Will your resume make it through the bot?
Most large organisations and government departments screen resumes through an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) before any human reads them. If your resume isn't formatted and worded correctly, the recruiter never sees it. Run yours through the same ATS scanner used by hundreds of recruiters — free, no log-in, takes 30 seconds.
Two boxes. One score. Thirty seconds.
Paste your resume text
Copy and paste the full text of your current resume into the first box. Plain text is fine — formatting isn't preserved by the scanner anyway.
Paste the job description
Copy and paste the position description for the role you're targeting into the second box. The full PD, not just the title.
Get your score and keyword report
You'll see a match-rate percentage, the keywords you're missing, and recommendations for hard skills, soft skills and formatting issues.
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Open ATS Checker in a new windowThree bands. One honest interpretation.
Match-rate scores are useful but they're not the whole story. Here's how senior recruiters and writers actually read them.
Likely filtered out
Your resume is missing significant keywords from the role. Either the resume needs a meaningful rewrite, or the role isn't a strong match for your experience. Both are worth knowing.
Borderline
You'll make it past some ATS systems but not the strict ones. Worth tightening keywords, restructuring your skills section, and rewording responsibilities to mirror the job's language.
Strong
Your resume passes the ATS filter. Now the question becomes whether the human on the other side finds it compelling — formatting, narrative and achievement framing matter at this stage.
One caveat. ATS scores measure keyword match — they don't measure how well your resume tells your story, positions you for the role, or stands out to a hiring panel. A strong ATS score is necessary but not sufficient. Real resume quality lives in the layer above.
We don't just optimise for the bot.
Every resume we write is calibrated to pass ATS filters AND to land with the human reviewer on the other side. Senior writers, written from scratch, no AI, no templates. Selection criteria specialists for federal, state and local government roles. If your match score isn't where you need it to be, we can help.