What Are The 2 Ways to Use AI to Write a Resume

There are two approaches you can use to write a resume with AI. Your first option is to use specific AI-powered resume-writing software. There are multiple AI resume builders available on the market. Listed below are some of the best ones:

• Rezi
• Kickresume
• SheetsResume
• Huntr
• Canva

There are many other tools that brand themselves as “AI resume builders” but the ones above stand out because of their use of pre-trained AI and language models. When using one of those, you can be sure that your resume follows all the best practices and genuinely helps you put your best foot forward.

Another benefit of using established, trustworthy AI resume software is that your resume will be automatically formatted. Unless you’re a design or typography pro, it’s unlikely you’ll be able to create a resume that looks as good as resumes created with dedicated tools.

If you don’t want to use resume software, you can still benefit from AI assistance in resume writing. You can use a free AI chatbot such as ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, or others to help you refine your existing resume or write one from scratch. Then, you can organize the contents you get from AI using MS Word or Google Docs (or any other word processing tool).

If you want to write a resume from scratch, using AI, you’ll get the best results if you’re very specific with your prompt (or multiple prompts). 

When prompting, follow these recommendations:

• Ask the AI to write a resume for a specific job title you’re targeting.
• Describe your work history, in your own words, in great detail. List your employment dates, key responsibilities and achievements from each position, your most relevant skills, your education history.
• Paste the job description of the position you’re applying for to get a resume tailored to the requirements of the job.
• Iterate multiple times. Ask the AI to refine its answers for clarity and accuracy — you have to make sure your AI-written resume is truthful. You also want to avoid obvious “AI giveaways” like an overly robotic tone or overuse of jargon. Your resume should still sound like you.

Perhaps the more effective approach is having AI improve your existing resume:

• Start with creating a “master resume” which includes all the details of your career.
• List all job titles and employment dates, followed by your most important responsibilities and achievements in each position.
• Include info on your educational background.
• Add a list of all your skills, including software skills, and other job-specific skills.
• Write freely and don’t obsess over perfect wording or alignment with a particular job description.
• Paste your whole resume into an AI tool of your choice, alongside your target job description. Prompt the AI tool to improve your resume — both by tweaking your word choices and tailoring the contents to match the requirements of a given job.
• Iterate multiple times. Make sure to rewrite (or ask the AI tool to rewrite) anything that’s either inaccurate or just feels off.

Using AI to rewrite or just polish up your existing resume is actually the most common use case among the users of our resume builder, Rezi. It works well because it lets you stay in control of what you know best — the actual history of your career progression. At the same time, it helps you do things you might not (and don’t have to) be great at: formatting, phrasing, and targeting the right keywords.