For new graduates

Your first resume,
tailored to the job.

You have more experience than you think — projects, internships, campus leadership, coursework. Paste the job description and Apply Leaf tailors your entry-level resume to match the keywords the role asks for, using only what you've actually done. Every change is shown — and yours to edit before you export.

What counts as “experience”

  • Capstone project → Product launch

    Designed, built, and shipped — that's a real deliverable.

  • Student org leadership → Management

    You managed a team, a budget, and a deadline.

  • Internship → Entry-level role

    You did the job, just for a shorter period.

  • Volunteer work → Community impact

    You organized, raised funds, or drove measurable change.

  • Coursework → Technical skills

    You applied theory to real problems with real outputs.

The problem

A blank-looking resume, sent to every job, gets nowhere.

New graduates panic at a half-empty template, then send the same version to fifty postings. Neither works. You've been building a portfolio of experience for four years — every group project was collaboration, every deadline was time management, every research paper was analysis — it just doesn't look like a work history yet. And a one-size resume gets filtered by the applicant tracking system before a recruiter ever reads it.

Apply Leaf reads your resume and the entry-level job together, shows which of the role's requirements your campus work already proves, and rewrites the weak lines to match the posting's keywords — in language that gets past ATS and reads as an obvious fit. It only ever reframes what you actually did.

How it works

From campus work to a resume tailored to the job

Upload your resume

Drop in your resume as a PDF or Word file. No work history yet? Build a quick one from your projects, internships, and coursework first, then tailor it.

Paste the job description

Paste the entry-level posting you want. Apply Leaf pulls out the requirements and the keywords the role is really asking for, and shows you what's missing.

Review each change, then export

See every change — weak duties become quantified achievements in the job's language — edit any line, then export a clean, ATS-safe PDF or Word file. No watermark.

AI resume tailoring

Paste an entry-level job description and get your bullets rewritten to lead with what the role asks for — using only your real projects, internships, and coursework.

Tailor my resume

See what's missing

A plain read of which of the role's requirements you already prove and which keywords from the job posting you don't — the honest gaps, never a fake score.

Find the gaps

Turn campus work into achievements

'Took a class' becomes 'led a 4-person team that shipped a prototype used by 200 students.' Achievement-focused rewrites, grounded in what you actually did.

Rewrite my bullets

Matching cover letters

Every tailored resume can carry a cover letter written from the same facts — aimed at the same posting, in your voice, never boilerplate.

Tailor with a cover letter

Build from scratch

No resume yet? Build an ATS-safe one from your projects, internships, and coursework, then tailor it to each job you apply to.

Build yours — free account

Free ATS-safe export

Download a clean PDF and Word file with real selectable text and no watermark on your first tailored resume — no paywall at the finish line.

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New grad resume tailoring, answered

How do I tailor my resume when I have no work experience?

Lead with education, projects, and internships — then tailor. Upload your resume, paste the entry-level job posting, and Apply Leaf shows which of the role's requirements your coursework and campus work already prove, and which keywords from the job posting you're missing. It rewrites weak lines — turning 'took a class' into a quantified achievement in the job's language — and you see every change and can edit any line. Only your real experience, nothing invented.

Should my education go first on a new grad resume?

Yes — for new graduates with limited professional experience, lead with education: your degree, university, GPA (if it's a strength), relevant coursework, and honors. As you gain work experience, education gradually moves below it.

How do I make an internship or class project sound impressive?

Focus on outcomes, not duties. Instead of 'assisted with data entry,' write 'processed 2,000+ records with 100% accuracy, flagging 14 duplicates that saved the team 6 hours a week.' When you tailor to a specific posting, Apply Leaf reframes each result toward the keywords that role is asking for — using numbers you actually achieved.

Can I include campus leadership and volunteer work?

Absolutely. A 'Leadership & Activities' section is valuable for a new grad. Board positions, volunteer coordination, event planning — these show initiative and people skills. Quantify where you can, and tailoring will surface the ones that match the role you're applying to.

Is it free to tailor my entry-level resume?

Your first tailored resume is free, full quality, with no watermark — including the ATS-safe PDF and Word export. Beyond that, Pro (monthly or lifetime) unlocks unlimited tailoring. See the pricing page for current details — we never make a 'free forever' promise.

Turn over a new leaf

Ready to tailor your first resume to the job?

Upload or build your resume, paste the job description, and export a clean, ATS-safe PDF — your real experience, framed for the role, every change yours to edit before you export.