We write the resume.
You take the interview.
An HR pro with 5+ years of recruiting experience rewrites your resume from scratch — ATS-optimized, achievement-focused, and tailored to the role you actually want. Delivered in 5 business days.
What you get
Not a Word doc.
A career asset.
Every package includes the four things that turn a CV into interviews.
A resume rewritten from scratch
Not edited. Not templated. Hand-written from the ground up by a senior recruiter who's hired for your role.
ATS-optimized formatting
Tested against Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, and Taleo so it doesn't get filtered before a human ever sees it.
Achievement-first writing
Every bullet quantified, every responsibility translated into outcomes. The kind of resume hiring managers actually read.
Free revisions for 7 days
Don't love something? Reply to the delivery email and we rewrite it. No upcharges, no extra rounds to buy.
How it works
Brief in. Resume out. 5 days.
Send us what you have
Upload your current resume — even if it's a draft, even if it's 8 years old. 90 seconds.
Fill the brief
8-minute questionnaire on your target role, achievements, and what you want to highlight.
We write it
A senior recruiter writes your resume from scratch. Delivered in 5 business days.
Polish and apply
Free revisions for 7 days. Then start applying — most of our clients book interviews within 30 days.
Pricing
One flat fee. No subscriptions, no upsells.
Pick the package that fits where you are. Each one is hand-written by a real HR professional — never AI.
Zap Review
Fix what you have- Detailed line-by-line feedback
- ATS optimization checklist
- Cover letter feedback included
- Returned in 3 business days
Zap Hired
Most popular- Full resume rewrite by an HR pro
- ATS-optimized for your target role
- 1 free revision round
- Returned in 5 business days
- 30-day email support
Zap 2x
Career relaunch- Everything in Zap Hired
- Custom cover letter
- LinkedIn profile rewrite
- 2 revision rounds
- Returned in 7 business days
Why our writers
Real recruiters, not resume mills.
Most resume services hire freelance copywriters. We hire ex-recruiters who've sat on the other side of the hiring desk and know exactly what gets you in.
5+ years of recruiting experience
Every writer has hired full-time at a real company — they know what makes a recruiter pause on a resume vs. scroll past.
Matched to your industry
Software, finance, marketing, healthcare, product — we pair you with a writer who's hired for the exact role you're targeting.
Zero AI generation
Your resume is written by a human, sentence by sentence. No ChatGPT, no Jasper, no "spearheaded synergistic initiatives."
Editable Word & PDF
You own everything — fully editable .docx so you can tweak for each application, plus a print-ready PDF.
Real results
Resumes that opened doors.
"I'd been writing my own resume for a month and getting nothing. ZapResume rewrote it in 5 days and I had three interviews booked the next week."
"I didn't think my work experience could be described so well. They wrote something 10x better than I'd been sending out for months."
"The questionnaire alone made me realize how much I'd been underselling myself. The final resume was the icing — I'll never write my own again."
FAQ
Everything else, answered.
How long is a typical resume?
One to two pages, depending on your experience. Anything over two pages on a resume signals to recruiters that you can't edit yourself — and we don't let that happen.
Will my resume look like every other ZapResume resume?
No. We have a small library of templates (clean and modern, not the stock Word ones) and your writer picks what fits your industry. Two clients in the same week will get visibly different resumes.
What if I'm changing careers?
Career-change resumes are some of our best work. Your writer rewrites your existing experience to highlight transferable skills and reframes the narrative around the role you're moving toward — not the one you're leaving.
Can I keep editing the resume after delivery?
Yes. You get a fully editable .docx file plus a polished PDF. Many of our clients tweak a few bullets per application — the resume is yours, not a locked file.
How is this different from using ChatGPT?
ChatGPT writes generic prose that hiring managers spot in three seconds. Our writers know what specific phrases trigger which ATS keywords, what's currently working in your industry, and what story to tell about your last 5 years. That's not something an LLM can fake.
What if I don't like the first draft?
You get free revisions for 7 days after delivery. Reply to the delivery email with what you want changed, and your writer rewrites it — no upcharges, no extra rounds to buy. If after revisions you still aren't happy, we'll re-pair you with a different writer.
Stop sending résumés into the void.
Get a resume written by someone who's hired for your role. ATS-proof, interview-ready, in 5 days.