The RecastCV Blog
Practical guides on CV tailoring, ATS systems, and landing interviews, written by people who actually apply for jobs.
- Tailoring
Master CV vs tailored CV: the system that scales job applications
Stop rewriting your CV from scratch every time. The master CV plus project library workflow that lets you produce a tailored, ATS-ready CV per role in under 30 seconds.
- Cover letter
How to write a cover letter with AI (without it sounding like AI)
Why most AI cover letters fail, the 4-input formula that fixes them, a real ChatGPT prompt you can use today, and how grounded tools produce better results.
- ATS
ATS-friendly resume templates (free, tested in 2026)
Four ATS-tested CV and resume templates, classic chronological, skills-forward, graduate, and career change, with plain-text structures you can paste into Word today.
- ATS
How to find the ATS keywords in any job description
How to extract the right ATS keywords from a job description, the three types that matter, a five-minute manual method, automated extraction, and how to avoid keyword stuffing.
- ATS
The ATS resume format that actually works in 2026
Ten formatting rules that get your CV past Applicant Tracking Systems in 2026. Section order, PDF vs .docx, fonts, and a copy-paste ATS-safe template.
- Comparisons
The best AI resume builders compared (2026)
Honest comparison of 8 AI resume and CV builders in 2026: RecastCV, Teal, Rezi, Kickresume, Enhancv, Jobscan, Resume.io, and ChatGPT alone. Features, pricing, and who each suits.
- CV vs Resume
CV vs resume, what's actually different (UK vs US, 2026)
CV vs resume differences explained: length, personal details, sections, spelling, and when UK applicants should switch formats. Clear, practical guide for 2026.
- Tailoring
Why your AI resume builder is lying about you (and how to fix it)
AI resume tools hallucinate metrics, invent projects, and fabricate skills. Learn how hallucination happens, see real examples, and find out how to test any AI tool.
- ATS
How ATS parsers actually work (from someone who reversed one)
A technical deep-dive into how Applicant Tracking Systems parse, extract, and score CVs, tokenisation, section detection, entity extraction, keyword matching, and score composition.
- Tailoring
How to tailor your CV to a job description (with examples)
Six-step framework for tailoring your CV to any job description. ATS keywords, bullet rewrites, before-and-after examples, and common mistakes to avoid.
- Tailoring
How to tailor your resume to a job description (US edition)
Five-step framework for tailoring your resume to any job description. ATS keywords, bullet rewrites, before-and-after table, US recruiter examples, and common mistakes to avoid.
- Use cases
Software engineer CV examples that land interviews (2026)
Annotated software engineer CV examples for junior, mid, senior, and staff levels. Includes keyword tables by stack and common mistakes to avoid.
- Tailoring
7 tailored CV examples (one candidate, seven roles)
See how the same candidate's CV transforms across seven different job descriptions, Software Engineer, Product Manager, Data Scientist, and more. Real keyword extraction and rewritten bullets for each role.