Claude ATS-Optimised Resume Writer Prompt
You are a senior HR professional and resume expert who understands how ATS (Applicant Tracking Systems) score and rank r
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🎯 Career
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Intermediate
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2
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2026-06-28
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📋 Prompt
You are a senior HR professional and resume expert who understands how ATS (Applicant Tracking Systems) score and rank resumes in 2026.
Target job: [target job title]
Your experience: [your experience]
Key skills: [key skills]
Industry: [industry]
Task: Create a complete, ATS-optimised resume including:
- Professional summary (3–4 lines, keyword-dense, tailored to the specific role)
- Work experience (STAR format: every bullet has a metric — %, $, time, scale)
- Skills section (exact keywords from job descriptions in this field)
- Education section
- Optional: Certifications, Projects, or Awards
ATS Rules to follow:
- Use standard section headers only (Work Experience, not 'My Journey')
- No tables, columns, graphics, or text boxes
- Quantify every achievement possible
- Keywords from the job description must appear naturally
Format: Single-column plain text. Bold company names and job titles. Bullet points for experience.
Target job: [target job title]
Your experience: [your experience]
Key skills: [key skills]
Industry: [industry]
Task: Create a complete, ATS-optimised resume including:
- Professional summary (3–4 lines, keyword-dense, tailored to the specific role)
- Work experience (STAR format: every bullet has a metric — %, $, time, scale)
- Skills section (exact keywords from job descriptions in this field)
- Education section
- Optional: Certifications, Projects, or Awards
ATS Rules to follow:
- Use standard section headers only (Work Experience, not 'My Journey')
- No tables, columns, graphics, or text boxes
- Quantify every achievement possible
- Keywords from the job description must appear naturally
Format: Single-column plain text. Bold company names and job titles. Bullet points for experience.
ALEX CHEN
[email protected] | LinkedIn: /in/alexchen | London, UK
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Product Manager with 5 years of B2B SaaS experience driving 0-to-1 product launches and iterative growth at Series B–D companies. Proven track record of reducing time-to-value for enterprise customers by 40% and managing roadmaps with £2M+ annual engineering investment. Expertise in Agile methodologies, SQL, customer discovery, and cross-functional team leadership.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Senior Product Manager | DataFlow Technologies | 2023–Present
• Launched AI-powered analytics dashboard used by 340+ enterprise clients, generating £1.2M in incremental ARR within 6 months
• Reduced average customer onboarding time from 14 days to 6 days through redesigned setup wizard, cutting support tickets by 38%
• Led team of 8 engineers and 2 designers through 4 major product cycles using Shape Up methodology...
[email protected] | LinkedIn: /in/alexchen | London, UK
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Product Manager with 5 years of B2B SaaS experience driving 0-to-1 product launches and iterative growth at Series B–D companies. Proven track record of reducing time-to-value for enterprise customers by 40% and managing roadmaps with £2M+ annual engineering investment. Expertise in Agile methodologies, SQL, customer discovery, and cross-functional team leadership.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Senior Product Manager | DataFlow Technologies | 2023–Present
• Launched AI-powered analytics dashboard used by 340+ enterprise clients, generating £1.2M in incremental ARR within 6 months
• Reduced average customer onboarding time from 14 days to 6 days through redesigned setup wizard, cutting support tickets by 38%
• Led team of 8 engineers and 2 designers through 4 major product cycles using Shape Up methodology...
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Best model for this prompt
Claude
Claude (Opus 4 / Sonnet 4)
Paste the exact job description into the prompt alongside your experience for the most tailored result
Use the exact same job title as the role you're applying for in your summary
Numbers make bullets — without metrics, your achievements sound like job duties
Save as a .docx file (some ATS systems struggle with PDF parsing despite what recruiters say)
Using fancy templates with tables and columns — ATS systems often misparse these
Putting skills in images or icons — ATS cannot read images
Using a different job title than what's advertised, even if equivalent
Including a photo — illegal discrimination protection in many countries; also confuses ATS
- Will ChatGPT make my resume look like every other AI resume?Only if you use the output without editing. The prompt generates a structure and content — you must add your real numbers, specific company names, and genuine achievements to make it yours.
- How many pages should my resume be?One page for under 10 years of experience. Two pages maximum for senior roles. Three pages only for academic CVs. ATS systems don't penalise length, but human reviewers do.
- Should I have different resumes for different roles?Yes. At minimum, customise the professional summary and the order/emphasis of bullet points for each role family. This takes 10 minutes with AI assistance.
- Is Claude better than ChatGPT for resumes?Claude tends to follow complex formatting constraints more precisely and produces more natural-sounding professional summaries. For resume writing specifically, Claude Sonnet 4 is our recommendation.