Recruiter Sharing: How to Star Your Best Resume and Control Who Sees It

Most of Resume Sketch is about you reaching out: applications, cold emails, share links. Recruiter sharing works the other way round. If you opt in, Resume Sketch may share your starred resume with recruiters, hiring managers, staffing agencies and companies it works with ("hiring partners") who are looking for candidates like you.

It is entirely optional and off by default. Leaving it off doesn't limit anything else you can do in Resume Sketch. It is also free: you are never charged for it, and your resume is never sold or put into bulk databases.

Three things have to be true before anything is shared: you have consented, you have starred a resume, and sharing is still switched on. Remove any one of them and sharing stops.

When you create an account, you see three checkboxes. The first two are required to use Resume Sketch. The third is marked optional.

The third box has a How sharing works link to the full recruiter sharing page, which opens in a new tab so you don't lose the form. If you signed up some other way, or the Terms change later, Resume Sketch shows the same three choices in a short dialog inside the app.

Not sure yet? Leave it unticked. You can switch it on later with one toggle, once you have a resume you are proud of.

The star decides which resume could be shared. Only one resume can be starred at a time.

1. 1

   Go to your dashboard

   Open the dashboard where your resume cards are listed.

2. 2

   Find the star

   Each resume card has a star button at its top right. On a computer it appears when you hover the card; on a phone it is always visible.

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3. 3

   Click to star

   Click the star. The button fills in, reads Starred, and the card gets a gold outline. A message confirms it is now your starred resume.

4. 4

   Move or remove it

   Starring a different resume moves the star there. Click the star on the starred resume again to remove it.

1. 1

   Open your profile

   Go to Profile and choose the Privacy & sharing tab.

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2. 2

   Use the switch

   In the Share with recruiters card, flip the Share my starred resume switch. The line under it shows whether sharing is on or off and since when.

3. 3

   Check the starred resume

   Below the switch you see which resume is starred, with an Open link to it. If none is starred, you will see No starred resume yet and a link to your dashboard. Nothing is shared without a star.

The same tab has a Terms you accepted card showing which version of the Terms and Privacy Policy you agreed to and when. Every change to your sharing choice is recorded with a date, so there is always a clear record of what you chose.

Recruiters and hiring partners who receive a resume agree to use it only to consider you for jobs and contact you about them, not to sell or publish it, and to keep it secure and delete it when it is no longer needed or you ask. Authorised Resume Sketch staff may open the starred resume to check it is complete and suitable before sharing. Resumes may be matched to openings by target role, skills, experience and location.

Removing the star, deleting the starred resume or closing your account also stops sharing. The full details, including how long consent records are kept, are on the recruiter sharing page and in the Privacy Policy.

A recruiter will see this resume without a cover letter, a cold email or any context from you. It has to stand on its own.

• Star a broad version, not a hyper-tailored one. A resume tailored to one company's posting can look oddly specific to a recruiter filling a different role. Star the strong general version for your field.
• Check the target role. It is used for matching, so it should name the job you actually want next, such as Senior Data Analyst rather than Analyst resume v3.
• Update your contact details. The email, phone and location on the resume are how recruiters reach you. A stale phone number makes the whole exercise pointless.
• Lead with results. A summary and bullets with concrete outcomes do far more than a list of duties. Use Ask AI to tighten them.
• Run a check. Use the editor's Score panel or the ATS analyzer to catch gaps before anyone else sees them.
• Keep it current. A resume is shared as it is at that moment, and later edits don't reach copies a recruiter already has. Update it whenever something meaningful changes.

• Turning sharing on with no star. Nothing is shared until a resume is starred. Check the Privacy & sharing tab.
• Starring an old draft. Make sure the star sits on your best, most recent resume, not the first one you made.
• Forgetting it is on. If you accept an offer and stop looking, switch sharing off or remove the star.
• Expecting it to replace applying. It is an extra channel. Keep applying, tailoring and following up.