Accepting a suggested edit changes your resume, so we re-measure. What comes back is what the change was actually worth — which is not always a nice round improvement.
Three things that can happen
It goes up a little. The usual case. One tightened bullet on a full resume is a small real improvement, and a small real number is the honest report of it.
It doesn't move. The edit made the line better to read without changing anything a dimension measures. That's still a win — a human reading your resume is the point, and not everything worth doing is worth points.
It goes down. Rarer, and worth understanding rather than undoing on reflex.
Why a fix can cost you points
Dimensions can trade against each other. A rewrite that makes a bullet sharper and more specific might drop a broad term the posting happened to use, nudging Keywords down while Bullet Quality goes up. A tightened line can change how a must-have reads.
The panel says which dimension moved and in which direction, so you can decide whether the trade was worth it. Often it is — a better-written resume with slightly lower keyword coverage usually beats the reverse in front of a person.
Accepting several at once
Bulk accept applies a set in one go and shows a banner summarizing what happened. You can undo, and undo gets its own banner too. Nothing is applied silently.
If a bulk accept moved things in a direction you didn't like, undo it and work through the suggestions one at a time. You'll see what each one costs.
It's your resume either way
We measure the change; we don't grade your decision. Ignoring a suggestion isn't penalised, and there's no state where the panel nags you about a fix you declined. If a rewrite doesn't sound like you, don't take it — a resume you can't speak to in an interview isn't an improvement.
Good to know
- Movement is only ever measured against a real change. Cosmetic edits don't produce any. See why your score didn't move.
- Suggestions are always grounded in your own text. A rewrite reshapes what you wrote; it doesn't add facts. See we never invent your experience.
- If a fresh pass comes back with nothing new, that usually means your resume has not changed since the last one. See why a fresh pass can come back empty.