ATS resume checker
See your resume the way job application software does — then fix it.
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How to use it
Drop your resume to see what job application software reads from it, then get a plain version that reads cleanly. Your resume stays on your device.
Many companies run resumes through software (an “ATS”) before a person ever sees them. That software doesn’t see your design — just the text underneath. Drop your resume onto the box above to see exactly what it reads.
You’ll see whether it found your email, phone number, and sections like Experience and Education, plus any problems — each backed by evidence from your actual file.
Common trouble spots: two-column layouts get read straight across and jumbled; text inside images disappears; and creative headings like “Where I’ve Been” aren’t recognised as Experience.
Then rebuild it as a plain, single-column version. It’s not pretty — it’s made for software. Nothing is reworded or invented. Keep your designed version for people, and upload the plain one to job forms. Word (.docx) is usually the safest format.
FAQ
What is an ATS-friendly resume?
One that software can read cleanly: a single column, normal headings like Experience and Education, your email near the top, and real text instead of images.
Will this rewrite my resume?
No. It only rearranges it. Nothing is reworded, and no dates are changed.
PDF or Word?
If a form accepts both, Word (.docx) is usually safer for this software.
It found no email address. What does that mean?
Your email is probably inside an image or a header that got lost. Job software will probably miss it too.
Does it score my resume against a job?
No. It checks whether your resume can be read, not how good it is.
Can anyone else see my resume?
No. Everything happens on your device, and your resume is never sent anywhere.
How it worksFor the curious
An ATS sees the text layer — positioned characters in stored order — and looks for landmarks: an email near the top, recognised headings, dates it can pair with titles. This tool extracts text the same way, with pdf.js for PDF and mammoth for .docx.
Checks are structural: column interleaving, tables, text locked in images, and unrecognised headings. Every finding cites a page, heading, or missing field from your file.
The rebuild is one column with standard headings, plain bullets, and no tables, icons, or colour. Dates are kept exactly as written and unrecognised headings are kept rather than renamed.
There is no AI step. Turning messy resume text into typed fields is something small on-device models handle badly, so this is rules over text, with every guess labelled. It does not score your resume against a job; only the employer’s system holds those criteria.