# Keyword-Match Worksheet
### A free worksheet from AdaptiveResume

> Mirror a job description's language — only for skills that are genuinely true of you.

## 1. Pull the posting's keywords
List the recurring tools, skills, certs, methods, and title language:
- ____________________
- ____________________
- ____________________

## 2. Sort each one honestly

| Keyword from posting | Exact match / Translate / Gap | If "translate," your real wording |
|----------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|                      |                               |                                   |
|                      |                               |                                   |
|                      |                               |                                   |

- **Exact** = use as-is · **Translate** = adopt their term for the same real skill · **Gap** = leave off (don't fake it)

## 3. Place them
- [ ] Worked matched terms into the summary (in real context)
- [ ] Worked matched terms into experience bullets
- [ ] NO hidden text / keyword soup

## Honesty check
- [ ] Every keyword maps to something I've actually done
- [ ] Gaps left off, not pasted in
- [ ] The resume reads the same in an interview as on the page

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