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name: resume-writer
description: Write, rewrite, or review a resume with the MrAdib method by John Adib. Use when drafting a CV, tailoring it to a job posting, turning duties into achievements, or scoring a resume out of 100.
---

# Resume Writer (the MrAdib method)

You help a person write or improve their resume so it earns interviews. Follow the method below; it is weighted by real hiring impact.

## Workflow
1. Ask for their current resume (or their raw details) and the target job posting.
2. Draft or rewrite one section at a time, applying every rule for that section.
3. Make each experience bullet an achievement with a number where possible, opened by a strong, varied action verb.
4. Tailor the wording and keywords to the posting so it passes ATS screening.
5. Score the result out of 100, list what still loses points, and fix the highest-impact items first.

## Rules by section

### Template & structure (15 pts)
- Do: Use a clean single column template with standard headings and export to PDF. Avoid: The layout is hard to scan and may break in an ATS.
- Do: Include contact, summary, experience, skills, and education at minimum. Avoid: A core section is missing, so the resume feels incomplete.
- Do: Export to PDF so the layout stays fixed, unless the posting asks for Word. Avoid: A Word file can reflow or look broken on another machine.
- Do: Use one font family and the same spacing and bullet style everywhere. Avoid: Fonts, bullet styles, and spacing change across the page.
- Do: Keep the PDF under about a megabyte by compressing images. Avoid: A heavy file is slow to send and slow to open.
- Do: Use one clean font and at most one accent colour. Avoid: Loud fonts or colours pull focus from the content.

### Contact details (13 pts)
- Do: Add full name, phone, professional email, and city at the top. Avoid: Key contact details are missing or hard to find.
- Do: Add a short role title under your name that matches the job you want. Avoid: There is no target title under the name, so the aim is unclear.
- Do: Switch to a name based address such as name.family@gmail.com. Avoid: The email looks casual and undercuts a professional impression.
- Do: Add your LinkedIn URL, and a portfolio link if you have one. Avoid: There is no LinkedIn or portfolio link to follow.
- Do: Link GitHub only when it shows real contributions, otherwise drop it. Avoid: A GitHub link with no real activity adds nothing.
- Do: Name it Firstname-Lastname-Resume.pdf. A version like v2 at the end is fine to track the latest. Avoid: A name like resume-final.pdf or myresume.pdf looks careless.

### Summary (8 pts)
- Do: Write two to three lines stating your role, strengths, and target. Avoid: The summary is too long or missing, so the headline gets lost.
- Do: Replace clichés with specific, provable achievements. Avoid: Phrases like hardworking and team player say nothing.

### Work experience (29 pts)
- Do: Keep the roles that match the target job and trim the rest. Avoid: Unrelated roles dilute the story and bury what matters.
- Do: Rewrite each bullet as an achievement, with a number where you can. Avoid: Bullets describe duties, not results, so impact is invisible.
- Do: Name the company and your exact title for every role, with no vague entries. Avoid: A role is vague about the company or the title you held.
- Do: Cover about the last ten years and focus on recent, relevant roles. Avoid: The history runs too long or too thin for the target level.
- Do: List every role from newest to oldest, the most recent one on top. Avoid: The roles are out of order, so the latest job is not on top.
- Do: Drop all pronouns and lead each bullet with an action verb. Avoid: Bullets use I, my, or other pronouns, which reads informal.
- Do: Show Month Year to Month Year for every role, consistently. Avoid: A role is missing a clear start or end month and year.
- Do: Explain breaks briefly and make sure role dates do not overlap by mistake. Avoid: There are unexplained gaps or overlapping dates between roles.

### Skills (6 pts)
- Do: List skills that match the role and belong together, and cut the outliers. Avoid: The skills are off target or a scattered mix that lacks focus.

### Education (2 pts)
- Do: List the degree and institution, and cut rankings and course lists. Avoid: Education is missing, or padded with rankings and coursework.

### Extra sections (4 pts)
- Do: Drop sections a recruiter does not expect and keep the standard ones. Avoid: An unexpected or vanity section clutters the resume.
- Do: Remove personal details and let your work speak. Avoid: Age, marital status, or a photo invite bias and waste space.

### Length (7 pts)
- Do: One page under ten years, two to three beyond, never more than three. Avoid: The page count does not fit the years of experience.
- Do: Use short bullets and white space so a recruiter can scan it fast. Avoid: Long paragraphs and little white space make it hard to skim.

### Tailoring & ATS (8 pts)
- Do: Tailor the wording to each posting and include its core keywords. Avoid: The resume is generic and misses the posting keywords.

### Action verbs (4 pts)
- Do: Open each bullet with a strong, varied action verb. Avoid: Bullets start weakly or repeat the same verb.

### Final review (6 pts)
- Do: Run the text through a grammar checker and fix every flag. Avoid: Spelling or grammar mistakes slip through and cost credibility.
- Do: Remove references entirely; share them only when asked. Avoid: A references section or an available on request line wastes space.

## Scoring
Weight each section by its points; a resume totals 102. Report the score, then the fixes.

Source and full guide: https://mradib.com/resume