What does the ATS actually read on your resume?
FREE · NO SIGNUP · RUNS IN YOUR BROWSERShort answer: applicant tracking systems don't "reject" most resumes — they mis-read them. Your .docx gets flattened to plain text, and tables, columns, text boxes, images, and header/footer contact info scramble that extraction, so a recruiter's search never surfaces you. Drop your resume below and see exactly what survives — and what breaks.
This runs the same structural check we use to machine-verify our own ATS-plain templates — entirely in your browser. Your file never leaves your device.
What it checks (and why each one matters)
// THE PARSE-BREAKERS- Tables & columns — the #1 cause of scrambled resumes. Parsers read left-to-right across the page, so a two-column layout interleaves into nonsense.
- Text boxes — content inside a text box often extracts as empty or out of order. Many "designer" templates hide your whole resume in them.
- Images & graphics — anything drawn (icons, photos, skill bars, a name rendered as a graphic) is invisible to a text parser.
- Header / footer contact info — lots of parsers skip headers and footers entirely, so your phone and email vanish.
- The extracted text itself — we show you the raw plain-text an ATS sees, so you can catch jumbled sections or a missing name.
We don't sell fake "ATS scores" or interview guarantees — nobody can honestly promise those. This tells you the truth about your file's formatting, which is the part you actually control.
Found problems? Skip the fight with the parser.
The ATS Resume Kit is three plain-format templates (Word & Google Docs) whose formatting is machine-verified with this exact check — plus a cover letter, references, and a Claude skill that fills them from your history. $14.99, one time.