Place Your Skill Help Center

Most employers let an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) read your resume before a person does. If the resume misses the job's keywords, or uses columns, tables or images the software cannot read, it is filtered out.

Place Your Skill turns your work history into a clean, ATS-friendly resume, tailors it to a specific job posting, and writes a matching cover letter. You keep full control: every result can be refined in plain English and downloaded as a PDF.

• Works in any modern browser on a phone, tablet or computer. Nothing to install.
• Three steps: add your experience, paste the job description, download and apply.
• Always check every line before you send it. The AI writes from what you give it; make sure everything is true and sounds like you.

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1. Go to placeyourskill.com/register.php (or press Get Started on the home page).
2. Enter your first and last name, phone number, email address and a password. Names may contain letters, spaces, apostrophes, hyphens and dots (up to 50 characters).
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1. Press Sign In at the top of any page.
2. Enter your email address and password and tick I agree to the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.
3. Wait for the security check to show Success! (tick Verify you are human if it asks), then press Log In. You go to your dashboard.

To sign out, press Logout at the top right.

1. On the sign-in page press Forgot your password?
2. Enter the email address of your account, wait for the security check, and press Send Reset Instructions.
3. Open the email Reset Your Place Your Skill Password and press Reset Your Password. The link works for 1 hour.
4. Choose a new password and press Update Password, then sign in with it.

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1. Open the Create ATS Resume tab on your dashboard.
2. Either type your work history in plain English in the big box (jobs, dates, what you did, results, skills, education, certificates), or press Choose File to upload your existing CV as a .pdf or .txt file. The text from the file appears in the box, where you can still edit it.
3. Press Generate ATS Resume. A window "Converting experience into ATS standard resume…" shows while the AI works; this usually takes 20 to 40 seconds.
4. Your new resume appears below with its ATS Match Score and is saved automatically under Saved Resumes.

Tips: mention numbers (team size, percentages, money saved), exact tool and software names, and month and year for each job. You do not need to format anything; the AI does that. Your name, email address, phone number and location are taken from your Profile, so fill those in first. Add your LinkedIn link to the text if you want it on the resume. Details you type in the text win over the profile.

Every resume gets an ATS Match Score (0-100%): an estimate of how well an applicant tracking system will read and rank it.

• Left box: the score and the keywords the AI suggests adding.
• Right box, How to Improve Your Score: concrete fixes, for example missing contact details, dates without months, results without numbers.
• History of Refinement Instructions Used: every change made to this resume, with date and time.

Use the tips with Refine Resume or tailor the resume to a job to raise the score. The score is a guide, not a guarantee of an interview.

Below the score you see the full resume: your name and contact line, Professional Summary, Core Competencies, Professional Experience, Education and Certifications. If the resume has a cover letter, it follows under Tailored Cover Letter.

The bar above the resume has Download Resume PDF, Download Cover Letter PDF (when there is one) and Print Clean Resume (see Downloading PDFs).

The Saved Resumes tab lists every resume you created, newest first, with its score and date. Each card has:

• View - shows the resume (and cover letter) below on the same page.
• Refine - opens the Refine Resume & Cover Letter tab with this resume selected.
• ATS Keyword Analysis - an in-depth keyword audit (see ATS Keyword Analysis).
• Resume PDF and Cover Letter PDF - downloads. If the resume has no cover letter yet, Create Cover Letter appears instead and takes you to the job description box.
• Delete This Resume / Cover Letter - see Deleting a resume.

You can keep as many versions as you like, for example one per job you apply for.

1. Open the Refine Resume & Cover Letter tab and pick a resume under Select from Your Saved Resumes. Its preview loads below.
2. Copy the full job posting (title, responsibilities, requirements) and paste it into Target Job Description (JD).
3. Press Refine Resume and Cover Letter.
4. The AI rewrites the resume around that job's keywords and writes a matching cover letter. The result is saved as a new resume; your original stays unchanged.

This is also the way to get a cover letter for a resume that does not have one. Do this for every job you apply for: a tailored resume scores much higher than a general one.

1. Select the resume at the top of the Refine Resume & Cover Letter tab.
2. In Refine Resume, type what you want changed, for example "Add a Core Competencies entry for stakeholder management and tighten the summary". Or press a quick button: Sharper Summary, Stronger Bullets, Emphasize Achievements, Make it Tighter.
3. Press Refine Resume. The selected resume is updated in place and the change is added to its history.

No job description is needed for this box. Use it to fix dates, add a skill, change wording, or follow the tips in How to Improve Your Score.

This box appears only when the selected resume already has a cover letter.

1. Type how the letter should change, or press More Formal, More Enthusiastic, Make it Shorter or Emphasize Achievements.
2. Press Refine Cover Letter. The cover letter is updated in place.

The keyword audit shows what an ATS finds in your resume and what it is missing.

1. On a saved resume press ATS Keyword Analysis. The audit opens in a window after a few seconds.
2. 1. Verbatim Keywords Found in Resume: each keyword with its category and strength, where it appears in your resume, and why screeners value it. If a keyword is wrong or no longer true, press Remove Keyword from Resume.
3. 2. Recommended Keywords to Boost ATS Score: keywords to add, with the expected boost, why, and where to put them. Tick the ones that are true for you (or Select All Recommended Skills) and press Add Selected Skills to my Saved Resume.

Only add skills you really have. Recruiters and interviews will check them.

• Download Resume PDF (or Resume PDF on a card) - a clean, ATS-friendly PDF of the resume only.
• Download Cover Letter PDF (or Cover Letter PDF) - the cover letter as a separate PDF.
• Print Clean Resume - prints only the resume from your browser.

