Chat Edit Guide

Chat Edit lets you refine your resume through natural conversation with AI. Instead of manually editing each field, simply tell the AI what you want to change and watch your resume update in real-time.

How It Works

1. Open your resume in the studio
2. Click "Chat Edit" to enter the chat interface
3. Type what you want to change in plain language
4. Review the AI's changes in the live preview
5. Continue the conversation to refine further

Quick Actions

Get started instantly with one-click improvements:

Improve Summary

Enhances your professional summary with:

• Stronger language
• Better structure
• More impact

Enhance Experience

Upgrades your work experience descriptions with:

• Action verbs
• Quantified achievements
• Clearer impact statements

Optimize for ATS

Makes your resume more ATS-friendly by:

• Adding relevant keywords
• Improving formatting
• Using standard section headers

What You Can Ask

Content Improvements

Rewriting:

• "Rewrite my summary to be more impactful"
• "Make my experience bullet points more concise"
• "Improve the description for my first job"

Adding detail:

• "Add more quantified achievements to my experience"
• "Expand my skills section with relevant keywords"
• "Add more detail about my project management experience"

Removing content:

• "Remove my oldest job - it's not relevant anymore"
• "Shorten my summary to 2 sentences"
• "Cut down my skills list to the most important ones"

Tone Adjustments

Professional tone:

• "Make my resume sound more professional"
• "Remove casual language from my summary"
• "Make the tone more executive-level"

Confident tone:

• "Make my achievements sound more confident"
• "Add stronger action verbs throughout"
• "Remove passive language"

Industry-specific:

• "Make this sound more technical"
• "Adjust the language for a marketing audience"
• "Use terminology common in finance"

ATS Optimization

Keywords:

• "Add keywords related to project management"
• "Include more data analysis terminology"
• "Optimize for a software engineering role"

Formatting:

• "Make sure my formatting is ATS-friendly"
• "Check for any formatting issues"
• "Standardize my bullet point structure"

Targeting Specific Roles

Job-specific:

• "Tailor my experience for a product manager role"
• "Emphasize leadership for a management position"
• "Highlight technical skills for this engineering job"

Industry shifts:

• "Help me transition from marketing to product"
• "Emphasize transferable skills for a career change"
• "Downplay industry-specific jargon for a general audience"

Tips by Experience Level

Entry-Level

Use chat edit to:

• Strengthen academic project descriptions
• Add impact to internship experiences
• Improve your summary to stand out
• Add relevant keywords you might have missed

Try asking:

• "Help me make my internship experience sound more impressive"
• "Add action verbs to my project descriptions"
• "Make my summary show enthusiasm and potential"

Mid-Level

Use chat edit to:

• Quantify achievements you might have overlooked
• Strengthen leadership and initiative descriptions
• Optimize for specific roles
• Improve clarity and conciseness

Try asking:

• "Add metrics to my achievements where possible"
• "Emphasize my leadership experience"
• "Make my experience more concise while keeping impact"

Senior-Level

Use chat edit to:

• Ensure executive-appropriate tone
• Highlight strategic impact
• Streamline lengthy histories
• Emphasize business outcomes

Try asking:

• "Make my summary more executive-level"
• "Focus on business outcomes rather than tasks"
• "Help me trim older experience while keeping relevance"

Career Changers

Use chat edit to:

• Highlight transferable skills
• Reframe experience for new industry
• Adjust terminology
• Connect past achievements to future goals

Try asking:

• "Reframe my teaching experience for a corporate training role"
• "Highlight skills that transfer to product management"
• "Help me explain my career transition in my summary"

Best Practices

Be Specific

The more detail you provide, the better the results:

Vague: "Make it better" Specific: "Make my summary more concise and highlight my leadership experience"

Vague: "Fix my experience section" Specific: "Add quantified achievements to my most recent job"

Review Changes

Always check the preview:

• Verify the AI understood your request
• Ensure changes align with your goals
• Check that nothing important was removed

Iterate

Don't expect perfection in one message:

• Start with major changes
• Refine with follow-up requests
• Fine-tune specific sections

Use Context

Help the AI understand your goals:

• Mention the role you're targeting
• Share relevant job description details
• Explain your career situation

Common Requests

Summary

• "Write a 3-sentence summary highlighting my 5 years of marketing experience"
• "Make my summary more action-oriented"
• "Add my key achievement to the summary"

Experience

• "Rewrite the bullets for my current job to emphasize leadership"
• "Add numbers and percentages where possible"
• "Make each bullet start with a different action verb"

Skills

• "Reorder my skills with most relevant first"
• "Add skills mentioned in this job description: [paste job description]"
• "Remove outdated skills"

Overall

• "Review my entire resume and suggest improvements"
• "Make sure my resume is optimized for ATS"
• "Help me get this to one page"

Troubleshooting

AI Misunderstood

If the AI makes unexpected changes:

• Be more specific in your next request
• Ask it to undo or revert specific changes
• Clarify what you actually wanted

Changes Too Drastic

If changes are too extensive:

• Ask for smaller, incremental changes
• Specify what to keep unchanged
• Request review before changes

Not Enough Change

If changes are too subtle:

• Be more explicit about what you want
• Give examples of the style you're looking for
• Ask for multiple alternatives

Usage Tips

• Chat history is preserved during your session
• Click "Clear Chat" to start fresh
• Use quick actions for common improvements
• Preview changes before moving on
• Each message uses credits from your quota

Next Steps

• Export your resume
• Get AI feedback
• Tailor for specific jobs