How to Use the Resume Keyword Optimizer

The tool does one simple, decisive thing: it takes your CV text and the job description, extracts the recurring terms from each, and shows you three lists — terms you have that the job asks for, terms the job asks for that you lack, and terms you carry that the job never mentions.

The steps

1. Paste your full CV text into the first field
2. Paste the job description from the advert into the second
3. Run the analysis and wait for the results
4. Work the missing list and add only the terms that genuinely describe you, in skills or experience
5. Re-run it to watch the match rate move

Practical tips

• Use the term exactly as the advert words it; a variant may not be recognised
• Do not repeat a term to force the score up — stuffing reads as manipulation
• Use the extra-terms list to decide what to cut and shorten the CV

Common mistakes to avoid

• Adding skills you do not have to inflate the match rate, which unravels in the interview
• Pasting truncated or badly formatted text, which distorts the lists

Frequently asked questions

Does it upload my CV?

No. The analysis runs in your browser on text you paste; no file is sent anywhere.

What match rate is good?

There is no magic number. Strong coverage of the core skills with no essential term missing is enough — start from the terms the advert repeats most.

Links for this guide

• Open the Keyword Optimizer
• Read the CV keywords guide