Quick check
Guess first, no penalty. The post asks for "project management (PMP preferred)". Your resume (the document that lists your work) says "managed projects", and you don't have a PMP (a project management certification). What's the best change?
If the post asks for "Salesforce administration" and you have only used HubSpot, do not write Salesforce. A keyword that gets you the interview and then sinks you in the room is a bad trade.
What to do about real gaps
For each missing keyword, you have two honest options: learn the skill, or leave it out. Learn it if it is a "must have" you can pick up in a few weeks or months, for example a common tool with free training. Write it down:
Missing keyword: Salesforce administration (must have)
Do I have it? No. I've only used HubSpot.
Plan: leave it off my resume. Learn it with free training, and add it once I've really used it.Fill the gaps
Fill the gaps in a plan for another missing keyword.
Gap plan
Missing keyword: SQL (must have) Do I have it? . Plan: . Learn the basics with free training, and add it .
The skill gap analyzer helps you plan what to learn and in what order. If a job description (JD) is written in vague language, the free JD decoder explains what the employer is really asking for.
Want to see it live? Paste a job post into the ATS keyword match lab and watch the keywords light up as you edit.
Try it
Your steps, about 2 minutes
- 1.From your table's "no" rows, pick up to 5 keywords that are true for you and add them in the employer's exact wording.1 min
- 2.For one keyword you don't have, write a one-line plan: learn it or leave it out.1 min