Resume builder

Build a resume that gets noticed

Tailor, edit, and export a polished one-page resume.

Click any preview text to edit Checking fit…

Start with the example, then make it yours.

This public beta opens with a fictional resume so you can explore right away. Upload your current PDF to rebuild it as editable content, or use guided setup to start fresh. Your resumes and applications sync securely to your account.

The PDF is read in your browser—not stored or uploaded.

Using optional AI tools? When enabled, the content needed for that request is sent to CareerPainter’s server and OpenAI for processing. CareerPainter records only the model, feature, and token counts returned by successful requests for operational usage reporting—not resume text or job descriptions.

Today’s momentum

Nothing logged yet today

Submit an application or tailor a resume to get today’s momentum going.

Your resume is ready. Start tracking the opportunities that matter most.

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Resume readiness Checking your profile… Reviewing your resume sections

0: Applications submitted
0: Interviews scheduled
0: Resumes tailored

Effort, last 14 days

Submitted
Interviews
Resumes

Opportunity intelligence

Understand the opportunity. Then build the right application.

Paste the job details to see which requirements your experience strongly supports, where the evidence is partial, and what needs clarification before CareerPainter drafts anything.

Grounded in your resume

New to prompting? Read the 2-minute guide

Ready to analyze the opportunity.

Send the job details below. I’ll map the role to evidence from every available resume and recommend the best starting point.

Opportunity intelligence report

Role analysis

Evidence linked

Decision support, point by point

Intelligent opportunity scorecard

Eight transparent assessments. No generic match percentage.

0 / 40

0Strong

0Partial

0Unsupported

0Unclear

Requirements mapped to your evidence

Recommendation

Core requirements: —
Strongest angle: —
Principal gap: —

The next step generates both documents for visual review. Nothing is saved until you approve the preview.

The prompt and resume content are sent for AI processing. CareerPainter does not send your original PDF and does not invent experience.

Applications 0 Build your pipeline

Active 0 Applied or interviewing

Interviews 0 No interviews scheduled

Resume versions 0 Ready to tailor and export

Event planner

What's coming up

Deadlines and every interview round — including any step before the interview itself — across your whole pipeline.

Nothing on the calendar in the next 7 days. Add a deadline or schedule an interview to see it here.

Application learning loop

Learn what is actually moving your search.

Track applications and CareerPainter will turn real outcomes into private, deterministic guidance.

Collecting evidence

Set up the learning loop

Start with one real application

0 of 3

CareerPainter needs a small amount of real pipeline history before it compares outcomes.

Outcome details

Your next action

Applications will appear here when there is an outcome worth capturing.

Pipeline

Recent applications

Current resume

Master resume

Ready

Last updated Today

Contact details Experience Skills & summary

Next best steps

Keep moving forward

Start from what you have

Turn your current resume into an editable workspace

Upload a PDF. CareerPainter reads it locally, removes OCR noise, and rebuilds it in the editable template without storing the original file.

AI verificationChecking availability…

PDF · up to 10 MB

Resume version

Template set

Page density

Updated — Opening synced workspace…

Tailor with AI Paste a ChatGPT prompt or job description, create a focused version, and start tracking the opportunity. Open assistant

ChatGPT prompt, job description, or editing advice

Checking AI setup…

Sends the resume text and your instructions for processing. The original PDF is never sent, and nothing changes until you approve the suggestion.

Cover letter

Write a letter to match this resume

Draft a focused letter that draws only on this resume, then edit any line before you send it.

Company Role Hiring manager optional Tone Length

Job posting & focus

Checking AI setup…

Sends this resume's text and your instructions for processing. Nothing is saved until you preview and approve the draft.

Live preview Click any text on the page to edit

Total applications 0 All opportunities

Active 0 Applied or interviewing

Interviews 0 In progress

Offers 0 Received

Auto Scan Periodically checks your Interested and Work in Progress applications, plus every saved Job Idea, to confirm each listing is still open.

Not scanned yet

Click any company or job title to type over it. Press Enter or click away to save.

