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Paste your resume and see how well it passes the Applicant Tracking Systems recruiters rely on — a free compatibility score with instant, actionable tips.
Applicant Tracking Systems scan your resume for these five things before a human recruiter ever sees it.
Systems score your resume against the job description — matching the exact skills and phrases the employer listed.
Tables, images, graphics and multi-column layouts break parsing. Plain text, a single column and standard fonts win every time.
Clear headings like Experience, Education and Skills are read as structure — missing headings mean missed content.
DOCX and plain text are safest. Many systems fail on PDF, Pages or scanned files with no selectable text.
Email, phone and LinkedIn are extracted first — if they are missing or unreadable, you can be rejected before review.
Simple changes that make your resume readable by machines and impressive to real recruiters.
Put your email, phone and LinkedIn link at the top so ATS can match you to your application.
Repeat the exact keywords and phrases from the posting, especially in your skills and experience sections.
Start every bullet with a verb like Developed, Led, Delivered, Improved or Launched.
Add numbers: "increased sales by 30%", "managed 12 projects", "served 100,000+ users".
Summary, Experience, Education and Skills — simple headings ATS can parse reliably.
No tables, graphics or columns. Save as DOCX or a text-based PDF and keep it to one or two pages.
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