Get the tailored resume. Skip the misery.

Just yap about your jobs in plain words, typed or out loud. YapApply asks the follow-up questions, finds stories you forgot, and turns them into a resume that fits the job you want.

Yapping: talking about your work the way you actually talk.

Type or talk through what happened at work, messy and real, like you're telling a friend. YapApply asks the questions a good career coach would, digs up stories you never thought counted, and writes the resume lines for you.

Skip the walkthrough

  1. You yap. Type it or say it. Your words, typos welcome.

  2. It digs. Follow-up questions find the wins you forgot.

  3. It writes. Your story becomes a resume line that fits the job.

Tell me about a time something went sideways at work. What did you do?

You said

ok so the till system crashed on a saturday rush at the cafe and i just started writing orders on cups and keeping a paper tab lol

Writing orders on cups through a Saturday rush is a real story.

Did anyone else learn your paper system afterwards?

Training others shows you were trusted.

You said

oh yeah i showed all the new hires how to do it in case it happened again

New story unlocked: you trained people!

Your resume line

Kept Saturday service running through a point-of-sale outage with a manual order system, then trained new hires on the backup process.

Interactive demo

Everyone's got stories

Pick the one that sounds most like you, then tap through. You'll see what one good follow-up question turns up, and how the story gets written for a real job posting.

Career changer

Teacher, moving into UX

They said
i was a teacher for six years and now i want to do UX. help??
The coach noticed
Teaching is full of testing things on real people.
The coach asked
Tell me about a lesson or worksheet you changed because students kept getting stuck.
Why it asked
Changing something after watching people use it is UX work.
They answered
my grade 9s kept failing the same unit so i asked a few of them where they got lost, cut the worksheets down to fewer steps, and their scores on that unit went up
What it found
New story unlocked: you did user research!
A Junior UX Designer posting asks for
  • User research
  • Simplify complex flows
  • Measure the impact of changes
The resume line YapApply wrote for it
Did informal user research with Grade 9 students who kept failing one unit to find where the worksheets lost them, then simplified the flow to fewer steps, and the class's scores on that unit went up.

Firefighter, moving into emergency management

They said
12 years as a firefighter and i'm done with shift work. pretty sure nobody in an office cares that i can run a hose line
The coach noticed
Offices care a lot about people who stay calm and organized when things go wrong.
The coach asked
Besides the calls themselves, what did you plan, run or keep track of at the station?
Why it asked
Planning and coordination carry straight into office roles.
They answered
i ran the training schedule for 4 crews, about 30 people, and i planned our part of the city's yearly evacuation drill with the school board
What it found
New story unlocked: you coordinated across organizations!
An Emergency Management Coordinator posting asks for
  • Plan and run emergency drills
  • Coordinate with partner organizations
  • Manage training programs
The resume line YapApply wrote for it
Planned the station's part in the city's yearly evacuation drill, coordinating with the school board, and managed training for 4 crews of about 30 firefighters.

Accountant, moving into data analytics

They said
accountant for 7 years and i want to move into data analytics. all i really do is month-end close stuff
The coach noticed
Month-end close is a data pipeline with a deadline.
The coach asked
Is there a part of the close you sped up or automated?
Why it asked
Automating work you know inside out is what analysts do.
They answered
yeah i built a power query setup that pulls the bank exports and matches them. reconciliations went from like 3 days to 1
What it found
New story unlocked: you automated a process!
A Data Analyst posting asks for
  • Automate recurring reporting
  • Reconcile data from several sources
  • Power Query or SQL
The resume line YapApply wrote for it
Automated monthly bank reconciliations in Power Query, pulling and matching data from bank exports, and cut the work from about 3 days to 1.

