Resume writing blog
Practical guides to writing, formatting, and exporting a resume, with links to complete examples you can open in the free editor. No account required to try anything you read here.
How to Write a Resume an AI Agent Can Edit
Keep your resume as structured data so an AI agent like Cursor, Claude Code, or Codex can tailor it safely. What structure works, how to give an agent access, and what to check before you send.
Free Resume Builder with Live PDF Preview: What to Look For
Many "free" resume builders charge at download time. Here is what a genuinely free resume builder should offer, why a live PDF preview matters, and a checklist for choosing one.
How Long Should a Resume Be? One Page vs. Two
When one page is right, when two pages are better, and the fields that follow their own rules (academia, law, federal jobs). Plus practical ways to cut a resume down without losing substance.
Software Engineer Resume: What to Put In It (and What to Leave Out)
What engineering managers actually look for in a software engineer resume: impact bullets, a skills section that matches the stack, projects that prove something, and the mistakes that get resumes skipped.
Lawyer Resume: What Hiring Partners and Legal Recruiters Actually Look For
How to write an attorney resume for lateral moves and in-house roles: bar admissions, representative matters without breaching confidentiality, academic credentials, and the conservative format legal employers expect.
How to Write Resume Bullet Points That Get Interviews
A practical formula for resume bullet points: action, scope, and result. Before-and-after rewrites, how to find numbers when you think you have none, and what to cut.
ATS Resume Tips: How to Get Past Applicant Tracking Systems
What applicant tracking systems actually do with your resume, the formatting that parses cleanly, how to use keywords without stuffing, and how to check what an ATS will read.
Resume for a Career Change: How to Reframe Your Experience
How to write a career change resume that makes your past experience relevant: a target-focused summary, transferable results instead of old duties, bridge projects, and how to handle titles that don't match.
New Grad Resume with No Experience: What to Put on It
How to write a one-page resume as a student or recent graduate with little or no work experience: what counts as experience, how to order sections, and how to write bullets that sound like real work.
How to Make a Resume PDF That Prints Perfectly
Why resume PDFs shift when printed or opened elsewhere, and how to fix it: embedded fonts, Letter vs. A4, safe margins, real text, and a five-minute check before you send.
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