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# Authenticity and Natural-Writing Rules
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> The primary defense against generic or suspicious application writing is verifiable specificity.
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> There is no reliable punctuation checklist for determining whether text was written with AI.
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## Mandatory Authenticity Checks
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1. Trace every experience claim to `resume_builder/canonical/claims.json` and an experience file.
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2. Preserve ownership scope and allowed verbs. Never intensify a verb merely to match the JD.
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3. Use the JD's terminology only when it accurately names the demonstrated work.
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4. Do not copy long phrases from the JD or mirror its requirement order mechanically.
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5. Do not add a tool, scale, customer, metric or outcome because it is plausible.
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6. Keep bridges explicit: say the demonstrated technology first, then explain transferability if useful.
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7. Prefer a concrete fact over a generic adjective.
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8. A claim must be answerable in an interview with a specific example.
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## Natural Resume Writing
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- Start bullets with the work or result, not a framing phrase.
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- Mix short and longer bullets according to information content; identical lengths are not a goal.
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- Use ordinary action verbs. Repetition is acceptable when the same verb is accurate.
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- Avoid empty claims such as innovative, cutting-edge, proven track record, uniquely positioned or passionate about.
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- Use metrics only when verified. Qualitative outcomes are acceptable when their source is clear.
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- Keep the employer, formal title, dates and location more prominent than tailored narrative language.
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- Do not use first person in the resume. First person is appropriate in a cover letter.
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## Natural Cover-Letter Writing
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- Write a letter only when it adds value or the employer requests it.
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- Open with the candidate-role connection; company research should support that connection, not dominate it.
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- Use one or two specific reasons for interest, not a paragraph of company-news paraphrase.
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- Do not repeat resume bullets. Explain a decision, motivation, transition or working style the resume cannot show.
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- Avoid defensive gap lists. A necessary bridge should be short and evidence-led.
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- Contractions and normal punctuation are allowed. There is no em-dash quota and no ban on sentences ending in an -ing word.
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## Post-Generation Checklist
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- [ ] Every claim passes the canonical validator.
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- [ ] Every listed skill has an interview-ready evidence example.
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- [ ] No sentence converts company or industry scale into personal impact.
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- [ ] No marketing headline is presented as a historical job title or customer-delivery fact.
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- [ ] No unsupported metric or causal result appears.
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- [ ] The resume sounds like one technically precise person, not a rearranged JD.
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- [ ] The cover letter is optional by policy and adds information beyond the resume.
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