Auto-tailoring your resume with Copilot's Keywords Score

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Auto-tailoring helps you adapt your resume to a specific job description without rewriting it from scratch for every application.

Copilot is able to compare your current resume against the job posting, identify missing keywords or skills, and helps generate a version of your resume that is more aligned with that role.

We built this feature around one of the biggest frustrations in the job search: most candidates know they should tailor their resume, but doing it manually for every application takes a huge amount of time. 

Tailoring your resume to a specific role helps create stronger applications by aligning your experience more closely with the job description.

How to check whether your resume matches a job description

When Copilot detects a supported job page, open the Keywords Score tab.

This compares your current resume against the job posting and highlights:

  • keywords and skills the company is looking for

  • which terms already appear in your resume

  • which important skills or qualifications may be missing

  • how closely your resume aligns with the role overall

This gives you a quick way to understand where your resume already matches the position and where you may want to improve alignment before applying.

Alongside Keywords Score, Resume Builder also includes a Simplify Resume Score and ATS checker. Together, they help improve both job-specific keyword alignment and overall ATS performance before you apply.

How to tailor your resume with Simplify+

With Simplify+, Copilot can help update your resume using the language and priorities from the job description.

Add missing keywords

Copilot can rework existing bullet points and resume sections to naturally include missing keywords or skills from the posting.

This usually means:

  • adjusting wording to better match the role

  • surfacing relevant skills already reflected in your experience

  • aligning terminology with the company’s description of the work

We recommend our users always review edits before submitting a tailored version in an application.

Generate a tailored version for a specific application

You can also create a fully tailored version of your resume for a particular role.

A tailored version may:

  • prioritize more relevant experience

  • update wording to better reflect the job description

  • emphasize skills that are more closely related to the role

  • improve alignment between your background and the posting

Your original resume stays unchanged. Simplify saves the tailored version separately so you can manage different resume versions across applications.

How resume tailoring works inside Simplify

Resume tailoring works best when your Simplify profile is complete and up to date.

Your profile is the professional data layer that powers Simplify across:

  • resume tailoring

  • Copilot autofill

  • job matches

  • recruiter visibility if you choose to enable it

  • application tracking in Simplify Job Tracker

When you tailor a resume, Copilot uses the information already stored in your profile and resumes to generate a version that better reflects the target role.

That means the work you do once inside Simplify carries across the rest of your job search instead of being repeated for every application.

You stay in control throughout the process:

  • you can review edits before using them

  • you can keep multiple resume versions

  • your original resume is preserved

  • you can edit tailored resumes anytime

Why tailored resumes matter

Recruiters and applicant tracking systems usually scan resumes quickly for relevant skills, experience, and terminology.

When your resume more clearly reflects the language and priorities in the job description, it becomes easier to identify your background as relevant to the role.

That does not guarantee interviews or outcomes, and not every keyword matters equally. But in general, stronger alignment between your resume and the job posting can improve the quality of your application.

We designed auto-tailoring to help with the manual part of resume customization while still keeping the candidate in control of the final version.