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Free ATS CV checker

Check your CV against the job before an ATS does

Upload your CV as a PDF or Word file, or paste it in. Add the job advert if you have it. You get a score out of 100 in a few seconds, with the reasons behind it.

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Your CV is scored securely and never stored. See your score free, no account — a free account unlocks your full fix-it checklist and unlimited re-scoring.

What we check

How your score is worked out

Most CV checkers keep their scoring private. This is the whole formula, taken from the code that runs it.

  • 40%

    Keyword match

    The share of the advert's skills and terms your CV already uses. With no advert it is left out and the other three are re-weighted.

  • 25%

    Quantified impact

    How many achievement lines carry a number. Six in ten bullets with a figure earns full marks.

  • 25%

    Writing quality

    Weak openers like “responsible for” and first-person phrasing each cost points.

  • 10%

    Structure

    Clear section headings and a length of roughly 300 to 900 words. Outside that band you lose marks.

ATS basics

What applicant tracking systems do with your CV

Workday, Oracle Taleo, SAP SuccessFactors and Greenhouse all work in roughly the same two steps.

  • They parse it into fields

    Name, job titles, dates, skills. Tables, text boxes, headers and two-column layouts are where parsing usually goes wrong.

  • They rank, more than they reject

    Recruiters search and sort applicants by how well they match. Outright auto-rejection is mostly limited to knockout questions on the form.

  • Exact wording counts

    If the advert says “stakeholder management” and you wrote “working with senior people”, a keyword search may not connect the two.

  • Don't stuff keywords

    A recruiter reads the CV after the system ranks it. Use the advert's terms where they describe work you actually did.

FAQ

About the ATS CV checker

How does the ATS CV checker work?

It runs the same checks Ryser uses inside the app and blends them into one score out of 100: keyword match against the job advert (40%), quantified impact (25%), writing quality (25%) and structure (10%). It is a fixed calculation. No AI guesses at your score and nothing is invented.

Is it free, and is my CV stored?

You see your score and the four sub-scores straight away with no account. A free account unlocks the fix-it checklist, the matched and missing keywords, and unlimited re-scoring. Your CV is scored and then discarded. We don't keep it, sell it or train models on it.

Does a high score mean I'll pass the ATS?

No tool can promise that. Most applicant tracking systems rank applications by relevance to the job rather than rejecting them outright. A higher score means you match the advert more closely and parse cleanly, which moves you up the list a recruiter reads.

Do I need a job advert?

You'll get a score without one, but the keyword part only means something against a real advert. Paste the one you're applying for and the checker shows which of its terms your CV already covers and which are missing.

Does it matter whether I call it a CV or a resume?

Not to the checker. It reads the text either way. For UK applications, call it a CV, keep it to two A4 pages, and leave off a photo and date of birth.

What should I do after I get my score?

Fix the items on the checklist, or open Ryser and paste the job advert. It rewrites the CV around that role using only facts already in it, and shows every change before you accept it.

By job title

Check your CV for a specific role

Each role page lists the keywords recruiters look for in that job and role-specific tips, with the same checker built in.

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