Building a Base Resume in Huntr allows you to import your existing resume, edit it using our templates, AI suggestions, and determining your over all resume score. You will be able to use this resume to apply to roles using our Autofill feature as well as develop Tailored Resumes for all saved jobs within Huntr.
This guide offers a comprehensive walkthrough of building your new resume within the Huntr Resume Builder tool.
Uploading Your Resume
Click Resume Builder.
Click Get Started. This will launch the Resume Builder setup.
Upload your current Resume. You can choose a existing file on your device, import from your LinkedIn profile, or choose to not import any files and build your resume from scratch within Huntr.
Enter your Target Job Title.
Select your Experience Level
Choose the sharing capabilities and username for your Huntr Profile.
Click Build Resume. If the Build Resume Button is not purple, be sure the required fields are filled in.
🙋 Tip:
Choose a title that aligns with your job title or the jobs you are looking to apply to. This title will be added to the heading of your resume and would be considered a "keyword" when applying to jobs.
The Experience Level affects AI-generated content, formatting, and score weighting. Choosing the right level ensures your resume is benchmarked against the right standards.
Building Your Resume
Once your resume is uploaded, you will land in the Huntr Resume Builder. There are 4 sections that you will use to produce the new resume: Editor, Layout & Style, Templates, and Score.
If you are a new Huntr user, you will also see our new user onboarding pop ups. These are here to help guide you through your process if you prefer.
Editor
The Editor section will allow you to add, remove, and generate the content within your resume.
1. Target Job Title
This sits at the top of your resume. Align the title exactly with job descriptions you’re targeting to optimize for ATS (Applicant Tracking Systems).
2. Personal Info
Displays name, contact info, and location.
3. Professional Summary
Allows you to highlight your unique value, skills, experience, and specific achievements. Use the AI Generator to draft or refine your summary, or enter your own manually. Focus on impact-driven language and incorporate keywords from your target job postings.
4. Work Experience
A list of all achievements and your work experience. The achievements are listed as bullet points they can be added in manually, rewritten with the AI generator, or populated entirely with the AI Generator.
5. Volunteer Experience
A list of all achievements within your Volunteer experience. The achievements are listed as bullet points they can be added in manually, rewritten with the AI generator, or populated entirely with the AI Generator.
6. Education
This section allows you to manually add your Education (past and present). An institution, degree, and field of study must be entered to add this section to your Resume. You may add a description and a grade if applicable.
7. Certifications
This section will display our currently active or valid certifications. A certification name and organization are required to successfully add the entry to your resume. A description, active date and certification ID can be added to provide as much context about your certification as needed.
8. Skills
The Skills section is designed to highlight your key strengths and abilities. Add a mix of hard and soft skills relevant to the job you’re applying for, such as technical expertise, problem-solving, or communication skills.
When you import your resume, skills we be categorized or sorted into sections. You are able to remove, edit, and add new skills within this section. You can use the AI Suggestions to add new skills to your resume based on your Target Job Title.
9. Projects
Projects will allow you to display any significant additional work that is relevant to your industry. This section is great to highlight portfolio work, special projects you've completed within your work experience, or extra curricular that may contribute to your expertise.
10. Social Media & Links
The Social Media & Links section lets you include professional profiles and portfolios to enhance your resume. Add links to platforms like LinkedIn, GitHub, Twitter, Dribbble, or personal websites and portfolios.
Undo Button
The undo button will reverse changes made to the resume. This affects AI generations made within the Work Experience, Template changes, dragging and dropping of sections, etc. Clicking the Undo button will reverse the most recent change to your resume.
Using features within the Editor Section
There are three types of adjustments that can be made within the Editor Section. The Experience Editor, Details Editor, and AI Suggestions include different functionalities to support the changes made toy our resume.
Experience Editor
The Experience Editor uses AI suggestions to help build new additions and rewrite additions to your resume. This also includes quick actions to edit within text boxes, delete content and sort content.
Add Experience: Add and creating a new Section within the resume for a role you would like to include in your resume.
Sort: Automatically organize your work experience from Most Recent or Most Relevant.
Details Editor Icon: Allows you to further edit the experience or remove the experience.
Quick Icons: Allows you to Edit the achievement manually, regenerate the achievement instantly with AI, and delete the achievement.
Add Achievement: Add a new achievement to this work experience.
AI Suggestions: Opens a new window to allow you to choose Context Keywords, Search Keywords and develop an Achievement.
