File 01 · Resume
Focused for this posting.
The job requirements are matched to evidence you approved. Wording and emphasis change; dates, titles, metrics, technologies, credentials, and ownership do not quietly get upgraded.
Your master resume, put to work
One honest career story. Ready for every job.
Bring the resume you already have. Handmade Resume turns it into a career record you approve, then shapes a checked resume and cover letter for each posting without adding achievements you never claimed.
Two complete application packets free. No card required.
Approved career record
Facts approved
Approved fact
Every sentence traces to something you approved.
Letter
one posting
two checked files
two checked files
Paste a job from anywhere you already search
LinkedIn
Indeed
Workday
Greenhouse
Lever
Glassdoor
Google Jobs
Company career pages
ZipRecruiter
Wellfound
Handshake
Ashby
How it works
Do the truth work once. Reuse it all job search.
The system remembers approved facts, not a chat transcript. Every application starts from committed records and the exact posting you supplied.
Your record
Approve the facts once.
Upload a DOCX or PDF, scan an old resume, or paste text. Review the roles, dates, skills, credentials, and achievements that were extracted. That approved record becomes the boundary for generated drafts.
The role
Paste the posting you want.
Requirements are mapped to evidence in your record before writing begins. If a useful detail is missing, you get one short batch of optional questions. Skip them and the system leaves the gap alone.
The packet
Review two files. Send when ready.
You get a tailored resume and a cover letter composed from the verified final resume. Export PDF, DOCX, or one ZIP after the factual and file checks pass.
The difference
The missing word is the point.
A job can ask for more than your record proves. Handmade Resume does not bridge that gap with confident-sounding fiction. It uses the strongest wording your evidence actually earns.
Relevant is not the same as embellished.
You still get terminology the employer recognizes. You just do not inherit a title, metric, technology, or ownership claim that you never approved.
The posting
Experience owning monthly financial reporting and reconciliation.
Approved fact
Automated monthly reports and reconciliations.
Tailored line
Automated recurring monthly financial reports and reconciliation workflows.
Fact linkedOwnership not claimed
What comes out
One application in. A complete packet out.
No scavenger hunt across a builder, a checker, a cover-letter tab, and a download paywall. The work stays together from posting to final files.
File 02 · Cover letter
Paired with the final resume.
The letter is composed only after the resume is verified, using that final resume, the exact posting, and motivation you explicitly supplied. No invented lifelong passion. No contradictory second story.
Facts first
Generated wording stays inside your approved career record and committed clarifications.
Files checked
PDF and DOCX are parse-checked and format-checked after rendering, before download.
Edits stay free
Manual edits, template switches, and re-downloads do not spend another packet.
One archive
The exact posting, resume, cover letter, versions, and downloads stay together.
6 styles · one document model
Resume templates
A small stack, on purpose.
6 production templates cover distinct career registers without turning your resume into a graphic-design project. Every one uses the same content and reading order.
All six templates are back in the stack.
Open the full-size comparison →The brakes are the feature
Three rules the generator cannot talk its way around.
There are no sample customer quotes here pretending to be proof. These are enforceable product rules, backed by the generation and export gates.
If the record does not support it, the draft cannot claim it.
If a high-risk claim cannot be traced, export stops.
If the rendered file does not pass its checks, download waits.
Handmade Page
Your verified resume, with a public home.
Pick one of three designs and share a free name-based page, like yourname.handmaderesume.comwhen it's available. When you save resume changes, Handmade Resume checks them and unlocks a one-click page update without changing the look you chose.
Get started freejane-smith.handmaderesume.com
One page per account · free on every plan · noindex by default
Privacy by default
Read the plain-language privacy policy →Your career is not ad inventory.
A resume contains a surprisingly complete map of your life. The product is built to use that information for your documents, not for a marketing profile.
- Private storage
- Source files and finished artifacts stay private and downloads require an ownership check.
- Contact data separated
- Names, email addresses, and phone numbers are kept out of model prompts and inserted deterministically at render time.
- Content-free telemetry
- Resume text, job descriptions, employer names, and contact details never go to analytics or error monitoring.
- Visible provenance
- Generated claims link back to approved facts, so you can inspect the evidence instead of trusting a confidence badge.
Simple pricing
Pay for packets, not noise.
Start with two complete packets free. No card, no subscription trap, no credits wasted on edits or re-downloads.
Free
0 CAD
2 lifetime packets
No card required
Sprint
12 CAD one-time
10 packets
Credits never expire
Active Search
25 CAD/month
60 packets per month
Cancel any time
One packet includes a resume, cover letter, two targeted revisions, manual edits, and re-downloads. Every plan also includes 1 Handmade Page.
Field notes for the job search
Useful answers before you need another tool.
Questions
Answered plainly.
Will it invent experience?
No. The generator is restricted to the career facts you approved, and an independent review checks every sentence against them before export. Unsupported claims are corrected, blocked, or sent back to you for one explicit confirmation.
Is it really a free resume maker?
Yes: two complete packets, no card required. Enough to take one real application from career record to checked, downloadable documents before deciding anything.
What files can I upload?
DOCX, text-based PDF, scanned PDF with English OCR, or pasted resume text. Files can be up to 15 MB and 10 pages. Low-confidence OCR spans are flagged for your review, never silently accepted.
Are the resumes ATS-friendly?
Templates use restrained typography, selectable text, standard sections, one reading order, and mechanical parser checks on every export. No tool can guarantee every employer's ATS result, and we do not pretend otherwise.
Do you score my resume against the job?
No. Universal match scores measure the scoring tool, not any employer's real system. We map requirements to your evidence and check facts instead of grading you with a made-up percentage.
Do I get a cover letter too?
Yes. Every packet contains a tailored resume and a cover letter generated from the verified final resume, exported as PDF, DOCX, or a single ZIP.
Can I edit and download again?
Yes. Manual edits, template switches, and re-downloads are unlimited and never use more credits. Each packet also includes two AI-targeted revisions.
What happens to my documents?
Sources stay in private storage, contact details are excluded from AI prompts, and you can delete your original upload the moment your career record is approved. Deleting your account removes your data.
What is a Handmade Page, and who can see it?
A free, name-based public site built from one verified resume you choose — pick a design, choose exactly which contact fields are public, and publish. Anyone with the link can view it; it's excluded from search indexing unless you turn that on. Saving a resume change never updates the live page by itself — a one-click Update Handmade Page button unlocks once the new version passes the same verification your resume gets. Your preferred name isn't always available, so you may need a small variation.
Ready for the next application?
Build the source of truth once, then tailor a checked resume and cover letter for every job you actually want.
Two complete packets free. No card required.