Powerhouse-Resume-Specialist

Powerhouse Resume Specialist

A complete, reusable system for generating professional resumes in DOCX format. Pure methodology and code templates — zero person-specific content. Adapt the content (names, companies, dates) for each person.

Overview

This skill provides:

• DOCX constants (page size, margins, fonts, colors)
• Section templates (name, contact, summary, skills, experience, education, certifications)
• Code patterns (TextRun, Paragraph, tab stops, borders, numbering)
• Assembly workflow (document order, validation, output)
• Quality checklist (before delivery)

All values are generalized. Adapt the content (names, companies, dates) for each person.

DOCX Constants (Canonical)

These are the foundational settings for every resume. All measurements use the docx-js standard unit (twentieths of a point, commonly called DXA or twips in OOXML). 1 inch = 1440 units.

// Page dimensions — US LETTER (MANDATORY — never use A4)
// CRITICAL: Always set these explicitly in the Document constructor.
// If omitted, docx-js may default to A4 (11906 x 16838), breaking tab alignment.
const PAGE_WIDTH = 12240;        // 8.5 inches
const PAGE_HEIGHT = 15840;       // 11 inches

// Margins — canonical reference values
const MARGIN_TOP = 720;          // 0.5 inches
const MARGIN_BOTTOM = 720;       // 0.5 inches
const MARGIN_LEFT = 864;         // 0.6 inches
const MARGIN_RIGHT = 864;        // 0.6 inches

// Content width for tab stops (right-align position)
// Calculated: PAGE_WIDTH - MARGIN_LEFT - MARGIN_RIGHT = 12240 - 864 - 864 = 10512
const CONTENT_WIDTH = 10512;     // Position for right-aligned tab stops

// Typography (all in half-points)
const FONT = "Calibri";
const NAME_SIZE = 40;             // 20pt
const SECTION_HEADING_SIZE = 24;  // 12pt
const BODY_SIZE = 20;             // 10pt
const SMALL_SIZE = 18;            // 9pt

// Color palette (professional navy/steel blue)
// All hex values are strings WITHOUT the # prefix (docx-js requirement)
const COLOR_NAME = "1B3A6B";           // Navy — candidate name
const COLOR_SECTION_HEADING = "2E6DAD"; // Steel blue — section headings + border line
const COLOR_JOB_TITLE = "2C4A7C";      // Dark slate blue — job titles, degree names
const COLOR_COMPANY = "4A6FA5";        // Medium gray-blue — company/institution names
const COLOR_DATE = "555F6E";           // Cool gray — all dates (experience + education)
const COLOR_BODY = "1A1A1A";           // Near-black — body text + bold keywords

Key Principle: Both plain and bold text use COLOR_BODY. Bolding provides emphasis; color is reserved for structural elements (name, headings, titles, companies, dates).

CRITICAL: Page Setup in Document Constructor

Always set page size and margins explicitly. If omitted, docx-js defaults to A4 paper with 1-inch margins, which makes CONTENT_WIDTH (10512) overflow the actual content area and pushes dates off the page.

const doc = new Document({
  sections: [{
    properties: {
      page: {
        size: {
          width: PAGE_WIDTH,    // 12240 — US Letter
          height: PAGE_HEIGHT,  // 15840 — US Letter
        },
        margin: {
          top: MARGIN_TOP,      // 720
          bottom: MARGIN_BOTTOM,// 720
          left: MARGIN_LEFT,    // 864
          right: MARGIN_RIGHT,  // 864
        },
      },
    },
    children: [/* paragraphs */],
  }],
  numbering: {
    config: [{
      reference: "resume-bullets",
      levels: [{
        level: 0,
        format: LevelFormat.BULLET,
        text: "\u2022",
        alignment: AlignmentType.LEFT,
        style: { paragraph: { indent: { left: 360, hanging: 180 } } },
      }],
    }],
  },
});

Without this block, dates WILL overflow. This is the single most common resume formatting failure.

