ATS Resume Checker: Review, Score & Improve Your Resume
Create an ATS-compliant resume that highlights your best skills and experience and wins you the job. Our free ATS Resume Checker will grade your resume for 30+ common mistakes, allowing you to correct them and start landing job interviews!
Our ATS resume score checker reviews and scores your resume based on ATS compliance. Upload your resume to our ATS score checker and scan for common errors. Make the necessary corrections and download your new ATS resume.
Don’t have a resume? Don’t worry; our resume ATS checker is built into our Resume Builder, a powerful tool that will create a personalized resume for you in minutes!
Why Use Our ATS Resume Checker?
When you submit a resume electronically, it’s likely to go through an applicant tracking system (ATS) that will scan it for keywords, formatting and common resume mistakes.
While the goal is to weed out less-qualified job seekers, some highly qualified candidates don’t pass the ATS. Since an ATS scans resumes for precise job titles, skills and experience, the modern resume lives and dies by its specific phrasing, keywords and error-free nature.
Our Resume Checker helps you pass the ATS with a free resume review that catches errors and suggests fixes for more than 30 of the most common resume mistakes, including formatting, word choice, measurable results and more. To learn more about optimizing your resume, find the best tips and examples in our How to Update Your Resume article.
What Our ATS Resume Scanner Checks
Whether updating your resume or building a new one, Resume Check will help.
Customization
Enter a job title or paste a job description to see what skills, keywords and certifications to put on your resume. Adding skills and keywords from the job description helps show you’re a good fit. It can also help you get past screening software.
Typos
Many employers will reject a resume with even one typo, so you’ll want to make sure yours is error-free. Typos include any errors in words, numbers and extra spaces.
Strong summary
This is your chance to grab an employer’s attention and quickly show why you are right for the job. A summary is an overview of your top skills and accomplishments.
Measurable Results
The strongest resumes use specifics to highlight achievements. Impress employers by showing what you have accomplished. e.g., “Managed over 50 customer calls per day or “Increased sales by 10%.”
Word Choice
It’s best to avoid using personal pronouns, like “I,” “he,” “she” or “they,” and filler words like “a,” “an” and “the.” It makes your writing sound more professional when you omit these words.
Formatting
The formatting of your resume is the first thing an employer notices. You can make a great first impression with a well-organized resume.
Length
Employers spend an average of six seconds on their first look at a resume. Include enough information without overwhelming your reader. Aim for roughly 1,100 characters.
Clear Contact Info
If an employer wants to contact you, make it easy for them. Your resume’s contact information should include at least two ways for an employer to reach you.
Completeness
Your resume is what gets you in the door. Make sure to give employers everything they need to make a decision. Complete resumes include contact information, summary, work history and skills.
How Our ATS Resume Checker Works
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Once you’ve built your resume, go to the dashboard and view your score.
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Select the button Fix/Improve Resume.
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View a summary of the sections that the resume ATS checker recommends fixing.
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Choose the section you want to fix, like “Work History”.
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Make updates based on the resume rater’s suggestions to improve your ATS resume score.
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Click the button Done.
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See your new, improved resume score.
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