Nurse, moving into health tech

They said
nurse for 9 years and pretty burnt out. i'm looking at health tech jobs but i've never worked in tech
The coach noticed
Health tech companies need people who know how a hospital floor actually works.
The coach asked
Were you involved when your unit started using new software or equipment?
Why it asked
Helping people take up new systems is the job you're aiming for.
They answered
when we switched charting systems i was a super user. i trained about 40 nurses on my unit and was who everyone called on nights when it acted up
What it found
New story unlocked: you helped a team adopt new software!
A Clinical Implementation Specialist posting asks for
  • Support staff through software rollouts
  • Deliver end-user training
  • Troubleshoot issues with users
The resume line YapApply wrote for it
Supported the unit's rollout of a new charting system as a super user, training about 40 nurses and troubleshooting problems on night shifts.

Mid-career

Account executive in sales

They said
account exec for 6 years. my numbers are fine but every sales resume says 'exceeded quota' so how do i stand out
The coach noticed
Quota says you sold. How you sold is what stands out.
The coach asked
What's a deal that was hard to win, and what did you do differently to win it?
Why it asked
One specific deal sticks better than a percentage.
They answered
a regional grocery chain we'd lost twice. i stopped pitching head office and got two of their store managers to trial it first. closed at about $400k a year
What it found
New story unlocked: you turned a no into a yes!
A Senior Account Executive posting asks for
  • Win new accounts
  • Sell to several decision-makers
  • Run pilots that convert
The resume line YapApply wrote for it
Won a new account worth about $400K a year from a regional grocery chain that had turned the company down twice, by running a two-store pilot that won over store managers before head office.

Product manager at a fintech

They said
PM at a fintech for 5 years. i've shipped a ton of features but i don't know which ones matter on a resume
The coach noticed
The ones that changed a number somebody cared about.
The coach asked
Which of those features started with something you noticed yourself, and what happened after?
Why it asked
Spotting the problem shows judgment, not just delivery.
They answered
the onboarding one. i read support tickets every friday and kept seeing people quit at the id check. we moved it later in signup, a/b tested it, and completed signups went from 41% to 58%
What it found
New story unlocked: you found the problem yourself!
A Senior Product Manager posting asks for
  • Find problems through customer insight
  • Run A/B tests
  • Own activation metrics
The resume line YapApply wrote for it
Found a sign-up drop-off at the ID check by reviewing support tickets each week, moved the step later in onboarding and A/B tested the change, lifting activation (completed sign-ups) from 41% to 58%.

Marketing manager

They said
marketing manager for 8 years. half my job isn't really marketing so idk what to put
The coach noticed
The parts that aren't really marketing are often what make a manager stand out.
The coach asked
What's something outside your job description that you ended up owning?
Why it asked
Owning work beyond your role shows range and trust.
They answered
our website. the agency contract ended so i taught myself webflow and rebuilt the site. we save about $30k a year and i run it now
What it found
New story unlocked: you saved real money!
A Marketing Manager posting asks for
  • Own the company website
  • Manage spend and budgets
  • Webflow or similar tools
The resume line YapApply wrote for it
Took ownership of the company website after the agency contract ended, rebuilding it in-house in Webflow and saving about $30K a year.

Restaurant general manager

They said
GM at a restaurant for 10 years and i want operations at a bigger company. not sure restaurant stuff translates
The coach noticed
Running a restaurant is operations with a dinner rush.
The coach asked
What's something you changed that made the place run better, and what happened after?
Why it asked
Operations roles hire people who fix how work gets done.
They answered
i redid how we order and schedule. built a par sheet so we ordered off what we actually sold. food waste dropped a lot and labour came in under budget most weeks
What it found
New story unlocked: you fixed a system!
An Operations Manager posting asks for
  • Use data to improve processes
  • Control labour and inventory costs
  • Build systems teams follow
The resume line YapApply wrote for it
Used sales data to rebuild ordering and scheduling around a par sheet, cutting food waste and keeping labour under budget most weeks.