Spacing Constants

// Section heading spacing
const SPACING_SECTION_BEFORE = 200;    // Before section heading
const SPACING_SECTION_AFTER = 80;      // After section heading border

// Summary/paragraph spacing
const SPACING_SUMMARY_AFTER = 80;      // After summary paragraph

// Job entry spacing
const SPACING_JOB_TITLE_BEFORE = 120;  // Before job title
const SPACING_JOB_COMPANY_AFTER = 40;  // After company line
const SPACING_BULLET_AFTER = 20;       // After each bullet

// Education spacing
const SPACING_EDUCATION_DEGREE_BEFORE = 120;  // Before degree line

Section Templates

1. Candidate Name (Centered, Bold, Navy, Large)

new Paragraph({
  alignment: AlignmentType.CENTER,
  spacing: { after: 40 },
  children: [
    new TextRun({
      text: "[CANDIDATE NAME]",
      bold: true,
      size: NAME_SIZE,
      font: FONT,
      color: COLOR_NAME,
    }),
  ],
})

Notes:

• Always centered
• Always bold and navy
• Spacing after: 40

2. Contact Line (Centered, Small, Pipe-Separated)

new Paragraph({
  alignment: AlignmentType.CENTER,
  spacing: { after: 200 },
  children: [
    new TextRun({ text: "[LOCATION] | [PHONE] | [EMAIL] | ", size: SMALL_SIZE, font: FONT, color: COLOR_DATE }),
    new ExternalHyperlink({
      children: [new TextRun({ text: "[GITHUB URL]", style: "Hyperlink", size: SMALL_SIZE, font: FONT })],
      link: "[GITHUB LINK]",
    }),
  ],
})

Notes:

• GitHub is a hyperlink; all other text is plain
• Spacing after: 200
• Format: City, Province | +1 XXX-XXX-XXXX | email@example.com | github.com/username

3. Section Heading (Uppercase, Bold, Steel Blue, Bottom Border)

function createSectionHeading(title) {
  return new Paragraph({
    spacing: { before: 200, after: 80 },
    border: {
      bottom: { style: BorderStyle.SINGLE, size: 6, color: COLOR_SECTION_HEADING, space: 1 },
    },
    children: [
      new TextRun({
        text: title.toUpperCase(),
        bold: true,
        size: SECTION_HEADING_SIZE,
        font: FONT,
        color: COLOR_SECTION_HEADING,
      }),
    ],
  });
}

Notes:

• Always uppercase
• Always has bottom border
• Spacing: before 200, after 80
• Border: single line, size 6, space 1

4. Summary Paragraph (Plain + Bold Keywords)

new Paragraph({
  spacing: { after: 80 },
  children: [
    new TextRun({ text: "Accomplished ", size: BODY_SIZE, font: FONT, color: COLOR_BODY }),
    new TextRun({ text: "Full Stack Engineer", bold: true, size: BODY_SIZE, font: FONT, color: COLOR_BODY }),
    new TextRun({ text: " with ", size: BODY_SIZE, font: FONT, color: COLOR_BODY }),
    new TextRun({ text: "5+ years", bold: true, size: BODY_SIZE, font: FONT, color: COLOR_BODY }),
    new TextRun({ text: " of experience...", size: BODY_SIZE, font: FONT, color: COLOR_BODY }),
  ],
})

Pattern:

• 3-4 sentences max
• Split into TextRuns: plain, bold keyword, plain, bold keyword, etc.
• All TextRuns use COLOR_BODY
• Spacing after: 80

