CV Tailoring
Overview
Same facts, targeted presentation. Mirror the offer's language and priorities so both the ATS and the recruiter see the match instantly.
Tailoring levers (in order of impact)
- Title/summary - echo the exact job title and top 2 requirements
- Bullet reordering - most relevant achievements first in each role
- Keyword alignment - use the offer's exact terms ("gestion de projet" vs "project management", tool names, methodologies)
- Emphasis shift - expand relevant roles, compress irrelevant ones
- Skills section - reorder to match the offer's requirements order
- Cut - remove noise that dilutes the match
Workflow
- Ingest the offer from the Career store (
career action=status/ import paste).web_fetchonly on open pages, never LinkedIn or another closed board. Use the Master CV as the only fact source. - Extract the offer's requirements: must-haves, nice-to-haves, repeated words, culture signals.
- Run the match analysis (
ats-analyzerscoring): what's covered, what's missing, what's hidden in the CV. - Apply the levers; keep every statement true.
- Call
career action=prepare(aliaswrite/cv). The desk now tailors the Master CV to that mission, writes the cover, and exports a Word pack.downloadreturns the.docx. - Log with
application-tracker/career action=apply.
Rules
- Fabricating skills or reframing lies is refused - hidden truths are surfaced instead.
- Keep a master CV untouched; each tailored version is a copy named per company.
- 20 minutes of tailoring beats 20 untargeted applications.