Most applications are screened by software before a person ever sees them. This free checker reads your resume the way an applicant tracking system does — and shows you what it finds.
Add your resume, then paste the job posting you're aiming at for a match report.
Preview stub — the working checker opens at launch. Everything below describes exactly how it will work.
Which of the posting's required skills and tools your resume actually names — and which it only implies.
Tables, columns, headers, and unusual section titles that can scramble or hide your experience when software reads the file.
Absent contact details, unclear dates, missing sections, and other simple gaps that quietly cost interviews.
The checker parses it the way common applicant tracking systems do, sections and all.
Paste a job description and the check becomes a match report, not just a format review.
You get a plain-language list: what matched, what's missing, what's risky — ordered by what matters most.
A match score is a diagnostic, not a verdict — and chasing 100% is a mistake.
If the checker can't read a section, neither can the employer's software. Parsing problems outrank keyword problems every time, because a keyword in an unreadable section counts for nothing.
If the posting asks for a tool you've genuinely used, name it the way the posting names it. If you haven't used it, leave it out — keyword stuffing gets people screened out at the interview stage instead, which wastes everyone's time.
A career-changer's resume honestly won't match a posting word-for-word, and that's fine. Use the report to close truthful gaps, then let your cover letter carry the case for the change.
Yes — it's part of the free plan's toolkit, no card required.
No — there are many systems, and they parse differently. The checker tests against the conventions the major systems share, which covers the most common failure modes.
No. A clean parse and honest keyword match get you past the screen and into human hands. What happens next depends on your experience and the interview — see also our guide to how ATS software reads your resume.
Rebuild your resume in a structure the checker — and the ATS — will love.
Pair the polished resume with a letter written for the same posting.
Build your profile once, pick a plan, and let Workzoo do the applying.