I’ve played with a lot of different resume builders over the years. They range from pretty bad to sort of fine. They’re more or less just throwing your text into one of a few preset formats available, so the work is still mostly on you to come up with strong, compelling bullet points and good descriptions. Rezi however, is the first I’ve used that does a lot of the same things I would do if you paid me to rework your resume. As a career coach that’s pretty much the highest praise I can give a resume software.
It’s pretty self explanatory to start. Add your name and basics about your field and experience level. That creates a template, so you can add and save several different resumes. That alone is a great feature (how often have you frantically searched your gmail for the last resume you created).
When you click on that template it will ask you to enter your basic information. This will become the top of the resume it eventually creates. Even though this seems a little “duh” you’d be amazed how often I see resumes that lack basics like email and phone number.
The next screen will have you write a summary for yourself. I think summaries are super important, so this was the one place Rezi fell a little flat for me. Some of the great checks it has in place for bullet points don’t exist for your summary.
Then you’ll move on to the experience tab which is really where I think Rezi shines. As you type and enter bullet points on your experience Rezi checks your work instantly. It will flag places where the bullet isn’t long enough, doesn’t include any quantifying information, or doesn’t include punctuation. I was SO impressed by how well this worked. But what really impressed me was how Rezi managed to catch things I wouldn’t expect. It flagged lead words that were too general, use of personal pronouns, and filler words. Normally that’s really where a good resume writer would shine. 10/10 for this function. If you take the time to make sure you’re turning all of those red and gold flags green your bullet points will be super solid.
I was also REALLY impressed with the finished product. As a career coach I’m picky about what a finished resume looks like. Formatting is so important to making sure your work is communicated clearly and makes sense to the reader. So color me shocked when this showed up.
This resume is perfectly formatted. Honestly, almost exactly how I’d do it myself. I don’t love icons and don’t normally recommend them, but then I realized there’s an “adjustments” tab that lets you turn those off, increase the font size, and change the line height. Getting the formatting down is so time consuming (another reason it’s sometimes worth it to pay a resume writer), but Rezi would make it super easy to get a consistently formatted resume back every time you need to make adjustments. That’s gold when you’re job searching and constantly updating.
Rezi also gave me the option to switch to this more colorful format. As they also pointed out when you make the switch, it’s pretty but not very ATS compatible and not great for applying at large companies (the two column format is the main issue). Still it’s fun, and might be great to have in your back pocket if you’re emailing a resume directly to a smaller startup or just a company that would appreciate color and creativity.
TLDR? Yes - Rezi is totally worth it. The AppSumo deal is here. When you sign up it will give you a code you’ll need to input the first time you sign into Rezi. Even if you’re not actively looking I’d take advantage of this deal for the next time you need a resume. A year of Rezi is normally $348, so you cannot beat this deal (again people, it’s FREE right now) and as much as it pains me to say, Rezi could put more than a few resume writers out of business.