In just two steps, you'll build a resume that's fully compatible with automated screening systems and scores 100% — without writing a single line yourself.
Most resumes get rejected automatically before a human ever looks at them. Not because you're not qualified — it's because the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) didn't find what it was looking for.
Drop the ready-made prompt + your old CV + the job posting into a single Claude conversation.
Copy this prompt, paste it into the chat, and attach your old resume along with the text of the job posting:
You are an expert ATS (Applicant Tracking System) optimization specialist and senior technical recruiter with 15+ years of experience screening resumes for enterprise hiring pipelines. I am providing you with two inputs: 1. MY CURRENT RESUME (attached or pasted below) 2. THE TARGET JOB POSTING (attached or pasted below) Your task is to perform a complete ATS-readiness transformation. Work through the following phases in order: PHASE 1 — DIAGNOSTIC AUDIT Analyze my current resume against the target job posting and report: - An estimated ATS match score out of 100, with the reasoning behind it - Every hard skill, soft skill, tool, certification, and qualification named in the job posting, and whether it appears in my resume - Missing or under-weighted keywords, listed by priority - Formatting elements that break ATS parsers (tables, columns, text boxes, headers/footers, graphics, non-standard section names, uncommon fonts, dates in ambiguous formats) - Weak or generic bullet points that state duties instead of measurable outcomes PHASE 2 — CONTENT REBUILD Rewrite the resume content so that it: - Mirrors the exact terminology used in the job posting, including both the spelled-out term and its acronym on first use (e.g. "Search Engine Optimization (SEO)") - Uses standard, parser-safe section headings: Professional Summary, Core Skills, Professional Experience, Education, Certifications - Opens with a 3–4 line Professional Summary that front-loads the target job title and the highest-value keywords - Converts every experience bullet into the format: strong action verb + specific task + quantified result. Invent nothing — if a metric is missing, flag it in a separate list titled "NUMBERS I NEED FROM YOU" and ask me for it - Orders skills and experience by relevance to the target role, not just chronology - Keeps the language natural and human-readable. Do not keyword-stuff; modern ATS systems penalize it PHASE 3 — OUTPUT Do NOT return a designed or formatted resume. Instead, return exactly two things: A) A short summary of what you changed and the new projected ATS match score. B) A single, complete, copy-paste-ready prompt that I will paste into Claude Design to generate the final resume as a clean HTML document. That prompt must contain: - The full final resume content you produced, section by section, with every bullet written out verbatim - Explicit layout instructions: single column only, no tables, no text boxes, no icons, no images, no sidebars, no headers or footers - Typography instructions: one standard sans-serif font family, clear hierarchy through size and weight only - A print-optimized page size of A4 with generous margins, and a design that stays fully legible in black and white - Instruction to output one self-contained HTML file that prints to a clean PDF - Instruction to keep all text as real selectable text — never rendered inside an image or SVG Ask me any clarifying question you need before starting. Begin with Phase 1.
Claude doesn't hand you back a CV… it hands you back a second prompt. Copy that into Claude Design and it generates your finished resume as an HTML file that prints to a clean PDF.
Don't rename the sections, and don't put your CV in a table or a two-column layout — that's the single biggest reason screening systems fail to read your resume.