#claude

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.

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.