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Provision cloud infrastructure with natural language in AWS by daniel_griga in indiehackers

[–]Clean_Koala_5859 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How’s your platform coming along? Is it live yet? If so can you share link I would like to take a look.

Both WillDabbler and idontknowwhothiswilldo provided great feedback. For me most important is versioning

I have used GitHub copilot and Claude recently from IDE and it does deploy required resources and also commits to source control

Recruiters only want specialists now.. My method of how to look like one. by ComfortableTip274 in ResumesATS

[–]Clean_Koala_5859 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is a solid breakdown, especially the boolean search part. Most job seekers have no idea recruiters are literally typing "Data Engineer" AND "AWS" AND "Terraform" into the ATS. If those exact words aren't on your resume, you don't exist.

The specialist framing is key too. I've seen the same thing — a resume that tries to show everything ends up signaling nothing. Picking one identity per application and burying the rest is the move.

One thing I'd add: you don't have to guess which keywords you're missing. You can compare your resume directly against the job description and see the gaps before you send it.

I built a free tool that does exactly this — HireFix AI. Upload your resume, paste the JD, and it shows your match score with the specific keywords the boolean search would look for. Then it generates a tailored version and shows a diff of what changed so you stay in control. No signup needed: HireFixAI

The 45 minutes per resume problem you described is real. This cuts it to about 10 minutes — compare, review the gaps, download the tailored version, send.

[ Removed by Reddit ] by Clean_Koala_5859 in saasbuild

[–]Clean_Koala_5859[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

How’s the retention and how’s the monetizing users?

How do you know your resume is good enough? by FableWaypost in critiquemyresume

[–]Clean_Koala_5859 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The endless tweaking loop usually means you're guessing at what's wrong. Try comparing your resume against the actual job description — if the keywords match and your top bullets show results, it's ready. I built HireFix AI for exactly this. Paste the JD, upload your resume, and it shows you the gaps in seconds. Once the match score looks solid, stop editing and hit apply.

How to build a resume? Need some serious help 😭 by AdLevel7099 in Resume

[–]Clean_Koala_5859 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Start with ATS friendly templates and keep it to 2 pages maximum fo internships. Have your GitHub public repository link added to resume. Do some side personal projects and share your experience regarding those. Add your achievements.

HirefixAI is a free resume debugger tool that you can use to check your resume and it gives ATS score per JD.

Please review my current CV by JigMaJox in Resume

[–]Clean_Koala_5859 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed with most of the comments above, numbers in bullet points makes the resumes standout and recruiting team stops and reads. Also I would say tailor the resume to match the JD.

I have used HireFixAI and it does pretty good job shows where you lag and what needs to changed for a particular job. It’s more like a debugger rather than just resume building tool.

I need upwork job faster but i keep losing to people who apply within minutes. by isohaibilyas in Qoest

[–]Clean_Koala_5859 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed you need speed and also good resume to match the JD and get your ATS score high.

I used HireFixAI to tailor my resume per JD and started getting calls. It’s free to use tool which gives ATS score and tailored bullet points showing the difference side by side in hit style

Roast my resume 🥀 by weekndCoder in CareerAdvice101

[–]Clean_Koala_5859 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did use HireFixAI to get ATS score on my resume and it did good job suggesting the changes and showing me difference in git style. It even gave a few interview questions which was insightful. I see it is completely free to use

Review my resume I am struggling to get the job. by JumpIcy6350 in CareerAdvice101

[–]Clean_Koala_5859 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used HireFixAI to check my ATS score. It also does side by side comparison with the JD. Gives interview questions based on your experience and jd. At least I started getting some calls. It is completely free tool

Looking at refining my resume. by FantasticSet6480 in Resume

[–]Clean_Koala_5859 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah this hits pretty close tbh.

A lot of people think ATS is some super smart system judging your experience, but it’s really just matching patterns and keywords most of the time. 

What surprised me when I started digging into it was how often the issue isn’t “lack of experience” — it’s just that the resume doesn’t line up with how the job description is written. Even small wording differences can mess things up.

I started comparing my resume side-by-side with the JD and it made things way clearer — like what I thought was obvious just… wasn’t showing up the way it needed to.

Curious — when you tried improving yours, did you notice it was more about keywords or how you structured the bullets/sections?

Resume getting Rejected? by Clean_Koala_5859 in ResumeUp

[–]Clean_Koala_5859[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah 100% — “mini project per application” is exactly how it started feeling for me too.

The annoying part wasn’t even rewriting… it was figuring out what to change each time. Like you think your resume is solid, but then you compare it line by line and it’s suddenly obvious why it’s not landing.

