What is the AI Resume Skills Generator?
BeamJobs’ AI resume skills generator instantly suggests a list of job-specific and ATS-compliant skills you can choose to add to your skills section with one click.
When you build your resume, we’ll suggest 6 to 12 skills you can consider. Add a skill to your list, and our AI will suggest a new one in its place.
The resume skills generator helps you:
- Tailor your resume to the job
- Balance the right mix of technical and soft skills
- Pass through applicant tracking software (ATS)
- Save time, so you can focus elsewhere in your job search
Who is this tool for?
This tool is built for job seekers who struggle with how many skills (and which ones) to include. You’re not alone if you’re struggling to pick the right skills for your resume. The skills generator solves this problem.
Is it okay to use AI to generate resume skills?
Yes. Use AI as a tool and guide to create a customized list of skills that align with the job description. Edit skills as needed, and remove any that you can’t talk about intelligently in an interview.
Examples Resume Skills by Job Title Using Our AI Tool
Our resume skills generator is adaptable to all professions, as you can witness in our 2,000+resume examples. For quick reference, check out se ATS-friendly skills sections for the following eight jobs.
Teacher
Job description:
To educate and inspire students while fostering a positive learning environment. The ideal applicant will be responsible for planning, preparing, and delivering instructional activities that facilitate active learning per the school curriculum and standards.
What makes these skills good for teaching?
✅ Both hard and soft skills listed are necessary to properly plan and execute classroom instruction.
✅ This job seeker shows they can both relate to students as well as facilitate learning.
Data analyst
Job description:
To gather, analyze, and visualize data to support business decisions. The role involves writing SQL queries, building dashboards, and delivering insights from large datasets. Proficiency in Excel, SQL, and tools like Power BI or Tableau is required.
What makes these skills good for data analysis?
✅ Exact tools mentioned in the job description are also listed in the skills section, such as SQL, Power BI, and Tableau.
Business analyst (finance)
Job description:
Gather and analyze financial data and business requirements, develop detailed documentation and process models, collaborate with finance stakeholders to optimize workflows, and deliver actionable insights using tools like Excel and SQL to support strategic financial decision-making.
What makes these skills good for business analysis?
✅ Skills like “communicating financial insights” and “critical evaluation of financial workflows” directly speak to the job description’s need for strateic decision-making.
Data engineer
Job description:
Build and maintain efficient, scalable data pipelines and warehouses. Work with ETL processes, big data tools, and cloud platforms to ensure reliable data flow for analytics and reporting. Collaborate with data teams to optimize data quality, performance, and security.
What makes these skills good for data engineering?
✅ Apache Airflow and Kafka directly speak to the job description’s requirement for orchestarting and managing scalable data pipelines.
✅ Soft skills demonsrate the ability to collaborate and to work with accuracy and quality.
Software engineer
Job description:
In this role, you will design, implement, and maintain microservices in a distributed architecture, focusing on data ingestion, processing, and storage. The ideal candidate has strong experience in Python, a deep understanding of RESTful API development, and proficiency in cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred).
What makes these skills good software engineering?
✅ This software engineer’s skills list directly hits the infrastructure, API, and engineering requirements of the job.
Project manager
Job Description:
A highly organized and results-driven project manager to lead cross-functional teams and help plan, execute, and deliver strategic projects. The project manager will ensure timely completion of projects, on budget, and within scope while meeting or exceeding quality standards. This role requires strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
What makes these skills good for project management?
✅ Gantt and Agile are great tools for planning, scheduling, and tracking projects.
✅ The Agile framework speaks to the job description’s need for someone to lead cross-functional teams, which requires feedback and iterative work.
Customer service
Job description:
Answer client questions and quickly solve customer complaints via telephone, including customer account issues, return/refund policies, and product inquiries. Must also transfer calls to the correct department and record all calls in the company database. This role requires strong verbal communication and problem-solving, focusing on clarity and empathy with the customer. Experience with KPIs a plus.
What makes these skills good for customer service?
✅ The candidate uses Microsoft Excel for KPI tracking, a bonus for the company.
✅ This job seekers also lists RingCentral, a tool used for call handling and transfers.
Accountant
Job description:
You will be responsible for all
junior accountants and will answer to the financial director. Responsibilities will include the preparation of financial statements, monthly reconciliations, and conducting audits. The right candidate will have extensive knowledge of GAAP and QuickBooks.
What makes these skills good for accounting?
✅ These skills directly reflect the job description. This job seeker shows proficiency in required software and expertise and attention to detail in core accounting work.