5. Skills Section (Category Bold, High-Priority Skills Bold)

new Paragraph({
  spacing: { after: 40 },
  children: [
    new TextRun({ text: "Frontend: ", bold: true, size: BODY_SIZE, font: FONT, color: COLOR_BODY }),
    new TextRun({ text: "React.js", bold: true, size: BODY_SIZE, font: FONT, color: COLOR_BODY }),
    new TextRun({ text: ", ", size: BODY_SIZE, font: FONT, color: COLOR_BODY }),
    new TextRun({ text: "TypeScript", bold: true, size: BODY_SIZE, font: FONT, color: COLOR_BODY }),
    new TextRun({ text: ", JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3", size: BODY_SIZE, font: FONT, color: COLOR_BODY }),
  ],
})

Pattern:

• One paragraph per skill category
• Category name (bold): "Frontend: "
• High-priority skills (bold): key technologies for JD
• Other skills (plain): comma-separated
• Spacing after: 40

6. Experience Entry (Two-Line Header + Bullets)

Line 1: Job Title + Date (Tab-Aligned Right)

new Paragraph({
  spacing: { before: 120, after: 0 },
  tabStops: [{ type: TabStopType.RIGHT, position: CONTENT_WIDTH }],
  children: [
    new TextRun({ text: "[JOB TITLE]", bold: true, size: BODY_SIZE, font: FONT, color: COLOR_JOB_TITLE }),
    new TextRun({ text: "\t", size: BODY_SIZE, font: FONT }),
    new TextRun({ text: "[START DATE] - [END DATE]", italics: true, size: BODY_SIZE, font: FONT, color: COLOR_DATE }),
  ],
})

CRITICAL: Tab stop is TabStopType.RIGHT at position: CONTENT_WIDTH (10512). This aligns dates to the far right margin. This ONLY works when page margins are set to 864 left/right in the Document constructor. If margins differ, dates will overflow or underflow.

Line 2: Company, Location

new Paragraph({
  spacing: { before: 0, after: 40 },
  children: [
    new TextRun({ text: "[COMPANY], [LOCATION]", italics: true, size: BODY_SIZE, font: FONT, color: COLOR_COMPANY }),
  ],
})

Bullet Points

Define numbering config ONCE at document level (see Page Setup section above).

Then each bullet:

new Paragraph({
  numbering: { reference: "resume-bullets", level: 0 },
  spacing: { after: 20 },
  children: [
    new TextRun({ text: "Developed", bold: true, size: BODY_SIZE, font: FONT, color: COLOR_BODY }),
    new TextRun({ text: " backend APIs using ", size: BODY_SIZE, font: FONT, color: COLOR_BODY }),
    new TextRun({ text: "Node.js", bold: true, size: BODY_SIZE, font: FONT, color: COLOR_BODY }),
    new TextRun({ text: " and MongoDB.", size: BODY_SIZE, font: FONT, color: COLOR_BODY }),
  ],
})

Pattern:

• Start with action verb (bold)
• Alternate plain and bold TextRuns
• End with quantified result
• Spacing after: 20

7. Education Entry (Two-Line Layout)

Line 1: Degree + Date (Tab-Aligned Right)

new Paragraph({
  spacing: { before: 120, after: 0 },
  tabStops: [{ type: TabStopType.RIGHT, position: CONTENT_WIDTH }],
  children: [
    new TextRun({ text: "[DEGREE NAME]", bold: true, size: BODY_SIZE, font: FONT, color: COLOR_JOB_TITLE }),
    new TextRun({ text: "\t", size: BODY_SIZE, font: FONT }),
    new TextRun({ text: "[YEAR]", italics: true, size: BODY_SIZE, font: FONT, color: COLOR_DATE }),
  ],
})

Line 2: Institution, Location, GPA

new Paragraph({
  spacing: { before: 0, after: 40 },
  children: [
    new TextRun({ text: "[INSTITUTION], [LOCATION]", italics: true, size: BODY_SIZE, font: FONT, color: COLOR_COMPANY }),
    new TextRun({ text: " | GPA: [X.X]", size: BODY_SIZE, font: FONT, color: COLOR_BODY }),
  ],
})

