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      <title>A complete set of free, AI-powered career tools including an ATS Resume Builder, Cover Letter Generator, and Company Vault.</title>
      <dc:creator>Chandrakant Kelgire</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:41:29 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/chandrakant_kelgire_79721/a-complete-set-of-free-ai-powered-career-tools-including-an-ats-resume-builder-cover-letter-5gok</link>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The tech job market is tough right now. Whether you're a junior dev looking for your first role or a senior engineer aiming for a staff position, standing out requires an incredible amount of time and effort.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Between tailoring resumes to beat the ATS (Applicant Tracking System), writing personalized cover letters, and researching companies, the application process itself feels like a full-time job.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To solve this, I built a completely free, AI-powered career suite inside Student Suite / PPT Maker that handles the heavy lifting for you.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here’s a breakdown of the tools I built and how you can use them to streamline your job hunt. 👇&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;📄 1. ATS-Friendly Resume Builder&lt;br&gt;
Most resumes never get seen by a human. They get filtered out by an ATS because of complex layouts, unreadable fonts, or missing keywords.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I designed a Resume Maker specifically engineered to pass ATS parsers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Cl****ean, Scannable Layouts: Built-in templates that are guaranteed to be machine-readable.&lt;br&gt;
AI Bullet Point Refinement: Paste in your rough experience, and the AI rewrites it into strong, action-oriented bullet points (e.g., changing "fixed bugs in react" to "Reduced application crash rate by 15% by resolving critical state management bugs in React").&lt;br&gt;
Live PDF Preview: Uses a backend Puppeteer engine to ensure the exact layout is preserved when exported.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;visit Resume Builder :- &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pptmaker.co.in/resume-builder" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://www.pptmaker.co.in/resume-builder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;✍️ 2. AI Cover Letter Generator&lt;br&gt;
Let's be honest: writing cover letters from scratch is exhausting.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;With the Cover Letter AI, you simply paste your resume and the job description. The AI analyzes both and generates a highly personalized, professional cover letter that connects your specific past experiences to the requirements of the job you're applying for.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;No more generic "To Whom It May Concern" templates.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;visit Ai cover letter :- *&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pptmaker.co.in/cover-letter-ai" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://www.pptmaker.co.in/cover-letter-ai&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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🏢 3. The Company Vault&lt;br&gt;
When preparing for an interview, researching the company's tech stack, culture, and recent news is critical.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Company Vault acts as your central hub for interview prep. It aggregates data and organizes everything you need to know about a prospective employer, giving you the perfect talking points for when the hiring manager asks, "Why do you want to work here?"&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;visit company vault :- &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pptmaker.co.in/company-vault" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://www.pptmaker.co.in/company-vault&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;📝 4. PDF Editor &amp;amp; Conversions&lt;br&gt;
Often, recruiters will ask for portfolios, or you might need to combine certificates and transcripts. The platform includes a fully-featured PDF Editor and document converter.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Convert Word to PDF, or PDF to PPT.&lt;br&gt;
Use AI to summarize long documents or extract action items directly within the PDF viewer.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;try pdf editor :- *&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pptmaker.co.in/pdf-editor" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://www.pptmaker.co.in/pdf-editor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;AI: Integrated LLMs to handle the heavy text processing, summarization, and formatting.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F3p2xisbs38pc0e2hittv.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"&gt;&lt;img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F3p2xisbs38pc0e2hittv.png" alt=" " width="800" height="381"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It's 100% Free&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
I built this because I know how stressful the job hunt can be, and I didn't want to hide essential career tools behind a paywall.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;also PPT Maker has a &lt;strong&gt;free Resume ATS Score Checker *&lt;em&gt;:- **&lt;a href="https://www.pptmaker.co.in/ats-resume-checker" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://www.pptmaker.co.in/ats-resume-checker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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You can check out the full suite of tools here: **&lt;a href="https://www.pptmaker.co.in" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://www.pptmaker.co.in&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I’d love to hear your feedback! What features do you find most painful about the job application process? Let me know in the comments, and I might just build a tool for it. 🚀&lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>From Side Project to Student Savior: My AI PPT &amp; Resume Tool Crossed 1.5K+ Users</title>
      <dc:creator>Chandrakant Kelgire</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 18:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/chandrakant_kelgire_79721/from-side-project-to-student-savior-my-ai-ppt-resume-tool-crossed-15k-users-2c1o</link>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Hey Dev Community!A few weeks ago I quietly dropped a small project — an AI-powered tool for students. Today, I’m back with an update that genuinely surprised me.pptmaker.co.in has now helped 10,000+ students create presentations and resumes in record time.What Changed Since the First Post?Added PDF to PPT conversion (this feature exploded in usage)&lt;br&gt;
Improved Gemini prompts → much better content quality and structure&lt;br&gt;
Launched Company Vault — pre-loaded ATS keywords for TCS, Infosys, Wipro, Accenture, etc.&lt;br&gt;
Added multiple modern themes (including Glassmorphism)&lt;br&gt;
Better mobile experience&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Most Heartwarming FeedbackStudents are using it at 2 AM before seminars.&lt;br&gt;
One guy told me he submitted his final-year project presentation 10 minutes before the deadline — fully AI-generated and edited.Another fresher landed his first interview because the resume looked professional and passed ATS easily.Technical Lessons I LearnedGemini is incredibly fast but you have to be very specific with system prompts.&lt;br&gt;
Vercel + React is perfect for quick MVPs, but I’m now thinking about caching and rate limiting.&lt;br&gt;
Indian students don’t want “beautiful” tools — they want fast + practical + free.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What’s Next? (Roadmap)Multi-language support (Hindi + English)&lt;br&gt;
Presentation coach (AI feedback on content &amp;amp; delivery)&lt;br&gt;
Batch PDF to PPT (upload multiple files)&lt;br&gt;
Export to Google Slides directly&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you’re a student, developer, or someone who hates making slides — I’d love you to try it and roast it honestly. &lt;a href="https://www.pptmaker.co.in" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://www.pptmaker.co.in&lt;/a&gt; What should I build next? Drop your suggestions below #webdev #AI #students #indiehacker #buildinpublic #GeminiAI &lt;/p&gt;

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      <category>ai</category>
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      <category>productivity</category>
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      <title>I Built an AI PPT Maker and Resume Builder Website</title>
      <dc:creator>Chandrakant Kelgire</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/chandrakant_kelgire_79721/i-built-an-ai-ppt-maker-and-resume-builder-website-48ib</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/chandrakant_kelgire_79721/i-built-an-ai-ppt-maker-and-resume-builder-website-48ib</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;I Built an AI PPT Maker and Resume Builder Website built a website that helps students and professionals create PowerPoint presentations and resumes using AI in just a few minutes.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What the Website Does&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The website has two main tools:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;AI PPT Maker – Generate presentations from a topic&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Resume Maker – Create professional resumes quickly&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You just enter your topic or details, and the tool generates content automatically.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Why I Built This&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Many students spend hours making presentations and resumes. I wanted to build a simple tool that saves time and makes this process easier using AI.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Tools Used&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;React&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Node.js&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Gemini API&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;AI Studio&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Vercel for deployment&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Try It Here&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You can try the website here:&lt;a href="https://www.pptmaker.co.in" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://www.pptmaker.co.in&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I would love feedback and suggestions to improve the project&lt;/p&gt;

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