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Jobscan AI detects the applicant tracking system on every job posting and tailors recommendations to its specific parsing rules and ranking weights.
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Recruiters use applicant tracking software to filter applicants. Jobscan shows you exactly how your resume and applications stack up against the systems screening them — and helps you optimize every step from search to submitted.
RESUME OPTIMIZATION
Show that you're the perfect match
Is your resume a good match for what a recruiter is looking for? If it's not, you might miss out on interviews for jobs you feel qualified for. Jobscan's proprietary AI analyzes your resume and compares it to the job listing using AI technology. Use your match rate report to see how to optimize your resume to get more interviews.
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APPLICANT TRACKING SYSTEM
Beat the bots
Most companies, including 99% of Fortune 500, use Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) to process your resume. These systems might cause qualified candidates like you to slip through the cracks. Jobscan reverse-engineered all the top ATS and studied recruiter workflows to get you in the 'yes' pile.
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RESUME OPTIMIZATION
See your missing skills
Jobscan matches hard skills, soft skills, and keywords from the job listing to your resume. A generated report will show you how to tailor your resume so that you highlight the skills and experience recruiters are searching for.
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APPLICANT TRACKING SYSTEM
Free ATS resume builder
Most online resume builders are not designed to help you get past an ATS. The Jobscan resume builder gives you an ATS-friendly resume that will help you get past the bots and increase your interview rate.
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FAQs
Run your resume through Jobscan's resume scanner to get an ATS compatibility report. It checks formatting, parsing, and keyword usage against the top applicant tracking systems including Workday, Taleo, Greenhouse, iCIMS, and Lever, then flags issues to fix.
Aim for a match rate of 75% or higher. Anything below that suggests your resume is missing keywords, skills, or formatting that the ATS expects for the specific job you are applying to.
Yes. Most companies, including 99% of Fortune 500, use applicant tracking systems to parse incoming resumes, extract structured data, and rank candidates against job requirements before a recruiter ever sees them.
Most modern ATS can parse text-based PDFs, but scanned or image-based PDFs often fail. Jobscan recommends a clean, text-based PDF or .docx with standard fonts and a single-column layout to maximize parse accuracy.
A resume checker analyzes your resume against a target job description and an ATS rulebook, then returns a score and concrete suggestions. Jobscan compares your resume to the listing and surfaces missing keywords, skills, and formatting fixes.
Use a single-column layout, standard fonts, conventional section headings, and tailor the content with keywords from the job description. Avoid tables, graphics, headers/footers, and text inside images so the ATS can parse every line.
Paste a job description and upload your resume. Jobscan compares the two using the same parsing logic as major ATS, then returns a match rate plus a checklist of skills, keywords, and formatting items to improve.
An applicant tracking system (ATS) is software employers use to receive, parse, store, and filter resumes. It scores applicants against the job requirements and surfaces the strongest matches to recruiters.
Most resumes are filtered out by the ATS before a human reads them. A resume checker shows you exactly what the ATS sees and where you are losing points, so you can fix issues before applying instead of after being ghosted.
Jobscan checks hard skills, soft skills, job titles, education, formatting, keyword density, and section structure. The result is a match rate plus a prioritized list of fixes that improves the score as you apply them.