For almost two years, I’ve been running what I call my Resume Improver thread — a living, evolving space where I collaborate with AI to review, refine, and completely reimagine client resumes.
What started as an experiment has turned into one of the most powerful tools in my coaching practice. Here’s what I’ve discovered.
⚡ Speed Without Sacrificing Depth
I can now take a client’s existing resume and, within minutes, identify key weaknesses, such as formatting, readability, structure, or the lack of measurable achievements. Where this used to take hours, AI accelerates the process, allowing me to spend more time coaching clients to reflect on and articulate their wins.
📚 Best Practice Principles On Tap
Over the course of almost two years, I’ve shared hundreds of real resumes in this thread and layered them with the best principles of resume writing that I’ve refined through my experience in recruitment, coaching, and employee engagement. With four years of direct experience in the recruitment and career coaching space, my work with one of the world’s largest job boards, and years of experience in people development and engagement, I bring a well-rounded and practical perspective to what works.
The result? A support tool that not only understands formatting rules and ATS requirements, but also knows how to turn duties into achievement-driven bullet points that get noticed.
🔄 From Tweaks to Transformations
Some resumes just need a polish. Others need a complete rebuild. With this system, I can quickly adapt:
Tweak: Tighten language, add measurable results, clean up structure
Define: Clarify scope, highlight strengths, align to the target role
Rework: Reorder or rebuild sections for clarity and impact
Rethink: Start fresh, repositioning the client for a new career direction
🤔 From Doubt to Discovery
I’ll be honest: when AI first started making waves in the resume and career coaching space, I was sceptical. I thought: “There’s no way a tool could ever replace the human eye, intuition, or my own experience across recruitment and career development.”
And in some ways, I was right — AI alone can’t replace what coaching brings. However, after almost two years of using my Resume Improver thread, I’ve seen it continually improve.
Instead of getting bogged down in the wordsmithing, I focus on what matters most: helping clients recognise and own their achievements.
🎯 The Trick: Great Prompts Backed by Experience
Here’s the real secret: AI is only as good as the prompts it’s given. The magic isn’t in the tool itself — it’s in the experience-driven prompts I use.
Every time I feed the Resume Improver a new document, I bring:
Practical insights from years in recruitment and career coaching
Nuance about industry standards and role expectations from my time with one of the world’s biggest job boards
A deep understanding of employee engagement and development that shapes how achievements are framed
That’s what makes this AI smarter every day. It’s learning through my lens — and evolving with every coaching session and client story.
🧩 Coaching, AI, and Strengths Profile in Harmony
One of the most powerful breakthroughs has been combining AI with the Strengths Profile framework I use in coaching.
Once I help clients identify their:
Realised strengths (what energises them and they use often)
Unrealised strengths (potential waiting to be tapped)
Learned behaviours (skills mastered but draining)
Weaknesses (areas that limit performance)
…I can feed this directly into the Resume Improver process.
This ensures:
No bias from me. I’m not projecting my interpretation onto their story.
No irrelevant clutter from them. AI filters out what doesn’t serve the resume.
True alignment. Their strengths are woven directly into the language, structure, and achievements.
The result? A three-way partnership of coaching + AI + strengths profiling that helps clients not only transform their resumes, but also their own self-belief.
👀 So I asked AI what five things it most commonly picked up that could be improved and it said
"My Observations From Reviewing Hundreds of Resumes
This is my perspective, drawn from working with the many resumes clients have shared with me. The most common improvements that consistently make a difference are:
Clarity and readability – Too many resumes are cluttered or poorly structured. Clear, logical flow is often the first fix.
Achievement-driven bullets – Many people list duties, but not outcomes. Shifting to measurable results immediately elevates impact.
Consistency in formatting – Dates, job titles, and company names are often inconsistent. A professional, standardised style builds trust.
Prioritisation of relevance – Key strengths and recent history belong at the top. Burying them on page two loses attention.
Language refinement – Swapping generic phrases for strong, active verbs turns an average resume into a compelling one."
These observations have shaped how the Resume Improver thread operates and why it continues to deliver strong results.
🌟 Results That Speak for Themselves
The resumes that come out of this process aren’t just cleaner, sharper, or more professional. They’re authentically aligned to the client’s strengths and aspirations.
The AI gets results. The coaching builds confidence. The strengths profiling ensures clients know who they are and what they bring.
Together, that combination is helping my clients land interviews faster, show up authentically, and take bold next steps in their careers.
💡 For me, Resume Improver isn’t just an AI tool. It’s a partnership between technology and human coaching — and after almost two years, it’s producing results I never thought possible.
👉 If you’re ready to experience this for yourself, check out my Resume Review & Career Strategy Upgrade. At just $395 AUD, it’s a powerful, structured way to transform your resume, clarify your career direction, and put yourself in the best position to achieve the results you deserve.
💬 Why Working With an Expert Matters
AI, on its own, is powerful, but the fundamental transformation occurs when you combine it with the insights of an experienced career coach. Coaching ensures your unique strengths, values, and aspirations are brought to the surface and translated into a resume that resonates with employers.
Here’s the question I leave with clients: if working with a career coach helped you negotiate even 5–10% more than the salary you were expecting, what would you be prepared to invest to make that happen?
Because when you see coaching as an investment — not a cost — the return can be life-changing.