Hotel front office manager

They said
front office manager at a hotel for 7 years. i want guest experience or customer success roles next
The coach noticed
Hotels hear complaints all day. How you handled them is the story.
The coach asked
What's a problem that kept coming up at the front desk, and what did you do about it?
Why it asked
Fixing a repeat problem shows judgment, not just service.
They answered
late checkouts kept turning into fights at the desk. i set up a text the day before with paid late checkout options. complaints dropped and it made about $18k extra the first year
What it found
New story unlocked: you turned a complaint into revenue!
A Guest Experience Manager posting asks for
  • Resolve recurring guest issues
  • Find new revenue opportunities
  • Improve guest satisfaction
The resume line YapApply wrote for it
Fixed a recurring guest complaint about late checkouts by texting guests the day before with paid late checkout options, which cut complaints and added about $18K in revenue in the first year.

Backend developer

They said
backend dev for 9 years. my resume is basically a list of languages and i hate it
The coach noticed
The languages are the tools. The resume should show what you built with them.
The coach asked
What's something you built that other teams or customers rely on now?
Why it asked
Systems other people depend on show the reach of your work.
They answered
our payments retry service. failed card payments used to just die. i built a queue that retries them on a schedule and we recover around 12% of them now
What it found
New story unlocked: you built something people rely on!
A Senior Backend Engineer posting asks for
  • Build reliable, fault-tolerant services
  • Queues and async processing
  • Payments experience
The resume line YapApply wrote for it
Built a queue-based retry service for failed card payments that now recovers about 12% of them, making payments more fault-tolerant.

Operations, 8 years at one company

They said
8 years at the same company. where do i even start
The coach noticed
Eight years means plenty works the way it does because of you.
The coach asked
What's one thing that works differently there because of you?
Why it asked
One clear change beats a list of duties.
They answered
honestly onboarding. new people used to just shadow whoever was free. i wrote a two week plan and a checklist and now every team uses it
What it found
New story unlocked: you changed how a company works!
A Training Specialist posting asks for
  • Design onboarding programs
  • Create training materials
  • Roll programs out across teams
The resume line YapApply wrote for it
Designed a two-week onboarding program and checklist that replaced informal shadowing and was adopted by every team.

New grad

New grad

They said
does running the anime club count as leadership? asking for me
The coach noticed
Running a club counts when people showed up because of you.
The coach asked
How many members did the club have when you took over, and when you left?
Why it asked
Growth is the clearest way to show leadership.
They answered
like 15 when i took over and 60 by the end of the year. i booked rooms for weekly screenings and got the student union to fund a trip to a convention
What it found
New story unlocked: you led a community!
A Community Coordinator posting asks for
  • Plan and run events
  • Grow an engaged community
  • Secure funding or sponsors
The resume line YapApply wrote for it
Led a campus club as it grew from 15 to 60 members in a year, running weekly events and securing student union funding for a group convention trip.

Co-op student

Co-op student

They said
i've done three work terms and honestly can't remember what i did in the first one. property management office, mostly answering phones i think
The coach noticed
Phones at a property office usually means people with problems.
The coach asked
What did tenants call about most, and what did you do with those calls?
Why it asked
Shows how you handled people and problems.
They answered
repair requests mostly. they kept getting lost so i started a shared spreadsheet for them. like 40 a week maybe
What it found
New story unlocked: you fixed a broken process!
An Operations Assistant posting asks for
  • Track and follow up on requests
  • Keep information organized
  • Improve office processes
The resume line YapApply wrote for it
Set up a shared spreadsheet to track tenant repair requests, about 40 a week, after requests kept getting lost.

International student

International student

They said
most of my experience is from back home. will employers here get it?
The coach noticed
They will if the work is told in terms they know.
The coach asked
What did you do day to day, and who did you work with?
Why it asked
Plain terms help a recruiter here picture the job.
They answered
i worked at my family's export business. i did all the shipping paperwork and dealt with customs agents and buyers in three countries
What it found
New story unlocked: you handled international shipping!
A Logistics Coordinator posting asks for
  • Prepare shipping and customs documents
  • Work with customs agents
  • Coordinate with international partners
The resume line YapApply wrote for it
Prepared shipping and customs documents for a family export business, coordinating with customs agents and buyers in three countries.

Your stories stay yours.

Here's what happens to everything you tell YapApply. Plain words, no fine print.

No training on your stories

What you write is never used to train or tune an AI model unless you give a separate yes. The AI companies that do the writing don't train on what apps like ours send them.

