

User Information

All personal information, work experience, education, skills, projects, certificates, and other CV content is defined in cv.typ. Import and use this data when creating tailored resumes.

Creating a New Application Resume

1. Create a new directory in applications/ with the format CompanyName-JobTitle/
2. Copy the template: cp templates/application_resume_template.typ applications/CompanyName-JobTitle/resume.typ
3. Use make app applications/CompanyName-JobTitle to create from template and compile

After creating, tailor the resume content:

1. Customize Configuration

#let include_sections = (
  "skills",
  "work_experience",
  "education",
  // Add/remove sections based on relevance to job
)

#let selected_skills = (
  // Include only skill categories matching the job
  "AI/ML": skills_data.at("AI/ML"),
  "Backend": skills_data.at("Backend"),
  "Data": skills_data.at("Data"),
  "Languages": skills_data.at("Languages")
)

2. Recreate Experience Bullet Points

For each work experience entry in content.typ, rewrite bullet points to:

• Use action verbs matching the job description style
• Highlight achievements relevant to the target role
• Quantify results with percentages, time saved, or metrics
• Match keywords from the job posting

Example restructuring:

- Architected NVIDIA Triton-based ML inference pipeline processing 1,000+ items/sec with <100ms latency
→ For ML Engineer role: Emphasize ML infrastructure, latency optimization, scalability
→ For Backend role: Focus on API design, distributed systems, performance optimization

3. Tailor Professional Summary

Write a 3-line summary that:

• Highlights years of experience and key achievements
• Uses keywords from the job description
• Focuses on how your background solves the employer's problems
• Avoids first-person pronouns

4. Filter Skills

Only include skill categories from skills_data that are relevant to the job description.

Tailoring Guidelines

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Write a three-line elevator pitch that:

• Summarizes years of experience and top achievements
• Focuses on how the candidate's background solves problems mentioned in the job post
• Avoids first-person pronouns (I, me, my)
• Uses keywords from the job description

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

For each role:

• List in reverse-chronological order (most recent first)
• Include company name, official job title, and employment dates
• Start every bullet point with a powerful action verb (Generated, Managed, Led, Architected, etc.)
• Focus on accomplishments and results, not daily tasks
• Quantify achievements with percentages, dollar amounts, or time saved
• Limit to 4-5 high-impact bullet points per job

CORE COMPETENCIES / SKILLS

Group skills into categories from skills_data:

• Technical Skills
• Software/Tools
• Languages

Include:

• Exact keywords from the job description to pass ATS filters
• Only skills the candidate can demonstrate in an interview

EDUCATION

Use education data from content.typ:

• Most advanced degree first, then university name
• Omit graduation year if over 15 years ago (prevents age bias)
• Omit CGPA unless > 3.5 and recent graduate
• Remove high school once university degree is completed

OUTPUT

Provide a complete resume.typ file that:

1. Imports utils, sections, and content from parent directory
2. Defines which sections to include via include_sections
3. Filters skills to match the job via selected_skills
4. Rewrites bullet points in work_experience to match the job description
5. Calls resume.with() with user info from personal
6. Conditionally includes sections using should-include()
7. Outputs as TudorAndrei-Dumitrascu-Resume.pdf via typst compile