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How to Build a Resume Optimizer with AI

Step-by-step guide with example Python code

Shaw Talebi
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6 min readDec 30, 2024

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In a previous blog post, I shared 5 AI Projects You Can Build This Weekend, where the first project idea was a resume optimization tool. Since then, many people have asked for more guidance on implementing this project. In this article, I’ll walk through an example implementation using Python and OpenAI’s API.

Image from Canva.

Adapting your resume to different job descriptions is an effective yet tedious part of finding a job. Even if you’ve tailored your resume for a specific role, companies may have varying expectations for similar job titles.

For instance, below are two comparable data scientist roles at Netflix and Google with slightly different job descriptions. Lucky for us, with today’s AI tools, we can build an app to streamline this process.

Comparison of similar data scientist roles. Image by author.

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