How I compare a resume to a job description without inventing experience

Most resume advice starts with rewriting. I think that is too early.

First, build a simple requirement-by-requirement table:

1. Copy each explicit requirement from the job description.
2. Point to the exact resume line that supports it.
3. Mark the evidence as direct, partial, or missing.
4. Separate a wording problem from a real experience gap.
5. Rewrite only the bullets that already have truthful evidence behind them.

This prevents the common failure mode where a polished resume quietly claims experience the candidate never had. It also makes priorities clearer: a missing keyword is easy to fix; a missing project is not.

The useful output is not an opaque match score. It is a table the candidate can inspect, a short priority list, and a few grounded rewrites.

I turned this workflow into a $12 manual brief for one resume and one job description. It does not guarantee an interview and it does not invent experience.

Details: https://jd-gap-brief-site.smagnezi8.workers.dev/

(AI assisted with editing this post; I built the service and fulfillment template.)