Guide to building a great structured resume

1. Start with identity and contact

Your display name and at least one contact method are the only strictly required fields. Add a preferred email, and optionally a phone number and links to a portfolio or professional network. Keep location to city, region, and country — the protocol intentionally avoids full street addresses for privacy.

2. Write a focused summary

A strong headline plus two or three sentences is enough. Describe the value you bring and the kind of role you want. This text is treated as your own statement, so be specific and honest rather than padding with buzzwords.

3. Make experience about impact

For each role, list a few clear responsibilities, then capture achievements separately. Achievements support metrics, so quantify outcomes where you can — a percentage, a dollar figure, hours saved, or users affected. Reviewers and machines both benefit from that structure.

• Use action verbs and concrete results.
• Prefer numbers over adjectives.
• Mark current roles as ongoing instead of inventing an end date.

4. Add education, skills, and credentials

List institutions and degrees, then add skills with an honest proficiency signal and years of experience. Certifications and licenses live in their own section with issuer and verification details, which helps employers confirm them.

5. Capture projects and languages

Projects are a great place for open-source work, volunteer efforts, or portfolio pieces — include outcomes and links. Human languages go in the languages section; programming languages belong under skills.

6. Set preferences and application details

Preferences let you express desired roles, employment types, remote preference, and availability. The application section is for job-specific details like a tailored summary and screening answers, kept separate from your reusable profile.

7. Review consent and export

The consent section expresses how a recipient may use and retain your data. The builder derives the shared scope automatically from the sections you fill in. When the validation panel is green, export your .resume-cv.json file or print a PDF.

Ready to try it? Open the builder and start from a template.