Check how well your resume matches the job

An applicant tracking system (ATS) is software employers use to collect applications. When you apply, it extracts the text from your file, tries to recognise sections such as experience, education and skills, and stores the result so a recruiter can search it, sort it or read it.

An ATS resume checker approximates that first step. It reads your resume the way a parser would and compares the wording with the job description: which required skills and terms appear, which are missing, and whether the structure is easy to read. That makes it useful for catching avoidable problems — a skill you have but never named, a heading a parser may not recognise — before you apply.

• Match Score (0–100) — how closely your resume content fits the job description. Scores of 80 and above are shown as a strong match, 60–79 as moderate, below 60 as needing work.
• Matched keywords — terms from the job that your resume already covers.
• Missing keywords — terms the job expects that your resume does not mention.
• Suggestions — specific edits to consider, which you accept or ignore.

You stay in control: suggestions are optional, and your original resume content is kept when you try a suggested rewrite.

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1. Use standard section headings. “Experience”, “Education” and “Skills” are recognised more reliably than creative alternatives.
2. Keep the layout simple. A single main column reads in a predictable order. Multi-column designs and text in tables can scramble when extracted.
3. Put text in real text. Information inside images, icons or text boxes may not be extracted at all.
4. Mirror the job’s language honestly. If the posting says “stakeholder management” and you did that work, use those words rather than a synonym.
5. Be consistent with dates and job titles. Clear start and end dates help parsers build your timeline.
6. Check the extracted text. Copy all text from your exported PDF into a plain-text editor. If it reads in the wrong order or loses sections, a parser will likely struggle too.

Rolefora’s resume templates follow these rules: 15 of the 15 templates include an ATS-safe layout option, and each template is checked with real text extraction. Browse the templates.