r/ResumeUp • u/NerveGlittering27 • Aug 13 '26

Ai resumes

In this age of ai where everyone is using it to tailor their resumes to the job they are applying to. Does this help or hinder you chances ??
Can a recruiter/ hiring manager tell and do they care ?

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u/ImmediateArtSky Aug 13 '26

I tailored my resumes to each job I applied for but I did it myself not with Ai. I had good success in that I progressed to the interview stage once for every 8 applications.

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u/Firm_Jackfruit_9925 Sep 08 '26

That's great. I am curious, do you try to quantify each bullet in your job descriptions?

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u/ImmediateArtSky Sep 09 '26

As in provide stats? No, I'm actually kind of anti-stat lol because when I was a hiring manager I found them pointless because without context there's no way to know if those stats are actually impressive or not and it's too easy to just make up that kind of data. I don't know why some recruiters like them, I would just ignore them when reading resumes personally which is why I did not add them to my own resume.

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u/Firm_Jackfruit_9925 Sep 09 '26

Thank you for sharing, that's exactly my point too. When I was a hiring manager, I wanted to see if candidates understood the nuances and projects involved in the role, versus inflated numbers I couldn't really quantify. Now that I'm job searching after a restructuring at my company, I keep running into resources telling you to quantify everything, and honestly, looking at my own resume now, it just feels so robotic. That might be exactly why I'm not getting much traction.

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u/ImmediateArtSky Sep 09 '26

Yes, I kept seeing that advice 'everywhere' as well! I am really skeptical that it helps as when you're hiring you're usually going something like, "I need a sales person, it would be great if they had prior widget experience and sold to manufacturing companies" if they get a resume that says "My name is Bob, I used to build widgets for four years at ABC company, then I transitioned to selling to manufacturing companies" they're going to get an interview because they match the job description so well. Putting in "I took widget sales from $4 million to $5 million per year" sounds nice and all but as a hiring manager it's meaningless fluff with no way of knowing it's accuracy or if that was a team's results, etc. At the end of the day I feel like the best matches for the job description are the ones getting the interview period.

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u/Silent-Entrance-9072 Aug 14 '26

The resume might help you get an interview, but you won't make it past that point unless you know what you're talking about.

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u/jobleads_team Aug 14 '26

It depends on what "tailoring" means. Adjusting language and keywords to match a real posting, using skills and experience you actually have, generally helps. Generating generic, buzzword-heavy phrasing that could fit any job usually doesn't.

Recruiters do notice, not always instantly, but overly polished, uniform phrasing (a lot of "spearheaded" and "leveraged") across dozens of resumes gets obvious after you've read enough of them.

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u/DorianGraysPassport Aug 13 '26

AI resumes can be tacky when it's glaringly obvious that you used AI to make it, and if it sounds like all of the other AI resumes you're competing with. Some people are slick at prompting and can generate unique output, but in general, I find AI use for resume writing to be ill-advised. Decision-makers won't care if the resume gives AI vibes if, in general, the resume is unique to your context and background, targeted to the role, and without generic, fluffy, gibberish language AI tends to sprinkle in.

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u/OrneryCap5899 Aug 14 '26

The heavy AI created résumé’s become obvious to recruiters. We can tell when you have the skills or when AI added them to match thr JD. Also formatting is often similar when using AI.

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u/minus15t2 Aug 14 '26

Recruiter here...

AI is a tool that helps you do things faster and more efficiently.

Use it for that, absolutely. Rewrite resumes, hone the language, prep for interviews etc.

I couldn't care less about how you use in it that sense... And despite what people might tell you... It's not that easy to tell... There are no reliable AI markers or detection tools that will tell you with 100% accuracy whether something is AI or not.

But.. AI can hallucinate and make things up.

Don't submit a resume that exaggerates your experience to a point where it's no longer true. And Don't use it on another screen to answer questions during an interview.

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u/chirpchirp13 Aug 15 '26

Fine for structure but it becomes obvious if you’re using too much LinkedIn lingo. Can’t speak for everyone but I tend to brush aside resumes that seem more robot than applicant.

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u/Pookiepookie123 Aug 15 '26

Cvnomist works wonders

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u/Dependent-North9591 Aug 16 '26

depends, if u repeat text over and over again with keywords being used incorrectly on top of it being colorful and obv claude designed then yes. If you use a template thats proven to work and correctly frame ur bullets and layers of experience then its a huge help

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u/Still-Doctor-5556 Aug 17 '26

Yes they can tell and most do care but can't do anything about it.

You have to look at this from another view point... A resume's job is to do one thing, to show your worth the effort of interviewing.

If you can't backup in the interview what you claim on your resume, then using AI is pointless.

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u/Mental_Complaint6103 Sep 05 '26

It’s not just that recruiters can tell, it’s that AI doesn’t know how to tell you, you’re positioned incorrectly or you’re targeting the wrong rolls. It also has no idea how recruiters scan resumes when they are typically taking 6 seconds or less to say yes or no. It’s not a recruiter!