How to Use BeamJobs’ AI Resume Skills Generator
Here’s how we make adding your resume skills fast and intuitive:
1. Upload your resume or build one from scratch with our tool
2. Add your contact info, education, and work experience
3. Choose from our list of generated skills to add to your resume
4. Download your resume and start applying to jobs
Start with a basic resume
To generate your skills section, you’ll first need a resume. Head to our resume builder and jumpstart your job application by creating a new one or updating your existing resume.
Pro tip: You don’t have to fill out every section thoroughly. However, the more sections you complete, the more accurate our AI will generate your skills.
Add contact info and your job title
Provide your first and last names, personal phone number, professional email address, location, and LinkedIn. We will format your information.
Pro tip: Enter the job title for the job you want. This will help the skills generator provide relevant suggestions.
Include your work experience
Enter two to three past roles in reverse chronological format, or use our bullet point generator to suggest rewrites to your existing job description points.
Pro tip: Try to talk about projects and work achievements that are relevant to the job description’s requirements and needs. AI will take this into account in the next step.
Generate your resume skills
Navigate to the “skills” section, and and the resume skills generator will get to work automatically. It will suggest role-specific and relevant keywords. Click on a skill to add it to your resume.
Pro tip: The generator will keep suggesting new skills as you add more to your resume. Add and delete skills to your resume until you’ve hit the right balance of hard and soft skills.
Download your resume and apply to jobs
Preview your job-specific skills and resume. Satisfied? Download your ATS-optimized resume and start applying for jobs.
Pro tip: Adjust your skills section for each job you apply for, so you are addressing the specific needs of each company.
How many skills should I list on my resume?
List a mix of 6 to 12 hard and soft skills on your resume. Any more than that, and it raises a red flag that one person could be proficient in all those skills.
Why Choose the Skills Generator?
Want to ensure your skills will pass through ATS and meet the company’s expectations? Our skills generator makes that possible. Consider these benefits:
Are skills generated by AI ATS-friendly?
Yes. Our resume skills generator suggests skill phrases commonly seen in job descriptions that ATS can understand.
Can I edit the skills generated by your tool?
Yes. Click on a skill in the generated list, and it will be added to your resume. You can edit, remove, add, or rearrange any skill in your resume.
From Ordinary to Outstanding—In Job Seekers' Words
See how real users successfully transformed their job search with our AI-powered resume tools—where technology meets career success.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many resume skills should I include for my job?
Keep your skills list between 6 and 12, depending on your experience level. Too few skills, and recruiters wonder if you can do the job. Too many skills, and they may fear your stretching the truth about your proficienies.
Should I include hard and soft skills on my resume?
Yes, include hard skills to demonstrate your capacity to fulfill the duties of the role, and add soft skills to show how you interact and work with a team, customers, or clients. You should typically have more hard skills than soft, but both are important.
What makes your generated resume skills compatible with ATS?
Our resume skills generator helps you pass ATS screening by using relevant, keyword-focused phrasese that are commonly seen and listed in job descriptions.
Is it acceptable to use AI for my skills section?
Yes. AI helps you list relevant skills that align with the job description and your genuine skillset. It’s a tool for your inspiration, and you can customize your skills section manually if you want to make changes.
Can I make edits to my skills section after using the generator?
Yes. You have complete control over the skills you include; you can adjust phrasing, remove skills, rearrange them, and add new ones as many times as you like.
How do I know which skills are most relevant to a job?
Read through the job description for exact skills mentioned or indirect references to skills needed based on job duties. Try our resume to job description matcher to see how well your resume aligns to the role.
How does your tool compare to other skills generators?
Our tool outperforms other skill generators in two key areas: interactivity and role-specific suggestions.
First, it’s interactive—ideas are automatically generated within the builder, allowing users to pick and choose what they want to add. When a skill is selected, a new, relevant one is instantly generated, keeping the list relevant and personalized.
Second, BeamJobs offers you a role-specific, ATS-optimized skills list that aligns with each industry. Unlike generic tools that provide static and overly broad lists, we tailor recommendations based on the user’s specific role, increasing your chances of getting noticed by hiring managers and ATS.
This blend of real-time idea generation and intelligent, role-specific optimization makes our tool more effective, user-friendly, and impactful than the other skills generators.
Does the skills generator work for all jobs?
Yes. Inside the resume builder, the generator takes into account your job title and experience to curate your skills suggestions. The skills generator works for any profession and any experience level.
How often should I update my skills section?
Every time you apply to a new job, update the skills section to reflect the desired skills in the job description. As long as you don’t overexaggerate skills that you have, this is an important way you can tailor each resume to the job.