Details Editor
When clicking Edit Experience the Work Experience will open into another editing window. The quick icons will still be accessible, you will be able to adjust the date or date formatting, change the Job Title, Employer, and Location. When making changes in this window, be sure to click the Update button to save all changes.
AI Suggestions
The AI generator will use a specific keyword and produce multiple possible achievements that can be added to your resume. The AI will scan your resume and provide some suggested keywords that can be used to generate these new achievements or enter in a specific keyword in the Context Keyword section to create your own. Select a suggestion to then add to your resume.
Style & Layout
Personalizing your resume and adding final touches.
Style & Layout focuses on adjusting titles, font sizes, date formats, and the organization of your resume. Depending on the template, you are able to rename and move any of the 8 sections that appear on each resume.
Retitle/Rename: Customize section titles to better fit your resume's purpose. For example, rename “Volunteer Experience” to “Community Engagement” if it aligns more with the job you're applying for. Simply click on the section title or the Pencil icon to make edits, and your changes will autosave.
Move Sections: Easily reorder sections to highlight your most relevant experiences. For instance, place “Skills” or “Projects” higher if they’re key to your target role. Just drag and drop sections within the resume builder to reorganize them.
Font size: Change the font size across your entire resume for consistent formatting. Whether you want a compact look or a more spacious design, adjusting the font will achieve this.
Date Format: Standardize the date format throughout your resume to maintain professionalism. Choose from options like “MM/YYYY” or “Month YYYY,” and the selected format will apply to all dates.
ℹ️ Note: When changing the name of a section in Style & Layout, it will reflect on the Resume, but will not change in the Editor tab.
Templates
Huntr provides 7 professionally designed templates in a variety of colors and styles. Each template is ATS-friendly and carefully configured to make adding your resume content seamless, eliminating the need to worry about design or formatting adjustments
You are able to view and adjust each template by clicking each template preview and colour block located in the Templates section.
🚧 Need more from our templates? We're looking for feedback, reach out to use via chat or at [email protected]
Base Resume Score
The goal of our resume score tool is to help you fully develop a new resume with improved content, layout, and structure. You will be successfully building your first Base Resume in Huntr by following these steps to allow you to apply to jobs with your new resume!
Finding Your Score
Access the Resume Builder on the left hand side menu within the Huntr home page, click Get Started.
Import your most up to date resume into Huntr, being sure to include your Target Job Title, Experience Level, and your Username. Once all sections are complete, the Build Resume button will activate. Click Build Resume.
Huntr will then parse and read your resume and provide the score and suggestions on where to adjust your resume to improve the score.
Improving Your Resume Score
How do I get a "good" score?
Adjust the language by reducing repetitive action verbs, making your resume more dynamic. Highlight your achievements with metrics to showcase your skills and experience. When using Huntr's score factors, concentrate on three areas: Section Completion, Content Quality, and Content Length. After uploading your resume, ensure all key details like work experience, education, and skills are filled in.
What IS a good score?
Aim for a score around 80; while a perfect 100 might sound ideal, it can strip away the personal touch. Remember, a high-quality resume is more important than just hitting a perfect score. ✅
Each factor contains a drop down, this appears after you have imported your resume. Click into each of them to begin editing your resume based on the feedback provided within the score.
Section Completion: This includes providing accurate and up-to-date contact information, a concise professional summary, and detailed sections for work experience, education, a professional summary, and skills. Each job entry should include job titles, company names, dates of employment.
Content Quality: Write clear, engaging descriptions that highlight your skills and achievements. Mix up your action verbs to keep things fresh and avoid repetition. Whenever possible, include metrics to show the impact of your work—this makes your resume more impressive to recruiters.
Content Length: Make sure each section has enough detail to highlight your skills and experience, but skip any extra unrelated information. Focus on key achievements for each role that showcase your strengths. Aim for a one-to-two page resume to keep it readable while covering the essentials. This keeps your resume concise yet informative, and also appealing to recruiters
💡 Keep in mind!
A great resume is more than just a list of skills and experiences—it’s a reflection of you. Remember, no two resumes are alike, and adding your own personal style is what can make yours stand out. While optimizing for ATS is important in today’s job market, it’s just one part of the puzzle. Recruiters are still reading your resume, looking to get a sense of who you are and what you bring to the table. So, don’t be afraid to let your personality shine through. By adding your own unique touch, you’ll create a resume that not only gets noticed but truly resonates with employers.