AI Resume & Cover Letter Builder

What the resume builder does

The resume builder gives you a structured editor with a live preview, so you can see exactly how each change will look before you download it.

Structured sections

• Personal details, including an optional photo
• Summary
• Experience
• Education
• Skills
• Interests
• Custom sections for anything else you want to include

AI assistance

AI can draft a summary, experience bullets, skills and interests based on what you enter, and you can ask it to "improve" any passage or compose a complete first draft. You can also chat with the AI about your document as you work. Every generated line stays editable — nothing is locked.

Upload and edit

Already have a resume? Upload it as a PDF, DOCX or image and it's parsed straight into the editor, so you're revising rather than starting from scratch. You can save multiple resumes to your account and come back to edit any of them, and download the finished document as a PDF generated from the live preview in your browser.

Because the preview updates as you type, you can check the layout before you download rather than after opening the PDF.

The chat feature is a way to work through a specific problem rather than regenerate an entire section: ask it to shorten a bullet that's too long, suggest a different way to phrase a responsibility, or ask how a passage could be made more specific, and it responds in the context of the document you're already editing.

Who this is for

Both builders require a free account, but each starts with its own 7-day trial and no card, so you can try the actual tool before deciding whether to continue.

• Graduates writing a first resume from a blank page, who want AI-drafted wording as a starting point rather than staring at an empty template.
• Career changers who need to reframe past experience for a different field and want help finding the right words for skills that transfer.
• Working professionals updating an existing resume, who would rather upload and edit than retype everything from scratch.
• Active job seekers who want to check how closely a resume matches a specific job posting before spending time on a full application.

What the cover letter builder does

The cover letter builder is a separate tool with its own 7-day free trial. Paste in the job posting and a summary of your background, and the AI generates a tailored first draft.

Refining your letter

• Rewrite any paragraph
• Run an "optimize" pass to improve the wording
• Ask the AI to write a single section on request
• Parse your resume to reuse details instead of retyping them

Save your letters, reload them later, and download the finished version as a PDF. Because the letter is generated from the specific posting and background you paste in, a letter you write for one role won't read as generic filler for the next one unless you deliberately reuse it without changes.

Job-description match analysis

The job-description match analysis lives in the Job Tests Portal mobile app (All-Access): paste in a job posting alongside your resume and it returns a scored, requirement-by-requirement match, plus a rewritten profile aimed at that posting.

• Available only in the Job Tests Portal mobile app, with All-Access
• Gives a requirement-by-requirement match against the posting
• Builds a rewritten profile you can refine with comments before you finalize it

The tool surfaces gaps and suggests phrasing, but it does not submit anything on your behalf.

How to write a resume that keyword-matching software can read

Many employers use keyword-matching software to screen resumes before a person reads them. Write for both the software and the human reader by keeping your formatting simple and your wording specific.

A few practical habits

• Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives such as "My Journey" or "What I Bring" — plain headings are what most keyword-matching software expects, and they're also faster for a busy human reader to scan.
• Keep formatting plain: avoid text boxes, images used for text, tables around your work history, columns, and unusual fonts, all of which can be read incorrectly, reordered, or skipped entirely depending on the software.
• Mirror the posting's own wording honestly — if a posting names a specific tool, skill or certification you genuinely have, use the same term it uses (for example, the exact tool name) rather than only a general synonym, so an exact-match search finds it.
• Quantify results where you can (numbers, scope, time saved, team size) so a reader — human or software — can see the size of what you did rather than a general description of your role.
• Save and submit the format the posting asks for; when in doubt, a simple, single-column PDF is usually the safest choice for both a person and software to open correctly.

For example, if a posting asks for "experience with spreadsheet-based budget tracking," a bullet that says "Managed the departmental training budget in a shared spreadsheet, reconciling it monthly with no variance" mirrors the posting's language honestly while also being specific — rather than a vaguer line like "Handled budgeting duties."

None of this guarantees how any particular employer's software will score a resume — the goal is a resume that is easy for both software and a person to parse correctly.

It's worth applying the same habits to a cover letter. A letter with a clear structure and specific, honestly-worded detail reads well whether it's opened by a person first or scanned by software first.

How to write a cover letter

A cover letter works best when it responds to the specific posting rather than restating your resume. A simple structure: open by connecting a real, specific example to something the posting asks for; explain briefly why the role interests you; add one more concrete example of relevant work; and close by inviting the next step.

• Opening — connect a specific, real example to something the posting asks for, instead of opening with "I am writing to apply for..."
• Middle — explain briefly why the role and organization interest you, and add one more concrete example that shows rather than tells
• Closing — invite the next step (an interview or a conversation) and thank the reader for their time, without repeating the whole letter

Job posting excerpt: "We're looking for a detail-oriented coordinator who can juggle multiple supplier relationships."

Answer: In my current role coordinating vendor deliveries for a mid-size product team, I manage relationships with six suppliers at once and have caught and corrected three scheduling conflicts before they affected a launch date. I'm applying because your posting's emphasis on juggling multiple supplier relationships is exactly the part of my current job I enjoy most.

Why: This opening responds directly to a phrase in the posting, gives one concrete, specific example instead of a general claim, and states a genuine reason for applying — the shape a strong opening paragraph takes.

If you're starting from a blank page, paste the job posting and a short summary of your background into the cover letter builder and use the generated draft as a first pass, then rewrite the opening paragraph yourself so it reads like something you would actually say.

Common mistakes to avoid

A few mistakes show up often enough to be worth naming directly. Most of them are easy to fix once you notice them:

• Using the exact same resume for every application instead of mirroring each posting's own wording where it's honestly true to your experience
• Creative section headings when plain, standard headings would communicate more clearly to both a person and keyword-matching software
• Text boxes, images of text, multi-column layouts, or tables around your work history, any of which can be read incorrectly or reordered
• Vague statements ("responsible for...") instead of specific, quantified results that show the scope of what you actually did
• A cover letter that repeats the resume word-for-word instead of adding a specific example the resume doesn't already cover
• Skipping proofreading after using AI-drafted wording — always read the final version yourself, out loud if you can, before you send it

None of these take long to check before you download the final PDF, and catching them before you apply is far cheaper than fixing them after. If you're not sure whether a change reads well, the chat feature in the builder is a quick way to get a second opinion on a specific line before you commit to it.

What's included

Both builders share the same account and trial model, and both live on this one page so you can move between them without losing your place:

The job-description match analysis is the one feature that is not part of the per-tool web trial: it lives in the Job Tests Portal mobile app and needs All-Access.

Helpful links

• How to write a resume — A full guide to structuring and writing your resume.
• Resume summary examples — Sample summaries you can adapt.
• Resume mistakes to avoid — Common pitfalls worth checking for before you apply.
• How to write a cover letter — A full guide to structuring your cover letter.
• Cover letter opening lines — Ideas for starting a letter with a real example, not a cliché.
• Assessment invitation decoder — Identify likely test types from your assessment invitation and find relevant practice.
• AI interview practice — Practise answering the questions behind the application.
• Numerical reasoning practice and worked examples — explore the question format before choosing a timed practice run
• Verbal reasoning practice and worked examples — explore the question format before choosing a timed practice run