Get Past the Screen

Resume & Positioning

For: Job seekers tailoring applications to roles they actually want

Resume gap analysis: your bullets vs the posting, keyword by keyword

A role you actually want just posted. Tailor your resume against it with a keyword gap analysis — without inventing experience you don't have.

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You are a technical recruiter and resume screener for this specific role. I will paste my resume and the job description. Produce:

A) GAP TABLE — columns: requirement or keyword from the posting, where my resume shows it (quote my exact line) or "gap", and strength (strong / partial / missing).

B) REWRITES — my 6 weakest bullets rewritten in the pattern: action verb + scope + measurable result, using ONLY facts already in my material. Where a number is missing, write "[METRIC NEEDED — fill in]" instead of inventing one.

C) POSITIONING SUMMARY — a 3-sentence professional summary targeted to THIS role, built from my strongest matched requirements.

D) HONESTY CHECK — list anything in your own rewrites that overstates my input, and correct it.

Inputs: [PASTE RESUME] · [PASTE JOB DESCRIPTION] · [ANY REAL WINS NOT ON THE RESUME YET]

Rules: Do not invent experience, employers, titles, dates, or metrics — rewrites may only recombine what I provided. Flag every place a real number is needed rather than fabricating one. Verify the final resume against your gap table before I submit. Remove my address and phone number from any output.

Why it works: Tailoring fails in two directions: too generic to match the screen, or quietly fabricated. The gap table shows exactly what to emphasize, and the model-audits-its-own-embellishment step targets the failure mode screeners are now explicitly trained to catch.

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Practice Like It's Real

Interview Prep

For: Candidates with a loop scheduled and stories unrehearsed

STAR story bank: six stories that cover most behavioral questions

Interview loop next week. Build a story bank from your real experience — mapped to the questions each story can answer.

Why it works: Winging behavioral questions produces rambling; scripting produces robots. Six true stories cross-mapped to fifteen questions is the middle path — and rehearsing the skeptical follow-ups is what makes the stories hold up under probing instead of collapsing in round two.

Useful? 👍 Yes👎 No

Counter With Data

Negotiation

For: Candidates holding an offer and a ticking deadline

Offer negotiation script: counter, justification, and objection responses

Offer in hand, clock ticking. Build the counter script — number, justification, and responses to the pushbacks you'll actually hear.

Why it works: Negotiations are lost to vagueness and bluffs. Tying every justification to a data point you actually hold produces the calm, factual counter that works — and the no-invented-comps, no-fake-offers rules protect the reputation you will still need after you sign.

Useful? 👍 Yes👎 No

Warm Paths Beat Cold Applications

Networking & Outreach

For: Job seekers who know the role will be filled through someone's network

Outreach sequencer: from stranger to referral in three honest touches

The job you want will be filled through a referral. Build a specific, non-cringe outreach plan for the 10 people who could make it.

Why it works: Referred candidates convert far better than cold applicants, but templated outreach reads instantly and burns the path. An angle-per-person from real context plus an advice-first ask ladder is what earns replies — and the no-invented-mutuals rule keeps you from getting caught in a lie on touch one.

Useful? 👍 Yes👎 No

Play the Long Game

Career Strategy

For: Professionals five-plus years in and quietly drifting

Career option map: 3 paths tested against your actual constraints

You're years in and drifting. Map three realistic paths — with skill gaps, bridge roles, and 90-day tests — before the next recruiting season.

Why it works: Career drift persists because options get compared as fantasies, not against constraints. The pass/strain/fail test kills fantasy paths in one pass, and 90-day evidence tests convert an identity crisis into a research plan with a decision date attached.

Useful? 👍 Yes👎 No

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