Two clicks = +60% ATS Score
I wish I was joking
Hello, Hoodies!
I found something kind of disgusting.
And by disgusting, I mean beautiful.
I took a resume through my app, PlainTextResume.com, and watched it go from a 25% fit for the role to an 85% fit.
Same (fictional) person.
Same background.
Same experience.
Just presented in a way that made the application actually make sense.
And that right there is the game.
Because most people are not losing job opportunities because they’re totally unqualified.
They’re losing because their resume is saying the wrong things, in the wrong way, in the wrong order, with none of the language the employer is actually looking for.
That is a brutal problem when you realize what’s happening.
You can be a perfectly solid candidate and still get atomized by the ATS before a human being ever sees your name.
Let me explain.
Most resumes are generic.
They’re written once, maybe updated every six months, and then spammed into 200 applications with the hope that one of them magically works. I USED TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS - BECAUSE IT WORKED. THOSE DAYS ARE GONE.
We are not in a hiring market. We are in a recession market.
To be competitive, you need to show you understand that they’re hiring for this role.
Your resume has to make it to them.
With this language.
With this mix of requirements, preferences, tools, responsibilities, and keywords.
So if your resume doesn’t line up, it doesn’t matter how good you are.
That’s why I built PlainTextResume.com.
The whole idea is stupid simple:
Upload your resume.
Paste the job description.
Push the button.
Get a tailored resume, cover letter, ATS match score, missing keywords, and application tracking in one place.
AND if you’re feeling extra spicy, you can push a button to get a second pass through to add in the keywords you missed (only if it’s reasonable to add based on your resume - it won’t make up projects and experience).
And that’s it.
It’s stupid simple, does 1 thing, and does it well.
And when I was testing it, I ran one resume against a role and the initial match score came back at 25%.
Twenty. Five.
Basically getting hit with the digital equivalent of “lol no.”
Then I tailored it.
Not by lying.
Not by inventing fake experience.
Not by turning someone into a “results-driven synergistic thought leader.”
Just by taking what they had already done and aligning it to what the employer was asking for.
New score?
75%.
Second time through?
85%
+60%. That is a MASSIVE jump.
And that jump is the difference between getting filtered out instantly and actually having a fighting chance.
That’s the thing people miss.
A good tailored resume is not about fraud.
It’s about translation.
If you’ve done helpdesk work, touched Active Directory, worked tickets, dealt with users, handled escalations, documented problems, and used Microsoft environments, but your resume says that in vague, watered down language, you’re making the employer do extra work.
And they are not going to do extra work.
They have 300 applicants.
The machine is screening first.
Then the recruiter is speed-reading second.
Then maybe, maybe, a hiring manager looks at it.
So your resume has to hit.
Fast.
This is also why the old advice of, “Just apply more,” died.
I get it.
Volume matters, yes. But garbage at scale is still garbage.
If your resume is weak, applying to 100 more jobs just means getting rejected 100 more times.
You do not need more random effort.
You need better signal.
That’s what this is.
PlainTextResume.com is designed to increase signal.
It helps you match the language of the role, identify what’s missing, generate a better resume version for that exact application, produce the cover letter, and keep track of where you applied so you don’t end up living in 47 Chrome tabs and a broken Google Sheet from six months ago (comes with a free job tracker).
And honestly, seeing 25% to 85% in front of my face was one of those moments where I just sat back and went:
“Oh wow. This really just happened.”
Because that’s not a tiny improvement.
That’s not polishing the silverware.
That is taking an application from “probably dead on arrival” to “this at least deserves a look.”
Will that guarantee a job?
Of course not.
Nothing legitimate guarantees that.
But will it dramatically improve the quality of your applications?
Yes.
And that matters a LOT in this market.
Especially now, when everyone and their mother is spamming the same resume and wondering why nothing is happening.
The answer, very often, is that the resume is not tailored enough to survive first contact.
That’s the bottleneck.
Not motivation.
Not intelligence.
Not potential.
Presentation.
So if you’re firing off applications with one static resume and praying, stop doing that.
That’s not a strategy. Not anymore.
Go make the resume fit the role.
That’s how you give yourself a real shot.
If you want to try it, it’s live at PlainTextResume.com.
Upload your resume.
Paste the job description.
See your score.
Tailor it.
Apply smarter.
The updates for this site will be applied in the next 24 hours. And maybe we get a mobile app version soon? Time will tell.
Life is good, baby.
Stay tuned for updates on OpenClaw!
Much love,
Evan Lutz (BowTiedCyber)