ReEntry Job Translator helps people returning home turn prison, jail, or program work into clean resume language: job titles, bullet points, skills, and career paths.
If you can fill out a form, you can use this tool.
Answer plain questions about your work — the role, how long you did it, your daily tasks, and whether you trained or helped others. No special words needed.
The tool maps your work to civilian job categories using the federal O*NET system — the same database employers use — and writes professional resume language you can actually use.
Copy the text, print it, save it as a PDF, or bring it to a case manager, workforce program, or job interview. It's yours to use however you need.
Work done inside institutions involves genuine skills employers care about but they just don't always sound that way on paper. This is where ReEntry Job Translator excels.
Institutional job titles don't translate to civilian hiring. The tool replaces them with language that fits a standard resume without mentioning incarceration.
Food service, maintenance, canteen, houseman, chief orderly, outside grounds, medical orderly, etc. all of these involve skills employers actively look for. The tool names them clearly.
Most people spend hours staring at a blank resume. This tool gives you a starting point in minutes so you can spend your energy on applying, not writing.
The output won't mention incarceration. Whether, when, and how to disclose your background is entirely your decision not the tool's to make for you.
Most hiring goes through automated screening before a human reads it. Translated resume language uses keywords that pass those filters so your application gets seen.
Beyond the resume, the tool suggests career pathways based on your experience so you can see what roles your background actually qualifies you for.
Every role — from maintenance to houseman — has professional language behind it.
Case managers, probation officers, and workforce program staff use ReEntry Job Translator to accelerate employment preparation and generate documentation that demonstrates impact.
Replace manual resume coaching with a consistent, structured tool that produces professional output in minutes — freeing your staff for higher-value case management work.
Organizational accounts include completion tracking and reporting that feeds directly into the employment outcome data your funders and compliance reports require.
A single organizational license gives every staff member access — no per-seat fees, no per-client charges. Priced per location for nonprofits, agencies, and corrections programs.
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I built this tool as a returning citizen who sat in front of a blank resume and didn't know how to describe years of real work experience. If this helps one person walk into an interview with confidence, it's worth it.
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