How to build and download a resume

Open Resume Builder

1. Sign in to your dashboard.
2. Select Resume Builder.

My Resumes opens with your latest resume's score and Next moves, biggest first: the fixes that would raise your score most, across all your resumes. Click Fix it (or Go to the line if fixes aren't on your plan) to jump to that line. Under Your resumes, click a resume to open it, or New resume or Import to start another.

Build your resume

The page has three columns. On the left you edit one section at a time. In the middle are your resume pages, the same PDF you download, updating as you type. On the right are your score and the list of your resume's sections.

1. Click Details on the right and enter your name, Target role, contact details and Work authorisation. Tick This resume is for remote-only roles if that applies.
2. Click Summary and write a short summary. Add Target job keywords from the job description.
3. Click Career highlights to add your strongest results.
4. Under Experience, click a role to edit it, or Add a role to add one. Fill in the Job title, Company, Company details (such as size, stage, revenue or the KPIs you owned), Location, Start and End (blank if current), then add your achievements.
5. Click Skills and Education to finish.

To rename your resume, click its name at the top left of the page and type a new one. A new resume starts as Untitled resume.

Import an existing resume

If you already have a resume, you can import it instead of typing everything in. Your file is read only in your browser; only the details you add to your resume are saved.

1. Click Import a resume at the top of the page.
2. Click Choose your resume and pick a PDF, DOCX or TXT file of up to 8 MB. Scanned PDFs without selectable text can't be read.
3. If your resume is blank and the file reads cleanly, it fills in straight away and your score appears. Otherwise you see what was read, with anything to check under Check these after importing.
4. On a blank resume, click Add to my resume. If your resume already has content, click Fill empty fields only or Replace this resume.
5. Review the filled-in fields. Your changes save automatically.

Review your resume

Resume Builder scores your resume and shows what to improve as you work. Your score out of 100 is at the top of the right-hand column, with how many fixes are left. Each section in the list shows how many fixes it needs, or Done when there's nothing left.

1. Look for numbered marks beside lines on your resume pages. Each mark matches a numbered tip in the form, under the field it's about.
2. Click a mark to open that section and highlight its tip. The tip says what to change and how many points fixing it is worth.
3. Edit the field. The score, the marks and the section list update as you type.

Tips about the resume as a whole appear under Across the whole resume in Details. Suggestions marked Worth adding don't cost you points.

If a tip doesn't apply to you, click Ignore next to it. It's hidden and stops costing points while that line stays the same; if you edit the line, it's checked again. To bring ignored tips back, click Restore followed by the number of ignored tips, under the list of sections.

Click a section in that list to bring it to the top of the page.

How to fix each tip is part of Plus, Extra and Premium. On other plans, a locked tip shows Unlock fixes with Plus.

Keep accomplishments in your Library

Your Library stores accomplishments you can reuse in any resume. Click Library in the Resume Builder sidebar to open it.

Bring in wins from your check-ins:

1. When you submit an employment check-in, choose Career achievement under How should this check-in be classified? and turn on Add to your resume builder. You can also click Do this week's check-in in your Library.
2. New wins appear under To review, and Library in the sidebar shows how many are waiting. Click Check for new check-ins if one hasn't arrived.
3. For each one, edit the Resume line, check the role it Goes under, then click Keep it. Click Same as one I have to link it to an accomplishment you already kept, or the cross to mark it Not for a resume. Click Put back to review to bring back one you set aside.

Add your own: click Add your own, write the result in your own words, add the details you want, and click Add to Library.

In your Library lists everything you've kept, by role, and On a resume shows the ones already used. Filter by role, Not on a resume yet or Archived, or Search accomplishments. Click Edit to change one, or Archive to put it away.

Add an accomplishment to your resume

From your Library: click Add to a resume on an accomplishment, choose Which resume? and Into which role?, then click Add it.

From the resume itself:

1. Open your resume. (On a new resume, Add from Library turns on once your resume has saved for the first time.)
2. Click Add from Library at the top of the page.
3. Under Choose a role…, pick the job in your work history where the accomplishment belongs.
4. Click Add next to the accomplishment. It's added to that job.

Save a draft

Resume Builder saves your resume automatically a moment after you stop typing, so there's no save button. Next to the resume's name you'll see Saving…, then when it last saved, such as Saved just now.

If you changed the same resume in another tab or on another device, this tab stops saving and shows Changed in another tab or device. Click Reload to open the newer version, so nothing is overwritten.

Download the PDF

When your resume looks right, click Export PDF at the top of the page to download a PDF copy.

Review the preview before exporting so your PDF matches the version you want to share.

You can also download a saved resume from My Resumes: open the menu on its card and click Export PDF. The same menu has Delete.

What to do next

After you export your resume, you can upload it to the Job Tracker for resume analysis and job application workflows. See How to upload your resume to the job tracker and Using Career Agent to automate your job search.