Amplify Present Best Practices

This article covers tips and best practices for getting the most out of Amplify Present. These best practices cover how to get faster sign-off, more consistent submissions, and better output from day one.

If you're new to Present, see the articles below to get started:

• Admins: Building an Amplify Present Template covers how to set up and configure templates for your team.

• Recruiters: Generating an Amplify Present Document covers how to generate a document for a candidate once your templates are in place.

Best Practices

Run Present during the call

Instead of reformatting a resume after the call and waiting for email approval, use Present to generate a formatted, branded resume in seconds while the candidate is still on the phone. Walk them through what Amplify added or reformatted, get verbal sign-off, and skip the email approval cycle entirely. You get buy-in and a data quality check in the same step.

Use Enhance for targeted fixes, not full reruns

After Present generates a resume, use the Enhance button to make targeted changes rather than regenerating the whole document.

Highlight the specific section you want to adjust, click Enhance, and enter your instructions, for example: "Move certifications above education" or "Highlight the last two promotions." This preserves the candidate's voice and your branded structure while applying precise edits. Two focused enhancements usually produce better results than a full regeneration.

Tailor one section to the job, not the whole resume

Drag-select the executive summary, click Enhance, select Tailor to a job, and enter the job name or ID. Amplify uses the job description to align the enhancements with that role. The rest of the resume stays consistent, but the top of the page reads as though it was written specifically for that client. This is the highest-impact use of the tailor-to-job feature, and it takes under 30 seconds.

Make Present the final step in an enrichment chain

For the best results, enrich records before running Present. Use the Enrich Automation Step to generate content and update fields such as job title and summary, or use the Enrich From File to automatically parse a resume and update the candidate's ATS record. By the time a recruiter clicks Generate, the output is already most of the way there.

You can also run Present automatically when a resume enters your database using the Generate File Automation Step, so every record arrives formatted and branded before a recruiter opens it.

Enrich From File and Generate File are currently in early access.

Anonymize candidates for speculative submissions

Use Present's Anonymization Settings to automatically hide candidate details such as name, contact information, or work history before generating a document.

In your template, go to Template Properties > Settings > Anonymization Settings and select the checkboxes for the data you want to hide. The result is a polished, anonymous profile that protects the candidate until the client bites, and a submission that looks intentional rather than rushed. A speculative send becomes a credible proactive pitch.