Purpose

This article explains the Resume Coach feature that is introduced in the Candidate Portal for assisting candidates with their job applications.

Audience

This article is for users having access to the Candidate Portal.

Overview

The primary objective of the Resume Coach is to simplify the resume creation and assist users in creating a detailed resume. This feature utilizes AI to quickly and effectively suggest work experience summaries and skill sets, thus reducing the time required for these tasks.

A well-crafted resume is critical in the job application process, as uploaded resumes may fall short of expectations. Moreover, editing resumes and profiles can be time-consuming and often neglected by users.The Resume Coach feature aims to address this by making it easier for candidates to create compelling resumes and profiles.

Working with Resume Coach

Users can view the Resume Coach tab on the top navigation bar once they login into the Candidate Portal.

Also it is available for candidates when they are applying for a job. After clicking Apply Now, a candidate can utilize the Resume Coach by clicking Enhance with AI within the Submit Application window.

Once a user launches on Resume Coach, it redirects to the Your Resume Coach page after analyzing the resume that the user has already uploaded in their profile.

On the left of this page is the user’s profile with details such as About, Work Experience, Education, Projects, Patents, and Awards. The user can see a resume health score on the right side of this page, highlighting the Resume Health which is calculated by checking language, grammer, styling and formatting. Beneath the Resume Health, the user can view and edit AI-based suggestions for various profile sections such as About, Work Experience, and more.

As a user you can edit the profile details displayed on the left side of the page. Click the ‘wand’ icon to get AI-based suggestions for improving the relevant section in your resume. When editing a section in your profile, you can click Enhance with AI to get a suggestion within the AI Generated textbox.

The Recommended skills section allows you to add more skills based on your work experience and profile, which then helps in changing the AI Generated description for the relevant section. When a candidate launches resume coach while applying for a job, these skill recommendations are based on the job they are applying for.

Click Save changes once you review the AI suggestions for the experience section, -Based on the language and styling, Resume Health score might change

Once you are satisfied with the descriptions, clicking Export Resume allows you to select from a list of six resume template designs that can be applied to your resume.

Once you are done with selecting a resume template, click Save & Download Resume to export a pdf version of your resume.

After improving the resume score and choosing the resume layout, the candidate can save their changes and the profile gets updated with the revised resume. The candidate can go ahead and apply for the job with this revised profile.

Apart from the Resume Coach tab and the job application window, a user can navigate to their My Profile page and access the Resume Coach by clicking Enhance with AI. Clicking this button displays the Your Resume Coach page, where the user can improve their resume.