Turn the job description into questions
Read responsibilities and requirements separately. For each important item, ask where you learned or applied it and which part of your resume shows that experience. Repeating a term in your summary does not supply missing evidence.
If the role asks for REST API development and you have built those interfaces, describe the project where you did so. If it asks for a tool you have never used, leave it out. Transferable skills may help you qualify when their context is accurate.
Replace generic terms with evidence
The same work can be described in many ways. Choose words that connect your experience to the role. Use a term from the posting when it accurately describes something you did; avoid copying entire passages or stuffing keywords.
Before
Responsibilities: developing REST APIs in Node.js and writing automated tests for those APIs.
Clearer
Built REST APIs in Node.js and wrote automated tests for them.
Show relevance without erasing your story
Prioritize experience related to the role, even from another industry. A retail worker who trained colleagues and resolved conflicts may have evidence for a customer service leadership role. Your former title is context; your work is the evidence.
You can also shorten details that do not help with this application. There is no need to hide previous jobs. Give more space to work that answers the posting and less to repeated peripheral tasks.
Review before applying
Check company names, dates, technical terms, and consistency with your public profiles. Make sure the file remains readable on a phone and in the application system. Our ATS guide explains common parsing problems.
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