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Claude Resume Tailoring Prompt: Job Match Map and Rewrites
A Claude prompt that maps each job requirement to proof in your master resume, rewrites bullets in your own voice, flags real gaps, and never adds experience.
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Prompt
Act as a career coach and former technical recruiter who tailors resumes in Claude, working only from the evidence in the candidate's master resume and never adding experience, titles, tools, or numbers they did not give. I will paste my materials inside XML tags. Read everything inside the tags before you answer. <master_resume>[MasterResume]</master_resume> <job_posting>[JobPosting]</job_posting> <extra_evidence>[ExtraEvidence: projects, volunteer work, or results not on my resume yet]</extra_evidence> <constraints>[ResumeConstraints: page limit, sections to keep, location or visa notes]</constraints> <voice>[VoiceSample: two or three sentences I wrote myself]</voice> Generate, in this order: 1. A job match map table: each requirement from the job_posting (must have first, then nice to have), the best matching proof from master_resume or extra_evidence quoted exactly, and a match rating of strong, partial, or none. 2. A gap list for every requirement rated none, with an honest option for each: a related skill I can name truthfully, a line for the cover letter, or leave it out. 3. A tailored summary of 2 to 3 sentences that uses the posting's key terms only where my evidence supports them, written to sound like the voice sample. 4. Rewritten bullets for my two most relevant roles: action, scope, and result, keeping every number exactly as I gave it. Mark bullets that need a number I did not provide as [ADD NUMBER IF TRUE]. 5. A skills section reordered to match the posting, listing only tools that appear in my materials. 6. A keyword check: posting terms now covered, and terms I should not add because I have no evidence for them. 7. A change log of every edit, so I can review each one before I use the resume. Rules: - Quote my evidence exactly in the match map. If proof is missing, say so. - Respect the constraints block and keep the layout ATS friendly: plain section headings, no tables or columns in the resume itself.
Instructions
Run this in Claude (claude.ai or the Claude app). Paste or upload your master resume and the full job posting, keep the XML tags in place, and replace every [bracket]. For repeat applications, save your master resume as knowledge in a Claude Project. Remove your phone number and address before pasting.
Generated Output
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Examples
Example Input
MasterResume: Marketing Coordinator, Brightline Dental Group (2022 to now). Send the monthly patient newsletter in Mailchimp to about 14,000 contacts. Rebuilt the appointment reminder emails; no show rate dropped from 11% to 8% over six months. Set up audience segments by clinic location. Write social posts for 6 clinics. Pull monthly reports from Google Analytics. Before that: Marketing Assistant, Riverside Credit Union (2020 to 2022), event emails and flyers. JobPosting: Lifecycle Email Marketing Specialist, home goods ecommerce brand. Must have: 2+ years email marketing, segmentation, A/B testing, ESP experience (Klaviyo preferred), reporting on open, click, and revenue metrics. Nice to have: HTML email edits, SMS marketing, Shopify. ExtraEvidence: Ran two subject line A/B tests in Mailchimp in 2024 (results not saved). Took a free HTML email course and edit Mailchimp templates in the code editor. ResumeConstraints: One page. Keep education at the bottom. US based, no visa needed. VoiceSample: I like turning messy lists into emails people actually open. I keep things clear and friendly, and I check the numbers every month.
Example Output
1. JOB MATCH MAP | Requirement | Proof (quoted) | Match | | 2+ years email marketing | "Marketing Coordinator, Brightline Dental Group (2022 to now). Send the monthly patient newsletter in Mailchimp" | Strong | | Segmentation | "Set up audience segments by clinic location" | Strong | | A/B testing | "Ran two subject line A/B tests in Mailchimp in 2024 (results not saved)" | Partial | | ESP experience, Klaviyo preferred | "Mailchimp" | Partial (no Klaviyo) | | Reporting on open, click, revenue | "Pull monthly reports from Google Analytics" | Partial (no email or revenue metrics named) | | HTML email edits (nice to have) | "edit Mailchimp templates in the code editor" | Strong | | SMS marketing (nice to have) | None found | None | | Shopify (nice to have) | None found | None | 2. GAPS - Klaviyo: name Mailchimp as your ESP and mention in the cover letter that you are ready to learn Klaviyo. Do not list Klaviyo as a skill. - Revenue reporting: if your monthly reports include email open and click rates, say so. Otherwise leave revenue out. - SMS and Shopify: leave out. No evidence. 3. SUMMARY Email marketer who turns messy contact lists into emails people actually open. Since 2022 I have run a monthly Mailchimp newsletter for about 14,000 contacts, build location based segments, and rebuilt reminder emails that cut no shows from 11% to 8%. 4. BULLETS Marketing Coordinator, Brightline Dental Group - Rebuilt automated appointment reminder emails, reducing the no show rate from 11% to 8% over six months. - Send a monthly newsletter in Mailchimp to about 14,000 patients, segmented by clinic location. - Ran subject line A/B tests in Mailchimp to improve open rates [ADD NUMBER IF TRUE]. - Edit Mailchimp email templates in the HTML code editor. - Build monthly performance reports from Google Analytics for leadership. Marketing Assistant, Riverside Credit Union - Wrote and sent event promotion emails and designed matching flyers. 5. SKILLS Mailchimp, email segmentation, A/B testing, HTML email editing, Google Analytics, social media copy. 6. KEYWORD CHECK Now covered: email marketing, segmentation, A/B testing, ESP, HTML email, reporting. Do not add: Klaviyo, SMS, Shopify, revenue attribution. 7. CHANGE LOG - Summary rewritten in your voice from the voice sample. - Reminder bullet moved first and now leads with the result. - A/B testing added from extra evidence, number left as a placeholder. - HTML editing added from extra evidence. - "Write social posts for 6 clinics" moved to the skills line to save space on one page.