The worst time to update your resume is when you need it next week. The details you'd want (numbers, project names, what you changed) are freshest the month they happen.
A small habit
Once a quarter, or after anything you're proud of:
- Add the result to the right job, with its number.
- Add any new skill you've used for real.
- Update your headline if your role changed.
Ten minutes, four times a year.
Keep one master
Keep everything in one complete resume, and make shorter versions for each application. You'll never lose a line you cut for one job.
Your resume as data
JSON Resume stores your resume as structured data rather than a document. That's why one save updates your page, PDF, Word file and JSON at once, why you can switch theme without retyping anything, and why apps and AI assistants you connect can read it (and, with your permission, suggest changes you accept or reject).
On jsonresume.org every save is kept as a version, so you can see what changed and go back.
Make your resume or open your editor.