ATS Resume Checker
Find out if your resume will pass applicant tracking systems. Get a score, section analysis, and actionable fixes — instantly.
Copy the plain text from your resume (100 – 8,000 characters). Do not paste formatting or personal credentials.
Want to compare your resume against a specific job description?
How ATS Resume Checkers Work
Applicant tracking systems (ATS) are software tools used by employers to automatically screen, parse, and rank resumes before a human recruiter reads them. Studies suggest that the majority of resumes submitted to large employers are filtered by an ATS before reaching a hiring manager.
An ATS parses resume text into structured fields — contact information, work history, education, and skills — and then scores or filters candidates based on keyword matches and profile completeness. Resumes with poor structure, non-standard formatting, or missing sections are frequently misread or scored lower than equally qualified candidates.
This checker uses the same scoring engine that powers AureliusTalent's ATS Optimization Studio — analyzing your resume text for section completeness, formatting safety, content quality, and overall ATS readiness.
What This Checker Analyzes
Section Completeness
Checks for the five sections most critical to ATS scoring: contact information, professional summary, work experience, education, and skills. Each missing section directly reduces your ATS score.
Formatting Safety
Detects tables, tab-aligned columns, multi-column layouts, and non-standard characters that cause ATS parsers to skip or misread content — even when the resume looks fine in a PDF viewer.
Content Quality
Measures the density of strong action verbs and quantified achievements. ATS systems increasingly rank resumes on content signals — not just keyword presence.
ATS Score
Combines all three sub-scores into an overall ATS readiness score (0–100) with a pass probability rating. Scores above 80 indicate strong ATS readiness.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does this checker require a job description?
No. This free checker analyzes your resume's baseline ATS readiness without a job description. For keyword-specific analysis — where your resume is scored against the exact keywords in a particular job posting — sign up for AureliusTalent.
What is a good ATS score?
Scores above 80 indicate strong ATS readiness. Scores of 65–79 represent a solid baseline with fixable gaps. Below 65 indicates significant structural or content issues that are likely reducing your visibility to recruiters.
Is my resume data stored or used for training?
No. Resume text submitted to this free checker is processed to generate your score and is not stored, logged, or used for any purpose beyond producing your result.
What is AureliusTalent?
AureliusTalent is an AI career intelligence platform with 15 modules covering resume analysis, job description decoding, gap analysis, interview preparation, ATS optimization, cover letter generation, LinkedIn optimization, and career planning. The ATS Optimization Studio within AureliusTalent adds job-description keyword coverage analysis on top of the baseline check available here. See a live demo.