ATS résumé checker for marketers
Marketers are the most likely to send a beautifully designed résumé, and designed résumés are what parsers handle worst.
How marketers résumés score
From 37 anonymous checks classified as marketing. Counts only, never résumé text. See the State of the ATS
What trips up marketers' résumés
A designed template sent to an ATS
Columns, color blocks, and icons all cost you in parsing. Send a plain, single-column version to the ATS, and keep the designed version for in-person interviews.
Channel acronyms
Our parser counts Google Ads and paid search as SEM, but a screen matches the posting's words. Write both the channel name and the acronym.
Portfolio links hidden behind a word
A hyperlink on the word "Portfolio" leaves no URL in the extracted text. Write the full address out.
Campaign results as graphics
A chart of your campaign's lift is an image. Put the number in a sentence.
Keywords our parser recognizes for this field
Only list what you genuinely have, and use the wording of the posting you're applying to. A free check shows which of the posting's terms your résumé is missing.
Headings that map cleanly
Each of these maps to a standard field. If a heading on your résumé doesn't, the check flags it.
Know which ATS you're facing
Different platforms read the same file differently. Read the guide for the one on your application.
See exactly what the bot pulls from your résumé
Upload your résumé and paste the job posting. You'll see every field the parser extracts, every problem above that applies to you, and the posting's terms you're missing.
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