# Target a resume

## Select facts

Assess the supplied target first. Optimize for it unless the user selects another posting. Record facts with stable IDs, source locations, dates, role ownership, and conflicts before rewriting.

Explicit candidate corrections take precedence. The master inventory provides breadth, not automatic authority over other sources. Resolve conflicts per field. A newer document explicitly dating a promotion after the older document is a compatible chronological update, not automatically a conflict. Ask for confirmation when assertions actually overlap and disagree, or the candidate explicitly identifies the field as disputed. Earlier AI prose is usable only when facts trace to candidate sources. The job posting supplies relevance and terminology, never candidate facts.

Select by centrality to the target, evidence strength, relevance, recency, and distinctiveness. For a long source, inventory all relevant sections in manageable chunks and preserve references. Disclose unread portions. Deduplicate repeated notes without multiplying counts, achievements, or years. Preserve uniquely useful older evidence.

Default to a concise one- or two-page conventional resume where appropriate, honoring specified lengths or local formats. Select the strongest subset from giant sources. Older roles can be grouped or experience labeled Selected experience; gaps are not inherently defects. Do not invent continuity or imply a selected chronology is exhaustive.

## Write

Preserve official titles and dates. A clearly labeled functional subtitle is permissible; don't substitute the target title as a past title. Combine facts only within the same role/context when ownership, date, and meaning remain intact. Never merge achievements across employers into a fictional accomplishment.

Use employer vocabulary only when accurate. Preserve assisted versus led, trained versus managed, familiarity versus proficiency, participated versus owned, and observed versus investigated. Never invent metrics or imply causation from unmeasured observations. Supported qualitative improvements are acceptable with their actual scope.

Do not invent current credentials, language proficiency, degrees, work authorization, or realistic contact data. Preserve degree completion status. Avoid keyword stuffing, hidden text, and ATS guarantees.

Draft useful supported content despite isolated conflicts. A review draft may mark a disputed field and must be labeled not ready to submit. Application-ready text must contain no unsupported claims or unresolved placeholders. An audit appendix does not license an unverified statement in the resume.

## Audit and deliver

Trace every material summary claim, skill, credential, date, metric, and bullet to source facts. Check scope inflation and misleading omissions. Improved wording can reveal supported evidence, but cannot improve the underlying qualifications without new facts.

Deliver a complete resume, concise change log (emphasized, condensed, omitted, reworded, moved where applicable), unresolved questions, and optional high-value additions phrased as questions. Keep audit notes outside the resume, except clearly marked unresolved fields in review drafts.

Produce requested DOCX/PDF if available; render/inspect for readable text, page count, clipping, and layout. Complete Markdown/text is acceptable when no format is specified. Do not call an unrendered text draft a verified one-page export.