In our September template launch, we gave you thirteen PDF looks and a style picker on every job page. Since then we kept shipping so you can look right for the role, sound like yourself, and apply with less friction before you pull out a credit card.
Below is what changed and how to use it on your next application.
Smarter AI behind every resume
Tailoring should feel like a sharp editor who read the job and your history, not a template machine. We upgraded the AI across resume generation, fit and gap analysis, and follow-up questions.
Matches track the posting more closely. Suggestions point at proof recruiters ask for in interviews. Regenerations lean on answers you already gave instead of repeating the same prompts. You get resumes that read more convincing for this role, with less back-and-forth on the job page.
Resume styles: thirteen became twenty-three
You still get Classic through Columns on every tailored export. Aurora, Editorial, Nova, Slate, and Signal graduated from Beta to full styles, so you can rely on them for serious applications without a badge on the picker.
Ten new Beta templates aim at careers outside tech: writing and communications (Quill), design (Studio), project and product work (Horizon), accounting (Ledger), logistics and operations (Route), healthcare (Pulse), education (Lecture), hospitality (Host), agriculture and field work (Grove), and sales (Market). Same tailored content, different visual tone for the room you are applying into.
Turn on With photo at the top of Choose a Resume Style to preview your headshot beside your name before you download. Editorial keeps photo left of the text; Horizon and others received header and spacing polish so dense resumes stay readable.
Choose where each resume starts
When you generate for a new job, you pick the starting point: your general profile or a resume you already tailored for another role. Each option shows how well it fits this posting.
Start from a saved resume and your summary keeps your voice while we retarget experience and keywords for the new job. You can also pull a summary you liked from another resume you built in Resume Hedgehog. Strong work compounds instead of resetting every application.
Edit before you send
Fix a typo, swap a bullet, or tighten a line without running another full generation. Click into the resume preview, edit, and save. Add, remove, or reorder experience bullets, and pull phrasing from knowledge you already stored on your profile.
That in-app pass is for quick, job-specific tweaks. When you need a longer edit session, you are not limited to a fixed PDF.
PDF for applying, Word for finishing in your editor
Download a PDF when you want a polished file to upload or email. Download the same tailored resume as DOCX when a portal wants Word, or when you prefer to finish in Word, Google Docs, LibreOffice, or any editor you already use.
You start from structured, job-specific content from Resume Hedgehog. You keep control of the last mile in the tool you trust. You are not locked into a send-only PDF with no room to adjust layout or wording on your own machine.
Certificates, publications, and job language
Certificates and publications are first-class sections now. Keep a pool on your profile, attach the right items to each application, and reorder so the strongest proof is visible first.
When a posting is written in another language, your tailored resume and on-page preview can follow that language so the packet looks deliberate to local recruiters and ATS parsers.
Try the full application toolkit free. Pay once to download.
Paste jobs, improve fit, generate resumes, cover letters, application-form answers, and interview prep, and try the expanded style picker, all without subscriptions or credit packs. Downloading your files unlocks with a single lifetime payment when you are ready to send.
Free resume issue identification
Not sure whether to pay yet? Start with the free resume check. It surfaces concrete problems: thin proof, missing context, formatting risks. See what is weak, then tailor for a real posting inside Resume Hedgehog when you want.
The ebook: how hiring really works
Our free recruitment ebook walks through how ATS and recruiters skim a page, why formatting choices matter, and how to think about fixing a resume before you spend money on tools. It pairs with the free check and the try-everything-first download model.
Try it on your next role
Already on Resume Hedgehog? Paste a job you care about, generate a tailored resume, pick your starting resume and a style that fits the field, then download PDF or DOCX when the packet is ready to send.
New here? Run the free resume check, paste a real offer, and walk the full toolkit before you pay to download.
I am Jonathan Price, product writer for Resume Hedgehog. This release is for anyone who wants a resume that looks deliberate, sounds like them, and still bends in their own editor when the role is worth the extra pass.