AI Prompt for Resume & ATS
Build a strong first resume for new graduates and early-career professionals with little or no formal work experience.
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=== CANDIDATE INFO ===
Education: {{EDUCATION}}
Major / GPA: {{MAJOR_GPA}}
Internships (paid or unpaid): {{INTERNSHIPS}}
Projects (academic, personal, hackathon): {{PROJECTS}}
Volunteer Work: {{VOLUNTEER}}
Extracurriculars / Leadership: {{EXTRACURRICULARS}}
Relevant Coursework: {{COURSES}}
Technical Skills / Tools: {{SKILLS}}
Target Role: {{TARGET_ROLE}}
Target Industry: {{TARGET_INDUSTRY}}
=== RESUME STRUCTURE ===
**1. Contact Header**
Name, phone, email, LinkedIn, GitHub / portfolio (if relevant), city (no full address)
**2. Education Section (FIRST — unusual for experienced pros, but correct for new grads)**
- Degree, major, minor, university
- Expected or actual graduation date
- GPA if 3.5+, otherwise omit
- Honors, relevant coursework (only courses that map to the target role)
- Study abroad, if relevant
**3. Projects (the star section for new grads)**
Treat projects like real work experience. For each:
- Project name and 1-line description
- What you built / did (tech stack, tools, methodology)
- Impact or outcome (even if academic: "won hackathon," "selected as top 10%," "deployed to 200 users")
- 2-4 bullet points each
**4. Experience (internships, part-time, relevant volunteer)**
- Treat every role as valuable
- Use strong action verbs
- Quantify what you can
- No apology for "just" being an intern or cashier
**5. Leadership / Activities**
- Clubs, teams, competitions where you led or contributed meaningfully
- Show initiative, collaboration, resilience
**6. Skills**
- Technical tools, programming languages, software
- Certifications
- Languages
- Keep it honest — don't list "expert" in something you used once
**7. Optional: Awards / Publications**
Only if substantive
=== RULES FOR NEW GRADS ===
- 1 page maximum
- Don't pad with irrelevant high school accomplishments
- Don't invent experience
- Emphasize curiosity, learning velocity, and ownership
- Lead with the most RELEVANT thing, not the most RECENT
=== OUTPUT ===
1. Full resume
2. A "gap fill" plan: what 2-3 concrete things to do in the next 30 days to strengthen the resume (side project, cert, shadowing)
3. A LinkedIn "about" section that matches the resume's positioning