Resume4U › ATS resume checker
A free ATS resume checker that never uploads your resume
An applicant-tracking system reads the text of your file, not the picture of it. Resume4U’s ATS check shows you that text and scores what a parser needs from it, inside your browser, so the résumé you are checking is never sent to anyone.
The score is deterministic: the same résumé and the same job description give the same score every time, and every point it takes away comes with the reason and the place on the page.
What it checks
The checks answer four questions in turn: can a parser read the file at all, is the right material on the page, is it written well, and is it set so a person skimming it sees what matters.
- The file itself: real selectable text or a scanned picture, characters that decode, headings spaced into single letters, two columns a parser may read straight across, page size and file name
- What a parser pulled out, field by field — name, email, phone, each role with its dates — and which fields it could not find
- The plain text a parser reads, in the order it is read
- A keyword match against a job description you paste in: which terms you have and which are missing
- Structure: contact details, section headings a parser recognises, dates it can read
- Your bullets: how many carry a number, which start with a weak verb, which run past two lines, and finished roles told in the present tense
- Gaps between roles, emoji and symbols a parser drops, and personal details such as a date of birth that invite bias
- How five kinds of applicant-tracking system would split the file into fields
- A skim map of where a recruiter’s eye lands in the first seconds
Why the file passes, not only the score
A good score on a file a parser cannot read is worth nothing, so the export is held to the same standard as the check. The PDF carries real, selectable text; decoration such as rules, monograms and heading numerals is drawn as shapes and never becomes text; and the text layer of every design matches the ATS view word for word.
Every export is also a tagged PDF/UA-1 file, so the structure a parser or a screen reader finds — headings, paragraphs, lists, in reading order — is the structure you see.
How to use it
Drop your PDF on the box at the top of this page. The report appears right here: the score, what a parser pulled out, every check worst first, and a box for the job description. Nothing is saved.
To fix what it found, open the résumé in the editor from the report: each fault is marked where it is, and the score moves as you type. Or rebuild it in any of the designs without retyping.
Questions
- Do I have to upload my résumé to check it?
- No. The check runs in your browser. Import your existing PDF (a scanned one works too) and it is read on your own device.
- Is the ATS score an AI guess?
- No. It is rule-based and deterministic: the same inputs always give the same score, and each deduction names its reason.
- Does it guarantee I will get an interview?
- No checker can. It makes sure a parser can read what you wrote and that the job’s keywords are there when they are true of you; the rest is your experience.
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