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How the manual maker works

  1. Fill in structured fields. Profile, summary, skills, experience, education, projects, certifications, languages, and achievements each get their own field — so the layout stays consistent no matter how much you write, and nothing important gets forgotten.
  2. Watch the live preview. Every keystroke updates the preview on the right (or in the preview modal on mobile), so you always see exactly what the exported page will look like.
  3. Check the readiness score. The maker scores the resume as you build it and prompts for the evidence that's missing — a metric here, a scope there — before you export.
  4. Pick a template and target. Choose a template and a target company type; the guidance panel adjusts what it nags you about, because a startup application and an enterprise one are screened differently.
  5. Export PDF or DOCX. Free exports a real PDF. Premium removes the watermark and adds DOCX for employers that ask for an editable file.

Example: a bullet worth writing

Since you're writing every word yourself here, the quality of your bullets is the whole game. The pattern that works is action, scope, result:

  • Weak: "Managed social media accounts."
    Strong: "Managed 4 brand social accounts, growing combined following from 8k to 31k in 10 months."
  • Weak: "Did data entry and reporting."
    Strong: "Maintained a 12,000-row sales database and built weekly dashboards used by 3 regional managers."

If you don't have an exact number, honest scope still beats vagueness: "for a 6-person support team" or "across 3 product launches" tells the reader far more than an adjective. The readiness score will keep prompting until each role has at least one bullet with real evidence in it.

Why manual, and when to switch

The manual maker exists because AI writing isn't always what you want. Career switchers with an unusual story, students whose strongest material is coursework and clubs, and anyone who simply wants to own every word gets better results writing directly — with the tool enforcing the part humans get wrong, which is structure. The output is always a single-column, standard-heading, text-based layout, the format ATS parsers read most reliably, regardless of what you type into it.

When one specific job matters, that's the moment to switch: your manually built content carries straight into the AI builder, which rewrites emphasis and keywords for a single company and job description. See how that works on the resume tailoring page, or check the finished file with the ATS checker before you send it.

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Browse resume examples by company or by role, read the resume blog, or see pricing.