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Every resume has a private notes area for anything you want to remember about it: where you sent it, who the recruiter was, what you tailored, or links to job postings. Notes stay out of the resume itself.

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Write notes for a resume

1

Open the document menu

In the editor, select the resume’s name at the top left. The document menu opens.
2

Select Notes

Select Notes. The Notes dialog opens with the editor ready for typing.
3

Write your notes

Type your notes. The toolbar under the text offers bold, italic, links, bulleted and numbered lists, and clear formatting, and Markdown shortcuts such as - for a list work too.
4

Close the dialog

Notes save automatically as you type. Close the dialog when you’re done.
The Notes dialog with two paragraphs about sending the resume to Lumen Games and a follow-up date, above a formatting toolbar and a character count

The Notes dialog, opened from the document menu

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Who can see your notes

Notes are for you. They aren’t printed on the resume, and they’re left out of:
  • the page preview and the downloaded PDF
  • DOCX and Markdown exports
  • your public resume page, for anyone who isn’t you
Two places do keep your notes, because they hold the whole resume:
  • JSON export. The JSON file is a full copy of the resume’s data, notes included. Remove them before you share that file.
  • History. Every saved version includes the notes as they were, and restoring a version restores its notes too.

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Notes for applications

If you’re tracking where you applied, each application in Applications has its own notes, next to its stage, contacts and interviews. Use application notes for things about one job, and resume notes for things about this version of your resume, such as which roles it’s tailored for. Cover letters don’t have a notes area.