Opportunity	Status	Salary	Applied	Deadline	Next step	Document set	Actions

AI interview practice

Practice for

Questions practiced 0 / —

Average score — out of 100

Tailored questions —

Build your interview practice set

CareerPainter will turn the role and saved job posting into a balanced set of behavioral, situational, and role-specific questions.

Your CareerPainter playbook

Better input. Better output. Less work.

You do not need a “perfect” prompt. Give CareerPainter the role, the evidence that matters, and the direction you want. It will ask when something important is missing.

The simple formula

01
GoalWhat are we making?
02
Role contextWho and what is it for?
03
EvidenceWhat should stand out?
04
DirectionHow should it feel?

Prompt recipe

Four clear ingredients are enough.

Specific beats clever. Plain language works beautifully.

Name the outcome

“Create a tailored resume and cover letter for this role.”

Add the role

Include the company, title, and full job description when you have it.

Point to evidence

Say which skills, results, projects, or career story deserve emphasis.

Set direction

Choose a tone, call out a career pivot, or ask for a concise one-page result.

Copy-ready starting point

A strong all-purpose prompt

Create a tailored application kit for the [ROLE] position at [COMPANY]. The job emphasizes [PASTE THE MOST IMPORTANT REQUIREMENTS]. Prioritize my experience in [SKILLS, PROJECTS, OR RESULTS]. Use a confident, direct tone. Keep every claim truthful, keep the resume to one page, and make the cover letter add context instead of repeating the resume.

Real situations

Start close, then make it yours.

Replace the brackets, paste the job post, and send.

Applying to a similar role

Bring the strongest match forward

I’m applying for [ROLE] at [COMPANY]. Focus my resume on [TOP 2–3 REQUIREMENTS] and bring forward the most relevant accomplishments already in my experience. Quantify results wherever my resume supports them. Keep the language natural, specific, and truthful.

Making a career pivot

Translate what already transfers

I’m moving from [CURRENT FIELD] into [TARGET ROLE] at [COMPANY]. Connect my transferable experience in [SKILLS OR RESULTS] to the role’s needs. Use job-post language only when it accurately reflects my background. Keep the story credible and specific, and ask me for any important detail that is missing.

Use the whole workspace

Pick the right tool for the moment.

CareerPainter works best as a connected loop, not a one-off document generator.

Recently added

New since you last looked.

CareerPainter keeps growing. Here is what changed most recently.

✎

AI edits, right where you're reading

Select a bullet, summary, or cover-letter paragraph and ask for a rewrite in place — quick actions or your own instructions.

See exactly what changed

Every AI suggestion now previews the real document with removed text in red and new text in green, before anything is accepted.

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Fit rating & vitality signals

Rate how well a role fits, and let the tracker flag which open applications are still worth pursuing.

⧉

Duplicate warnings

Job Ideas and the tracker now catch a repeated company, role, or posting link automatically, so you don't apply twice.

↻

Keep saved resumes current

Regenerate pulls new profile data into an older saved version. Attach to application links any saved resume to a role you're already tracking.

Browser extension, from Settings

Capture postings and fill employer applications from any job site. Manage pairing anytime under Settings → Extension.

The five-minute habit

A little context goes a long way.

Before you apply, run this short check. It keeps the output sharp and the workspace useful later.

01
Start with factsKeep your source resume complete and accurate.
02
Paste the full roleThe whole job post gives better context than a few keywords.
03
Answer follow-upsA short clarification is better than letting the system guess.
04
Review every claimRead the resume and letter in your own voice before exporting.
05
Plan the next moveAttach the documents and give the application one clear next action.

Profile

Manage the name and email attached to your account.

Signed in

Application Assistant profile

Structured details for employer forms. Resume facts stay separate from answers that need your explicit confirmation.

Application email Phone Location LinkedIn URL Portfolio URL Street address Apartment, suite, unit City State or province Postal code Country

Always confirm on each application

Saved values help you answer consistently, but the extension will not fill legal or authorization questions automatically.

Authorized to work? Require sponsorship?