8. Certifications (Name + Number)

new Paragraph({
  spacing: { before: 80, after: 0 },
  children: [
    new TextRun({ text: "[CERTIFICATION NAME]", bold: true, size: BODY_SIZE, font: FONT, color: COLOR_JOB_TITLE }),
  ],
})
new Paragraph({
  spacing: { before: 0, after: 40 },
  children: [
    new TextRun({ text: "Certification #: [NUMBER]", size: BODY_SIZE, font: FONT, color: COLOR_BODY }),
  ],
})

9. References (Footer)

new Paragraph({
  spacing: { before: 80 },
  children: [
    new TextRun({ text: "Available upon request", italics: true, size: BODY_SIZE, font: FONT, color: COLOR_BODY }),
  ],
})

Document Assembly Order

Always assemble in this exact sequence:

1. Candidate name
2. Contact line
3. SUMMARY heading + summary paragraph
4. SKILLS heading + skill category paragraphs
5. EXPERIENCE heading + job entries
6. PROJECTS heading + project entries (if applicable)
7. EDUCATION heading + education entries
8. CERTIFICATIONS heading + certification entries
9. REFERENCES heading + line

Critical DOCX Rules (Never Break)

Layout & Structure

• ALWAYS set page size and margins in the Document constructor (see Page Setup section)
• Use tab stops: TabStopType.RIGHT at position: CONTENT_WIDTH (10512)
• Two-line headers: title + date line 1, company line 2
• Use LevelFormat.BULLET with numbering config (not raw Unicode)
• No tables for layout (ATS fails to parse)
• No images, logos, or graphics
• No headers/footers for contact (ATS skips them)
• Consistent paragraph spacing via spacing: { before: X, after: Y }

Typography & Color

• Single font: Calibri throughout
• Vary via size, bold, italic, color only
• Bold keywords using bold: true on TextRun (requires splitting into multiple TextRuns)
• Body text and bold keywords both use COLOR_BODY
• Colors reserved for structure: name (navy), headings (steel blue), titles (dark slate blue), companies (gray-blue), dates (cool gray)
• All hex values are strings without # prefix

Borders & Styling

• Section borders ONLY on section heading paragraphs
• Border: single line, size 6, steel blue color
• Never use table rows as dividers

Validation Checklist

Before delivering any resume DOCX:

• Page size is US Letter (12240 x 15840) — NOT A4
• Page margins set explicitly (864 left/right, 720 top/bottom)
• All required sections present (Name, Contact, Summary, Skills, Experience, Education)
• All text is Calibri font
• Tab stops align dates to far right (position 10512)
• Section headings are uppercase with bottom borders
• Job/education entries use two-line format
• Bullets use proper numbering config
• All colors match the six defined constants
• No images, tables, headers, or footers
• Resume fits 1-2 pages
• Validation script passes

Color Hex Reference (Copy-Paste)

Navy (name):              1B3A6B
Steel blue (section):     2E6DAD
Dark slate blue (titles): 2C4A7C
Medium gray-blue (co.):   4A6FA5
Cool gray (dates):        555F6E
Near-black (body):        1A1A1A

All hex strings: no # prefix, as strings ("1B3A6B" not #1B3A6B).

Common Mistakes (Don't Do These)

• Omit page size/margins in Document constructor — causes A4 default + date overflow (most common failure)
• Hardcode colors inline — use named constants
• Use spaces/padding for date alignment — use tab stops
• Mix fonts or vary size inconsistently — single font (Calibri)
• Remove quantified metrics — preserve all numbers
• Use plain Unicode bullets — use numbering config
• Bold company names — only bold job titles and keywords
• Add images or logos — ATS fails to parse
• Use tab position 10080 when margins are 864 — CONTENT_WIDTH must be 10512 (12240 - 864 - 864)
• Use A4 page dimensions (11906 x 16838) — always US Letter (12240 x 15840)

Support

This skill is methodology-only — pure templates and rules. Adapt the content (names, companies, dates, achievements) for each person. The formatting and structure never change.