Check your resume against a job description
See which words from one job ad are missing, then decide which ones you actually used. ATS search is the second step, not the headline.
Check My Resume — FreeLast updated 6 Oct 2026
What does it mean to check a resume against a job description?
You compare the words in one job ad with the words in the CV. The useful result is a list of missing terms, not a percentage. An ATS resume checker is that comparison plus a reminder that the file still has to be readable.
Who is this for?
- Applicants for keyword-heavy or technical job postings
- Candidates whose resume parses badly in ATS systems
- Job seekers targeting niche tech stacks
What does this not do?
- Does not stuff keywords or fabricate technical skills
- Does not guarantee ATS pass or interview outcomes
- Does not modify your resume formatting automatically
What does a rewrite look like?
Acronym mismatch
Resume says Kubernetes; JD says K8s → suggested wording bridges both.
Skill without bullet
Skills list mentions GraphQL but no experience bullet → bullet rewrite suggested with honest scope.
Paste the CV and one job ad into the checker on the homepage. It lists terms from the ad that the CV does not contain. That list is keyword overlap. It is not a score that predicts an interview, and I have not published a match percentage that does.
How does keyword matching work?
A job ad is a bag of words: tools, titles, and tasks. The comparison asks which of those strings are missing from your file. Kubernetes in the ad and Kubernetes in a bullet is a match. K8s in the ad and Kubernetes in the CV can look like a miss even when you mean the same thing. The list is a prompt to look, not a verdict.
Stuffing the posting into a skills list raises the overlap and gives a reader nothing to ask about. Use a term only inside a bullet that shows you did the work. An ATS resume checker, which is the older name for this page, is still that search problem: the database can help someone find you. The wording decides whether they keep reading.
What can a keyword list not tell you?
It cannot see a table that scrambles the reading order. If the jobs paste out of sequence, fix that before you chase terms. The ATS parser test shows the text a generic reader pulls out. It is not Workday or Greenhouse. The ATS hub has the longer notes. If the lines match the ad and still sound like a template, use the AI resume hub instead of adding more keywords.
How do you run one comparison?
Paste the CV and one job ad. The page lists terms in the ad that are missing from the CV. A missing term is a question, not a task. Add it only if you did that work, and put it in a bullet that shows the work. A skills line that repeats the ad can raise the overlap and still fail a phone screen.
Do not paste five ads at once. The overlap becomes a soup of tools you would not claim in one interview. One role, one ad, one edit. Then run the parser test if the file was built in a table or a design tool, because a keyword you cannot extract is a keyword the search may never see.
This page does not publish an ATS score or a pass rate. Recruiters search stored applications. They also skip files that sound like a template. After the missing-term list, use the humanizer on any line you would not say out loud.
Frequently asked questions
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