Salary expectation Currency Pay period

Master career profile

Your confirmed career history is the factual source for every tailored application.

Not created

Facts first, documents second

CareerPainter selects relevant facts from this profile. Resumes, letters, application answers, and coaching can change their emphasis without changing the underlying truth.

Create your factual source

Open your most complete resume, then use it as the starting point for your master career profile.

ChatGPT handoff

Bring the career context ChatGPT knows into CareerPainter without connecting accounts or exposing memory.

Not connected

A private, review-first bridge

CareerPainter cannot read your ChatGPT conversations or memory. You choose what to copy, review every item, and can remove it at any time.

Nothing is shared until you review and save a handoff.

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Ask ChatGPT for your career context

Use a conversation that already knows you. The prompt requests concise JSON and excludes sensitive information.

Prompt for ChatGPT Open ChatGPT
2

Paste the JSON response

CareerPainter validates the format and turns it into a readable review. Nothing is saved yet.

ChatGPT response
3

Review and approve

This context will guide CareerPainter’s coach, resume tailoring, cover letters, and application kits.

I reviewed this context and approve CareerPainter using it alongside my resume and workspace.

Resume facts stay grounded. Imported context can guide fit, goals, emphasis, and voice. CareerPainter still treats your resume as the authority for resume claims and asks when something needs confirmation.

Chrome Application Assistant

Keep CareerPainter open beside employer application forms while you review and complete them.

Beta

CareerPainter Application Assistant

Manifest V3 · Version 0.7.1 · Chrome 116 or newer

The download is a ZIP containing the complete extension. No browser history, cookies, or permanent access to every site.

Download extension Full installation guide

1
Download and unzip
Open the downloaded ZIP and keep the extracted folder somewhere you will not delete.
2
Open Chrome extensions
Enter chrome://extensions in Chrome, then turn on Developer mode.
3
Load and connect
Choose Load unpacked, select the extracted folder, then open CareerPainter from Chrome’s toolbar and connect your account.

You remain in control. The assistant can prepare and fill an application, but it will not click the final Submit Application button or answer sensitive legal questions for you.

Sign-in & security

Your CareerPainter account protects access to this workspace.

Password

Send a secure password-reset link to your email.

Reset links expire after use.

Active sessions

You’re signed in on this device.

Session details are managed securely by CareerPainter.

CareerPainter account

Your sign-in session is stored in a secure, HTTP-only cookie.

Signing out returns you to the public CareerPainter page.

Data & privacy

Your workspace is saved to your account and cached on this device.

Download your data

Export your resumes, applications, and workspace settings.

Use a backup as an additional portable copy of your account-saved data.

Delete account

Permanently delete your account and remove access to CareerPainter.

Momentum, not perfection

Your progress

Everything you prepared

Application documents

One step at a time

Activity

Schedule

Interview schedule

Nothing scheduled yet — add a phone screen, an assessment, or any interview round.

Optional

Time tracker

0:00

Remind me every

Your next move

One clear next action

Application details

Notes

Keep the context you will need later.

Opening your workspace

Nothing logged yet today

Start with one real application

Your next action

One visual identity for every application.

No template sets match that search

Turn your current resume into an editable workspace

Resume found

Write a letter to match this resume

No job ideas yet

Start tracking your search

No matching applications

Your practice room unlocks with an interview.

Interview practice workspace

Build your interview practice set

Your coaching feedback

✓ What is working

↗ Strengthen next

A stronger answer path

Deadlines and interviews will show up here.

Better input. Better output. Less work.

Name the outcome

Add the role

Point to evidence

Set direction

A strong all-purpose prompt

Bring the strongest match forward

Translate what already transfers

AI edits, right where you're reading

See exactly what changed

Fit rating & vitality signals

Duplicate warnings

Keep saved resumes current

Browser extension, from Settings

A little context goes a long way.

Change email address

Application Assistant profile

Create your factual source

Ask ChatGPT for your career context

Paste the JSON response

Review and approve

What the extension can see

Troubleshooting

Your progress

Application documents

Activity

Position details

Role

What is working

Strengthen next