1. Read the posting twice
Read the posting once for the story (what problem is this hire solving?), then again with a highlighter for the concrete requirements: tools, methods, domains, certifications and the job title itself. Requirements that appear twice, or in the first lines, matter most.
2. Map every requirement to your experience
For each highlighted term, find where in your experience it is true. Some you will already mention in other words; change them to the posting’s wording. Some you have done but never written down; add them to the bullet where they happened. Some you simply have not done. Leave those out.
3. Reorder before you rewrite
- Rewrite the title under your name to match the role you are applying for, if it honestly describes you.
- Adjust the summary’s first sentence to the problem this team is hiring for.
- Reorder bullets inside each role so the most relevant one comes first.
- Move the most relevant skills to the front of the skills list.
4. Check the match
Compare the posting’s key terms with your updated resume and count how many now appear. You do not need all of them; you need the ones that describe the core of the job. resume.art’s tailoring tool does this in one step: paste the posting or its link, and it shows the match before and after and marks every line it changed, so you can review each one.
5. Keep the versions apart
Save each tailored version with the company’s name in the file name ("Alex-Morgan-Acme.pdf"). When a recruiter calls, you will know exactly which version they are looking at.
