ATS-friendly resume checker

Paste your resume. Add the job description too and you'll also get a match score plus the exact words the posting uses that yours doesn't.

Updated 2026-08-11 · written by the Sendout team, who built the tool this page is about

1What you have now

Your resume, pasted

The job description (optional, unlocks the match score)

Nothing you type is stored. No signup, no card.

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Paste your resume. The structural check runs instantly.

Two different checks

The structural check runs on your resume alone. It's plain code. You'll get the same answer every time. Missing dates. No email a parser can find. A 2-column layout. Text trapped in images.

The match check needs the job description. That's where you find out you wrote "ML" 6 times while the posting says "machine learning" throughout.

What an ATS actually does

It reads your file. It pulls out fields. It stores them in a database. That's it.

It isn't AI. It isn't reading between the lines. If the parser can't find your dates, your last role becomes a gap that isn't there. If your name sits inside a logo image, you have no name.

Most rejections at this stage aren't about being unqualified. They're formatting.

The keyword part, honestly

Keyword stuffing doesn't work. A recruiter reads the thing eventually. A wall of terms reads as desperate.

What does work is using the posting's own words when you genuinely did the thing. If you built pipelines and they call it "ETL", write ETL. Same truth, their vocabulary.

We show you the gaps. You decide which ones are honest to close.

A clean resume only matters if it reaches people. Sendout finds roles the hour they post, applies through the real application forms, then emails the hiring manager from your own inbox. First week is free. See how it works

What makes Sendout different

Three things. They happen to be the three biggest complaints people have about every other tool in this category.

It works from your own accounts. Applications and outreach go out from your real email and LinkedIn. Human pace. Your voice. Your reputation carries them, not a vendor's server IP. Nothing sprays.
It fills real application forms. Sendout completes actual ATS applications on Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby and Workday. It answers the open-ended questions in your voice. This is a real submission, not a browser autofill you still have to babysit.
It filters ghost jobs. Roughly one in five postings is stale or a repost nobody reads. Sendout drops those and pursues live openings where a real hiring person can be reached.

When a recruiter replies, the conversation lands in one inbox. You can take over any thread with a click. You show up to the conversations. Sendout does the busywork.

Frequently asked

Is this ATS resume checker free?

Yes, with no signup and no card. Paste your resume and the structural check runs immediately. Add a job description and you also get the match score.

Do you store my resume?

No. It is read in memory for one request, then discarded. Nothing you paste is written to a database or a log.

What score is good enough?

Most honest resume and posting pairs land between 45 and 75. Chasing 95 usually means stuffing keywords, which a human reader notices immediately.

Will this get me past the ATS?

It fixes the mechanical reasons good candidates get filtered: unreadable dates, columns, missing terms. It cannot make you a match for a job you are not qualified for.

Fix the resume, then let Sendout send it everywhere

Sendout finds fresh, real openings and applies for you. Everything goes out from your own email and LinkedIn, every day. You just take the conversations.

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