Free ATS Resume Checker
Check your resume’s ATS readiness, review parsing risks, and compare it with a job description. Private, free, and no account required.
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PDF, DOCX or TXT · up to 5 MB. PDFs must contain selectable text (up to 20 pages). Your file is processed in this browser and is not uploaded or saved to your account.
ATS-friendly rules & how this score works
Use a simple single-column document, familiar section headings, readable text and contact details in the body. Avoid placing essential information inside graphics, tables or text boxes. Follow the employer’s file instructions.
Show relevant skills in context and spell out important abbreviations once, where useful. Keep dates consistent and describe your actual contribution. Never add hidden keywords or experience you do not have.
We first look for populated resume sections and supporting contact or section evidence. This heuristic can miss unusual resumes; review extracted text if recognition fails. File readability alone does not qualify a document for scoring. Rubric v1: extractable text 20 points; email and history headings 15 each; file format, file size, encoding, skills heading and dates 10 each. Known Word table/text-box/column risks cap the score at 70. These weights and the cap are ECE Lab’s choices, not a vendor formula. A score of 100 only means these automated checks passed.
Sources: Greenhouse parsing guidance and Harvard resume guidance. Reviewed October 2026. We have not tested your resume inside an employer’s ATS.