Your voice becomes text

Talk instead of typing and your words are written down. Only the text is kept. No recording of your voice is stored.

Who can see it

Your account is just for you. Our small team may look at what you've written when we're fixing a problem or making the writing better, and the app lets you know that too.

Take it or delete it, any time

Download a backup of everything in one file. Or delete everything: your stories, uploads, jobs and resumes, gone for good.

You always hit send

YapApply never submits an application or sends a message for you. It writes, you decide what goes out.

Nothing a resume doesn't need

We never ask for a Social Security number, banking details or ID documents.

Used to test, never to train

We keep a record of each AI request for 90 days. We use those records to fix problems, and to check that a change works as expected before it goes live. No model learns from them, and deleting your data fully removes it from our system forever.

Same great resume. A way better way to get there.

Most AI resume tools rewrite whatever you hand them, so a lot of resumes end up sounding alike. YapApply asks for the specifics first: the numbers, the people, the thing that changed because of you.

62%

of hiring managers say AI-generated resumes with no personal details are likely to be rejected. Resume Now survey of 925 US HR professionals, March 2025. Read the report

The usual way

  • Stare at a blank page.
  • Agonize over every word in every bullet point.
  • Guess which stories matter to this employer.
  • Rewrite the whole thing for the next posting.

The YapApply way

  • Tell stories about your jobs in your own words.
  • It asks about the stories you'd never think to add.
  • Every line comes from something you said. Nothing gets made up.
  • Drop in a new posting and it tailors the resume to fit.

How it works

  1. Bring what you have

    Upload your resume and the PDF LinkedIn makes of your profile. YapApply sorts your jobs and schooling into one place.

  2. Yap about each job

    Type or talk. The coach asks follow-ups and keeps every story in your career bank for later.

  3. Drop in a job posting

    Paste the posting or its link. YapApply works out what the employer wants and asks about anything missing.

  4. Get your resume and cover letter

    Your best stories, picked and written for that job. Edit anything, then download a PDF, Word file, Google Doc or plain text.

Why I'm building YapApply

Ken

Building YapApply in Toronto

A year ago I was laid off and applying for jobs, and I ended up building a version of this for myself. Every resume tool I tried wanted finished bullet points. None of them asked the questions that pull the stories out.

Then a friend moving from restaurant management into office work hit the same wall: years of real wins, and almost none of it making it onto the page. So I turned what I'd built for myself into a tool anyone can use.

It asks, it listens, and it writes only from what you said. If you didn't say it, it isn't on your resume. It's early, and I'm making it better every week.

Ready to yap?

Join early access and we'll let you in as soon as there's room.

Bring the yapping to your students.

Students tell their stories, and YapApply turns them into resumes and cover letters that fit each job. Thinking about a pilot? We'll walk you through how it works and exactly where student data goes, so your privacy review has what it needs.

Talk to us about a pilot

Questions? Yap away.

Do I have to talk out loud?

No. Type it or say it, whichever is easier. If you talk, your words are written down and only the text is kept, never the recording.

What if I don't think I have good stories?

You do. Everyone does. The follow-up questions find the ones you forgot counted: the problem you fixed, the people you trained, the thing that runs better because of you.

Will it make things up?

No. Every line comes from something you told it, and a check flags any number that didn't come from you. If you never gave a number, your resume won't have one. You can edit every line before you download it.

Will my resume look silly too?

Not a chance. The fun stays in the app. Your resume comes out in a clean, one-column layout that applicant tracking systems can read, in Canadian or American spelling.

Does it write cover letters?

Yes. It writes a cover letter for each job from the same stories, and drafts answers to the questions on application forms too.

Is it free?

Yes, while we're in early access. Paid plans come later, and some things are already settled: you'll never pay to download a resume you made, every AI action will show its cost before it runs, and cancelling will be as easy as signing up. You'll hear from us before anything changes.

What happens to my data?

The short version: no training on your stories without a separate yes, no voice recordings kept, and you can download or delete everything any time. The full version is in Your data.

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