> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.hadess.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Resume optimization

> Tailor your resume to a specific job posting

## What is resume optimization?

Resume optimization compares your resume against a specific job description. It finds gaps, suggests keywords to add, and helps you tailor your resume so it matches what the employer is looking for.

Find it at **/resume-optimization**.

## How to use it

1. Upload or paste your resume content
2. Paste the job description from the job posting
3. Click **Optimize**
4. Wait for the analysis to complete (takes a few seconds)
5. Review the results

## Analysis steps

The system runs through several stages:

1. **Prepare**: processes your resume content
2. **Extract skills**: identifies skills mentioned in both your resume and the job posting
3. **Match keywords**: compares terminology between the two
4. **Generate insights**: creates specific recommendations
5. **Load results**: displays everything for you to review

## What you get

### Keyword recommendations

A list of terms from the job posting that are missing from your resume. Adding these can help your resume pass applicant tracking systems (ATS).

### Skills to highlight

Skills you have that the job requires: make sure these stand out on your resume.

### Formatting suggestions

Tips on structure, layout, and section order to improve readability.

### Impact statements

Suggestions for turning your experience into quantified results. For example, turning "managed firewall rules" into "managed firewall rules across 200+ endpoints, reducing unauthorized access attempts by 60%."

### Compatibility score

An overall score showing how well your resume matches the job description.

## Before and after

Review a side-by-side view of your original resume and the optimized version to see exactly what changed.

<Tip>Run optimization for each job you apply to. Different postings use different keywords even for similar roles.</Tip>