Free scan, no card needed
Paste a job description, upload your resume, and see the score a screening system would give it, plus the exact keywords, evidence and formatting you are missing.
01The scan
What the scan checks
Parseability
Whether an applicant tracking system can actually read your file: single column, real text instead of images, standard section headings, no content trapped in tables or headers.
Keyword coverage
Which requirements from the job description appear in your resume, which are missing, and which you have written in words the system will not match.
Evidence strength
How many of your bullets contain an outcome and a number, versus how many only describe responsibilities.
Recency logic
Whether the skills you claim line up with when those skills existed and where you used them. Backdated buzzwords are a credibility risk, not a keyword win.
02Formatting
The formatting rules, in one list
One column, top to bottom
.docx or a text-based PDF
Standard headings: Experience, Education, Skills
Job title wording that matches the posting
Contact details inside the page header
Skills laid out in a two-column table
Icons or graphics carrying real information
Creative section names like "My Journey"
03The workflow
How it works
Upload your resume
PDF, DOCX or plain text. It is parsed in seconds.
Paste the job description
The score is against a specific role, because a generic ATS score means nothing.
Get your score
A number out of 100, with the exact keywords and evidence you are missing.
Fix what matters
Work down a prioritised list instead of guessing what to change.
04 ATS X-Ray — example output
What Taleo actually sees in a two-column resume
This is a real example of what a recruiter's dashboard shows when a candidate uses a two-column layout. Not a score — the actual parsed fields.
Candidate record
Column merge garbled
Error · Skills section
Two-column layout merged the Skills column with work history text. 0 of 14 skills were indexed.
Fix: Switch to a single-column layout. Move skills to a dedicated section below work history.
Warning · Work history
Date format "Jan '21" not recognised. Taleo requires Month YYYY or MM/YYYY.
Fix: Write all dates as "January 2021" or "01/2021".
05Questions
Common questions
Is the ATS resume checker free?
Yes. Scoring your resume against a job description is free once you create an account, with ten scans included. Rewriting and generating the optimised resume is part of the paid plans.
What is a good ATS score?
Against a specific job description, 80 and above generally means you are keyword-competitive and your evidence is concrete. Below 60 usually means either the file cannot be parsed cleanly or your bullets describe duties rather than results.
Does a high score guarantee an interview?
No. It removes the mechanical reasons for rejection. Whether you get called still depends on the strength of your experience and on whether the company replies to applicants at all - some reply to fewer than one in five.
Do I need a different resume for every job?
You need a different top third for every job. The summary, the skills line and the first two bullets of your most recent role carry most of the matching weight. The rest can stay stable.
Still getting silence after fixing the resume? Read why applications get no reply and what to change.