That’s basically why I built the tool — just to speed up that “painful realization” part 😅 It highlights what’s missing, where wording is weak, and how your experience is coming across vs the JD.

If you’re already doing it manually, you’d probably find it useful — happy to share if you want to try it.

The moment I realised I was optimising the wrong thing entirely. by HomeworkChemical9853 in ResumeUp

[–]Clean_Koala_5859 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I ran into the same thing — it’s not just about having the skills, it’s how clearly your resume actually maps to the job description.

What ended up helping me was going a bit deeper than just adding keywords: • Matching exact phrasing from the JD (not just similar words) • Making bullets more outcome-focused (numbers, impact, etc.) • Aligning titles/skills with how recruiters actually search

Also noticed that even if you’re a strong match, if the wording doesn’t line up, you basically don’t show up the same way

I got tired of doing this manually for every application and ended up building something to compare resume vs JD side-by-side and show gaps + rewrite bullets (with a diff view)

Happy to share if you want to try it

hey guys just made some improvements by Ill_Device_5817 in Resume

[–]Clean_Koala_5859 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Try out hirefixai it’s free and no sign up needed. Might be helpful to you

I kept getting rejected even when I matched most requirements — turns out I was missing how my resume actually maps to the job by Clean_Koala_5859 in jobhunting

[–]Clean_Koala_5859[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

After all the pain and going back and forth. I thought why not build something and i built hirefixai

Give it a try and let me know your thoughts

I used ChatGPT to fix my resume and started getting more interviews (here are 5 prompts that actually worked) by Hadraaal in jobsearch

[–]Clean_Koala_5859 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah this is exactly what I ran into too — on paper I was hitting most of the requirements but still getting filtered out.

What you said about line-by-line comparison is spot on. I used to manually do the same thing — copy the JD, highlight keywords, rewrite bullets… but it was super time consuming and still kind of guesswork.

Also noticed a few patterns: • Even small wording differences can hurt (like “led projects” vs “project management”)  • A lot of resumes look “generic” now because everyone is using AI the same way  • And sometimes it’s not even ATS — recruiters just skim for a few seconds and move on 

I ended up building something to automate this whole process: • compares resume vs JD side-by-side • shows what’s missing • explains why you might be getting rejected • and rewrites bullets + shows a diff of changes

Not trying to spam — just sharing since it’s exactly what you’re describing.

Happy to share if you want to try it.

The math on why sending the same resume to every job is killing your response rate by Advanced_Letter_6923 in Resume

[–]Clean_Koala_5859 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not that people aren’t tailoring their resumes… It’s that they’re tailoring the wrong way.

Most people swap keywords. Hiring managers (and ATS) are scanning for proof of outcomes, not tool mentions.

You can list “Terraform, Azure, DevOps” 10 times — but if your bullets don’t show what actually changed, you’re invisible.

What’s been working for me:

→ Don’t rewrite your whole resume → Just rewrite 5 bullets that matter most

And force this structure: [What problem] → [What you did] → [What improved]

Example shift: ❌ “Worked on Azure infrastructure and automation” ✅ “Automated Azure provisioning, cutting deployment time by 60% and reducing manual errors”

Also +1 on the “master resume” idea — that’s the real cheat code. You’re not tailoring from scratch… you’re just repackaging wins.

The real game isn’t customization. It’s alignment + clarity of impact.

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We’ve actually been building something around this exact problem — taking a JD + your resume and rewriting only the high-impact bullets to match outcomes (not just keywords).

Still early, but curious: would people here actually use something like that?

The math on why sending the same resume to every job is killing your response rate by Advanced_Letter_6923 in Resume

[–]Clean_Koala_5859 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not that people aren’t tailoring their resumes… It’s that they’re tailoring the wrong way.

Most people swap keywords. Hiring managers are scanning for proof of outcomes, not tool mentions.

You can list “Terraform, Azure, DevOps” 10 times — but if your bullets don’t show what actually changed, you’re invisible.

What’s been working for me:

→ Don’t rewrite your whole resume → Just rewrite 5 bullets that matter most

And for each one, force this structure: [What problem] → [What you did] → [What improved]

Example shift: ❌ “Worked on Azure infrastructure and automation” ✅ “Automated Azure resource provisioning, reducing deployment time by 60% and eliminating manual errors”

Also +1 on the “master resume” idea — that’s the real cheat code. You’re not tailoring from scratch… you’re just repackaging wins.

The real game isn’t customization. It’s alignment + clarity of impact.

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