Curious how people are handling resumes right now. I’m applying to technical roles and can’t tell if it’s better to fully tailor my resume for every job or keep one strong version and tweak keywords. Are you customizing bullets, projects, even titles or just light edits? What’s actually working for you in this market?

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I keep one base template resume and just tweak as needed based on the role I'm applying for. Full rewrites for every listing isn't sustainable when you're applying to 30+ roles a week. I use Claude and just have it rephrase certain sections and double check all the ATS keywords are there. Easy enough.

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I keep one strong core resume and tailor the top third only. Summary, keywords, and project framing change. Full rewrites burned time with no return. Consistency plus targeted relevance has worked better for me.

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I have a resume based on the job titles I apply to, and each has a score of at least 90+ for the titles. So far, it has worked for me pretty well because I have gotten interviews from places where I doubt myself.

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I have one strong copy and then tweak based on the skills that are highlighted in the job description. It’s not too different job post to job post, but if you are applying to a variety of jobs, I could see where tailoring everyone makes more sense. That all said, it’s still taking a while to hear back.

I usually do some mild tweaking, depends how interested I am in the role but I'd rather give 100% and actually land and interview.l

I guess best way to go about it is to have one resume that I can tweak over and over

This is very time-consuming if you are unemployed and are desperate to get a job, then sure! But for passive, this is too much work.

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