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User refines resume 36 times with Claude, balancing ATS and human review

An individual used Claude to iteratively refine their resume over 36 attempts, focusing on both Applicant Tracking System (ATS) compatibility and human recruiter appeal. The process involved a feedback loop where the AI generated resume drafts and the user provided visual and content critiques. Key to the success was Claude's ability to generate code and text, while the user provided the crucial visual assessment and domain-specific knowledge, ensuring the resume met both automated and human screening criteria. AI

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User refines resume 36 times with Claude, balancing ATS and human review

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  1. dev.to — Claude Code tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Odilon HUGONNOT ·

    Rebuilding My Resume with Claude: 36 Iterations, ATS + Recruiter Scoring, and the Final PDF

    <p>My V2 resume opened with <em>"39 years old, 10 years of experience"</em>. I have 14. The PDF had been sleeping on OVH for four years, linked from <code>index.php:1019</code>, and nobody had reopened it. I wanted to fix three lines. I ended up with 36 iterations, dual ATS/recru…