PDFs are built on our server. A "Generating your PDF" window shows for a moment and the file then downloads by itself; wait for it to finish. Most job sites accept PDF; if a posting asks for another format, follow its instructions.

Press Delete This Resume / Cover Letter on the card and confirm. The resume and its cover letter are removed permanently; this cannot be undone. Download a PDF first if you may need it again.

Every generation, refinement and keyword analysis is one AI use.

• 7-Day Trial: up to 10 per day during the trial; no daily limit once your monthly plan starts.
• Free offer links: up to 25 per day during the free period.
• Paid plans and vouchers: no daily limit.

On plans with a limit the dashboard shows AI uses today: x / y. The count resets every day. Your resumes are written by our AI providers (Anthropic Claude, with Groq and Google Gemini as back-ups); they only receive the text needed to write the resume.

1. Press Profile at the top right.
2. Update your first, middle and last name and phone number. Your email address is shown but cannot be changed here (use the contact form).
3. Default Location / Address for Resumes (optional): your city and state or country, for example South Carolina, USA. It is used as the location on new resumes.
4. To change your password, type a new one under Update Password; leave it empty to keep your current password.
5. Press Save Profile Changes.

Your name, email address, phone number and location from this page are put in the contact line of every new resume and used to sign cover letters. Changing them later does not change resumes you already made; use Refine Resume for those.

Under Manage Subscription you see your Current Plan, the Date Subscribed and the Time Remaining. For the trial and monthly plan it also shows the next renewal date and amount.

• Cancel Subscription (trial and monthly plan): stops all future charges. You keep access until the end of the period you already paid for. Changed your mind? Press Keep My Subscription before that date.
• Manage Billing (trial and monthly plan): opens Stripe's secure billing page, where you can change your card, download invoices or change your plan.
• Extend or Change Plan (other plans): opens the Renew page to buy a plan or redeem a voucher.
• Delete Profile: see Deleting your profile.

If a monthly payment fails, Stripe retries it automatically and the page shows Payment problem; we also email you.

For every card payment (the trial fee, each monthly payment, the agency plan) you receive a PAID invoice from Vertex Catalyst Group LLC, the company behind Place Your Skill. For every refund you receive a credit note.

• Each one is e-mailed as a PDF to the billing e-mail address you used at payment, shortly after the payment. Stripe also sends its own payment receipt.
• All of them are listed under Invoices (top menu on your Profile page), where you can download the PDF again at any time.
• Invoice numbers look like VCGU-PYS-00001, credit notes like VCGU-PYS-CN-00001.
• Vouchers and free offers cost nothing, so they have no invoice.

Need a correction (for example a company name on the invoice)? Use the contact form.

1. Download any resume or cover letter PDFs you want to keep.
2. In your Profile, press Delete Profile. A red box opens.
3. Type your current password, tick I understand that my profile and all my resumes will be deleted permanently, and press Delete My Profile Permanently.

A trial or monthly plan is cancelled immediately (no refund for the current period), and your account, resumes, cover letters, plan history and referral records are erased. No archive copy is kept, so this cannot be undone. You are signed out and see a page where you can Download your certificate: a Certificate of Account Deletion as your record. Download it straight away; we keep one copy only as proof of the deletion. Invoices issued to you are kept for 7 years after the financial year in which they were issued, because tax law requires it; they are no longer linked to your account. Stripe keeps its payment records for accounting; see the Privacy Policy.

1. When your access has ended, the dashboard says so and links to Renew Your Subscription.
2. Choose 7-Day Trial or Agency / Assistance Centers and press Renew Subscription to go to secure payment.
3. Have a voucher? Choose I Have a Voucher, type the 10-character code under Voucher / Coupon Code and press Renew Subscription. Access is granted immediately.

Community partners can share a special Place Your Skill link with a free access period (for example 30 days).

1. Open the link. The sign-up page shows the free offer.
2. Create your account as usual (no card needed). Your free access starts straight away.
3. During the free period you can use up to 25 AI generations per day. The dashboard shows when the free access ends; after that you can choose a plan on the renew page.

Each offer has its own limits (dates, number of places). If an offer link is no longer active, the page says so and shows the normal plans. Already have an account? Opening the link while signed in does not add free time.

1. Press Earn $ at the top of the page.
2. Copy your personal referral link with Copy Link, or share it directly with Send via WhatsApp or Send via Facebook.
3. When someone signs up through your link, you earn $5. Your Referral Earnings shows Total Referrals, Total Earned, Pending Payout and Already Paid.
4. Once you have a pending balance, press Request Payout. Payouts are processed by hand; we contact you to arrange payment.

Articles are practical guides on resumes, ATS systems and job applications. News has updates and announcements from Place Your Skill. Both are free to read without an account; find them in the menu at the top of the home page and in the footer of every page.

1. Press Contact in the footer of any page.
2. Choose a Topic (Support, Billing / subscription, Privacy request, Other), enter your name, your email address and your message.
3. Wait for the security check, then press Send Message. We reply by email to the address you gave.

We do not publish an email address to keep spam out; the contact form reaches the same team.

• Your resumes are private to your account. We do not sell or share your data; see the Privacy Policy.
• All pages use HTTPS. Forms are protected against bots with Cloudflare Turnstile and other checks, and payments go through Stripe.
• Our emails never contain text typed by someone else, and we never ask for your password by email.
• You can delete your account and all your resumes yourself at any time (see Deleting your profile). For other privacy questions, send a Privacy request through the contact form.

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The resume shows [YOUR FULL NAME] or other placeholders

Your Profile was missing those details when the resume was made. Fill them in, then generate the resume again or use Refine Resume, for example "Put my name Jane Smith, my phone (555) 010-0000, my email address and Columbia, SC in the contact line", typing your real email address in place of the words "my email address".

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