Honest Resume Coach

Tell your real story in plain language you can back up. When a number's missing we ask; we never make one up. Single-column, ATS-safe · free export

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Work Experience

No formal work experience? Open this → these all count
  • Coursework projects (assignments, capstone, group work)
  • Personal / open-source projects (GitHub, portfolio)
  • Part-time / internships / on-campus jobs (TA, work-study)
  • Clubs / student orgs / volunteering (volunteer hours count too)
  • Competitions / hackathons / awards
  • Self-taught skills (certs, online courses, side projects)

Drop any one of these below, then use the ✨ honest coach to turn it into a strong bullet.

Missing quantification (the Y in XYZ)Weak verb "responsible for"

Projects

Weak verb "helped"

Education

Skills

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ATS parsing + honesty score

Simulates how mainstream parsers (Workday/Greenhouse) extract plain text, and checks 3 bullets against XYZ / weak-verb / AI-tell rules. A rough preview, not an official ATS result.

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Responsible for managing the company's Instagram account” · Marketing Intern

Missing quantification (the Y in XYZ)Weak verb "responsible for"

Built a React web app that helped 200+ students log surplus dining-hall food, cutting reported waste by 30%” · Campus Food-Waste Tracker

Weak verb "helped"

Job-keyword match (honest version)

Paste the target JD. We show which of its keywords you cover, but we won't stuff words: only what you really did goes in.

Jordan Lee
jordan.lee@bu.edu | (617) 555-0142 | Boston, MA | linkedin.com/in/jordanlee

Work Experience

Marketing Intern, GreenLeaf StartupJun 2024 – Aug 2024
Remote
  • Responsible for managing the company's Instagram account
  • Grew follower base from 1,200 to 3,500 by launching a weekly content series

Projects

Campus Food-Waste Tracker, CS50 Final ProjectMar 2024 – May 2024
  • Built a React web app that helped 200+ students log surplus dining-hall food, cutting reported waste by 30%

Education

Boston UniversitySep 2022 – May 2026
B.S. Computer Science (Expected 2026) · Boston, MA
GPA 3.8 / Dean's List

Skills

Python, JavaScript, React, SQL, Figma, Google Analytics