{
 "schema": "aiblocks-page/1",
 "id": "resume-layout-editor",
 "type": "skill",
 "name": "Resume layout editor",
 "summary": "Fix your resume layout so hiring software and recruiters can read it. Get a formatting review with clear fixes for fonts, spacing and sections.",
 "headline": "Resume layout editor",
 "subhead": "Share your resume and the way you plan to apply. It checks section order, spacing, fonts and details that may confuse hiring software. You get layout changes, a cleaner text structure and a checklist to review before sharing the file.",
 "job": {
  "id": "find-a-job",
  "name": "Prepare job applications"
 },
 "level": "beginner",
 "thinking": "medium",
 "tested": true,
 "updated": "2026-10-28",
 "first_published": "2026-10-25",
 "inputs": [
  {
   "type": "resume",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Resume",
   "what": "a person's resume or CV, as pasted text or a file"
  },
  {
   "type": "audit_report",
   "required": false,
   "label": "Audit report",
   "what": "findings with evidence, severity, missing inputs and next actions"
  },
  {
   "type": "question",
   "required": false,
   "label": "Question",
   "what": "the problem, decision or piece of work you want help with, and what a good outcome looks like"
  }
 ],
 "outputs": [
  {
   "type": "resume",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Resume",
   "what": "a person's resume or CV, as pasted text or a file"
  },
  {
   "type": "plan",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Plan",
   "what": "a dated plan: what to do, in what order, with a decision rule for each step"
  }
 ],
 "you_give": [
  "Your resume file or its current layout details.",
  "The role, career stage and how you will submit it."
 ],
 "you_get": [
  "A list of specific layout fixes.",
  "Recommended type, spacing and section order.",
  "A final readability and file-format checklist."
 ],
 "use_when": [
  "Your resume gets no replies and you suspect hiring software cannot read it.",
  "Your resume looks messy and you want a cleaner layout.",
  "You are about to apply through an online form or email and want a final layout check."
 ],
 "skip_when": [
  "You need an academic CV or a creative portfolio: ask a human resume writer, as these follow different rules.",
  "You apply through a required online form that asks for each field: fill in the form fields and skip a resume file.",
  "You want stronger wording for your bullets or a new summary: ask a career coach or a friend in your field to read it."
 ],
 "output_sample": {
  "input": [
   "Your resume as pasted text or a file",
   "The role you are applying for",
   "Your career stage, such as entry level or senior",
   "How you will send it, such as an online form or email"
  ],
  "output": [
   {
    "name": "Current Issues",
    "contains": "A checklist of the layout problems found in your resume."
   },
   {
    "name": "Document Setup",
    "contains": "Your current and recommended margins, font and font sizes."
   },
   {
    "name": "Section Order",
    "contains": "Your current section order, the recommended order and why it helps."
   },
   {
    "name": "Visual Improvements",
    "contains": "Specific changes to headers, bold text, spacing and bullets."
   },
   {
    "name": "ATS Compatibility Fixes",
    "contains": "Fixes for tables, columns, text boxes or header details that hiring software may miss."
   },
   {
    "name": "Before/After Preview",
    "contains": "A short description of your current layout next to the improved one."
   }
  ]
 },
 "how_to_use": [
  "Open Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini. No code, files or paid tools are needed.",
  "Paste the skill text into the chat. Say: \"Use this skill to review my resume layout.\"",
  "Paste your resume text, or attach the file if your AI accepts files. Pasted text loses tables, columns and text boxes, so describe those parts in your own words, for example \"two columns with skills on the left\", so the layout checks can work.",
  "Tell it the role, your career stage and how you will send the resume.",
  "Read the Current Issues list first, then make the changes in your own document.",
  "Check the employer's own application instructions before you pick .docx or .pdf. Some portals ignore attached files and ask you to fill in fields. Then save the file as .docx or a text-based PDF and check the file name before you send it.",
  "Paste the revised text back into the chat to recheck the section order and the fixes. Then pair it with a cover letter or an application tracker."
 ],
 "checks": [],
 "next": [
  {
   "name": "Resume and job application builder",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/resume-job-application-builder",
   "why": "Resume and job application builder"
  },
  {
   "name": "LinkedIn profile rewriter",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/linkedin-profile-rewriter",
   "why": "Grow on social"
  }
 ],
 "source": {
  "by": "Daniel (San) Ávila",
  "repo": "davila7/claude-code-templates",
  "url": "https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/7d85535533914ff0880945570a94fcbec4adc042/cli-tool/components/skills/career/resume-formatter",
  "licence": "MIT",
  "original_name": "resume-formatter",
  "commit": "7d85535533914ff0880945570a94fcbec4adc042"
 },
 "credits": [
  {
   "title": "resume-formatter skill",
   "by": "Daniel (San) Ávila",
   "url": "https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/7d85535533914ff0880945570a94fcbec4adc042/cli-tool/components/skills/career/resume-formatter",
   "used": "Copied under the MIT licence. We gave it a plain name. We added Before you start and After this sections that link to other AI Blocks steps. We refreshed those generated sections from the catalogue inputs and next-step links."
  }
 ],
 "files": [
  "LICENSE"
 ],
 "links": {
  "page": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/resume-layout-editor",
  "markdown": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/resume-layout-editor.md",
  "json": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/resume-layout-editor.json",
  "instructions": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/resume-layout-editor/SKILL.md",
  "download": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/resume-layout-editor.zip",
  "api_item": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/items/resume-layout-editor",
  "api_document": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/documents/skill/resume-layout-editor",
  "mcp": "https://useaiblocks.com/mcp"
 }
}