Free ATS Resume Checker
Most resumes are filtered by an applicant tracking system before a human ever reads them. Upload yours to see how cleanly an ATS can parse it, which keywords you're missing, and exactly what to fix — in under 60 seconds.
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What an ATS actually does to your resume
An applicant tracking system (ATS) is software employers use to collect, parse, and rank applications. When you apply, the ATS extracts the text from your file and maps it into structured fields — contact details, work experience, skills, and education — then makes everything searchable so recruiters can filter for the keywords that matter to the role.
That means two things decide whether you make the shortlist: whether the system can read your resume, and whether your resume contains the keywords the recruiter searches for. Complex layouts, tables, text boxes, headers/footers, and image-based text routinely break parsing — so strong candidates get filtered out for formatting reasons alone.
ResumeGrade evaluates your resume using signals researched across major ATS platforms including Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, Taleo, iCIMS. If our checker can read and understand your resume, company systems generally can too — and you'll see the specific keywords and structure changes that move your ATS score up.
24 checks across 6 categories
ResumeGrade goes well beyond spelling and formatting — it grades the things recruiters and applicant tracking systems actually weigh, then tells you how to fix each one.
ATS Compatibility
- ATS parse & readability score
- Keywords present vs. missing for your role
- Section structure ATS can extract
- File format & length
Content & Impact
- Achievement & quantified-impact scoring
- Bullet rewrites in XYZ format
- Bullets that need numbers
- Action verbs & clarity
Recruiter Red Flags
- Credibility & risk signals
- Severity-rated red flags
- Employment-gap detection
- Mitigation guidance
Seniority & Fit
- Seniority-level assessment
- Career-trajectory read
- Market-competitiveness percentile
- Interview odds by company tier
Structure & Readability
- Structure & readability score
- Resume-length assessment
- Missing essential sections
- Formatting consistency
Job Tailoring
- Keyword match to a job description
- Hard & soft skill coverage
- Tailoring tips for the role
- Summary alignment
ATS resume checker FAQ
An applicant tracking system extracts text from your file and maps it into fields — contact info, experience, skills, education — then makes it searchable by keyword for recruiters. If your formatting blocks clean parsing or you're missing role keywords, you can be filtered out before a human ever sees it. ResumeGrade shows you how parseable your resume is and which keywords you're missing.
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