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Turn your experience into a clean, recruiter-ready résumé in minutes. Upload an existing Résumé or start from scratch, optionally paste the job posting you are applying for, and your wording is shaped to match that role. Download the finished Résumé as a PDF — and generate a matching cover letter — free, with no account and no credit card.
Tailored to the job
Paste a job description or URL and your Résumé is rewritten around the skills that posting asks for, so recruiters see the match immediately.
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A clear, parseable structure that applicant tracking systems can read without losing content, so your application reaches a human reviewer.
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How it works: upload your current Résumé or start fresh, check your details, add the role you are targeting, then preview and download your finished Résumé.
When a cover letter still changes the outcome
Plenty of applications never have their letter opened. It still matters in three situations: when you are changing industry and the Résumé alone looks like a mismatch, when there is a gap or an unusual move that needs one sentence of context, and when the employer is small enough that a human reads everything.
In those cases the letter is not a summary of your Résumé. It is the argument for why this particular jump makes sense, written in your own voice.
The four-paragraph structure that works
A letter that runs longer than one page loses. Keep it to four short paragraphs and roughly 250 words.
- Opening: the role, and the one reason you are writing — not 'I am writing to apply for'
- Proof: one achievement from your Résumé expanded with the context and the number
- Fit: what you know about this employer specifically, and where you would contribute first
- Close: availability, notice period, and a plain request for a conversation
Sample: an opening paragraph, rewritten
The first two lines decide whether the rest is read.
Standard opening
- Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to apply for the position of Marketing Manager advertised on your website. I believe I would be a great fit for your company.
Rewritten opening
- Dear Ms Keller, I've spent four years building lifecycle email programmes for subscription businesses — most recently taking Voltra's renewal rate from 61% to 74%. Your Marketing Manager posting leads with retention, which is the part of the job I actually enjoy.
Named recipient, relevant number, and a direct link to the posting's first priority.
Frequently asked questions
- Do I need a separate letter for every application?
- Yes, at least in the fit paragraph. Reusing a letter unchanged is visible immediately and undoes the effort of tailoring your Résumé.
- How long should it be?
- One page, 200 to 300 words. Recruiters read letters on a phone more often than on a desktop.
- Will the letter match my Résumé visually?
- Yes. The letter uses the same header, typeface and spacing as the Résumé you build here, so the pair looks like one application.
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