Upload your resume and see how an ATS reads it. Optionally paste a job description for a keyword match rate. 23 checks, clear fixes, no sign-up.
Drop your resume here
or click to choose a file
PDF, DOCX or TXT — analysed on our servers, then deleted.
Paste the posting to see which hard skills, soft skills and keywords your resume is missing.
Best results come from the full posting, not just the title.
Choose a resume file to start the scan.
PDF, DOCX or TXT. We extract the text the same way an ATS does.
Paste a posting to unlock keyword match rate and missing-skill chips.
Get a score, ranked issues, and open the builder to repair them.
Your resume is uploaded for analysis only, then deleted immediately. We do not store or share it.
The checker reads your resume the way an applicant tracking system does: it extracts the text, then tries to recognise your name, contact details, section headings, jobs, dates and skills. It then runs 23 checks across five categories and gives you a score out of 100 with a specific fix for every issue it finds.
The category that matters most. We verify your text is selectable rather than a scanned image, that fonts are embedded so characters extract as real words, and that the layout is a single column. Two-column layouts are the most common cause of scrambled parsing: most extractors read a page by the position of the text rather than the order the designer intended, so a sidebar gets interleaved into your job descriptions.
Parsers look for standard headings such as Work Experience, Education and Skills. We confirm they exist and that every role carries a start and end date — dates are how a system reconstructs your career timeline, and an undated role is frequently dropped from the parsed history altogether.
This is what the human on the other end reads: whether your bullets open with strong action verbs, whether you back them with numbers, and whether you avoid weak openers like "responsible for", first-person pronouns, and empty buzzwords such as "team player". These are not ATS checks in the strict sense, but they are the difference between a resume that gets read and one that gets skimmed past.
We confirm your email, phone, location and LinkedIn URL extract as plain text — putting them in a page header or inside an image is a common way to lose them entirely. Finally we sanity-check the length and whether the file name looks professional, since it is the first thing a recruiter sees in their inbox.
Unlike the PDF tools on this site, the checker uploads the file, scores it, then deletes it. Honest comparison: Jobscan alternative.
An applicant tracking system is the software employers use to receive and filter applications. It reads your resume file, tries to pull out your name, contact details, jobs, dates and skills, and stores them as structured fields. If it cannot read something, a recruiter searching for that skill will never see you — even if the skill is on the page.
Yes. There is no account, no email wall and no paid tier. We keep the tool free so anyone can clear the first ATS hurdle before applying.
Yes — only for this checker. Your file is sent to our servers, analysed, and deleted immediately after the score is returned. We do not store resumes, keep copies, or share them with third parties. Other PDF tools on the site still process files entirely in your browser.
Twenty-three checks across five weighted categories: machine readability (30%), sections and structure (25%), writing quality (25%), contact details (15%) and file and length (5%). Each check passes, warns or fails, and the weighted average becomes your score out of 100. Readability carries the most weight because a resume an ATS cannot parse fails every other test in practice.
Most text extractors read a PDF by geometry, not by the order the designer intended, so a sidebar layout often gets read straight across — mixing your skills list into the middle of your job descriptions. It looks fine to a human and scrambles for the parser. A single-column layout is the safest choice for any application you submit through a portal.
A text-based PDF is the safest default: it looks identical everywhere and modern systems parse it well. Send .docx only if the job posting explicitly asks for it. Never send a scan, a photo or an image-only export — there is no text in it to read.
No. This tool checks that a machine can read and index your resume correctly, and flags writing patterns recruiters consistently mark down. It cannot judge whether your experience fits a particular job. Treat a high score as clearing the first hurdle, not as a prediction.
PDF, DOCX and plain text. If your resume is in Google Docs or Pages, export it as a PDF first with File then Download or Export.
Yes. Uploads are capped at 5 MB. We also allow about 10 checks per minute per IP so the server-side scanner stays available. If you hit the cap, wait a minute and try again.
Yes — the interface is bilingual and the parser reads Arabic text layers. A scanned image with no real text will still fail machine readability; export a text-based PDF rather than a photograph of the page.
No. Jobscan is a paid job-match product. We run 23 parse and writing checks plus an optional keyword overlap against a pasted job description. We do not claim the same matching engine or paid reports. See our Jobscan alternative page for an honest side-by-side.
Once you have checked it, build an ATS-safe version in the resume builder, add a matching cover letter, or browse our ready-made templates.