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Resume score

Resume score: what a good score is and how to raise yours

A resume score is a quick read on how likely your resume is to get past screening software and hold a recruiter's attention. Here is what goes into it and how to push yours up.

What a resume score measures

Our resume checker scores you out of 100 across the things recruiters and applicant tracking systems (ATS) actually react to:

Impact — do your bullets show results with numbers, or just list duties? Keywords — does your resume use the same skills and tools as the roles you want? Clarity — can someone scan it in six seconds? ATS-friendliness — plain sections, no tables or text boxes that break parsing. Summary — does the top of the page say who you are and what you are aiming for?

What is a good resume score?

85–100

Interview-ready. Clear results, the right keywords, nothing to trip a screener.

70–84

Solid. A few vague bullets or missing keywords are costing you callbacks.

50–69

Average. Duties instead of results, and gaps against the job description.

Under 50

Getting filtered out. Needs a rewrite of the summary and most bullets.

Scores are a guide, not a guarantee. Every employer's screening setup is different, so treat the number as a way to find your weakest sections first.

Five fixes that raise a resume score fastest

1. Rewrite your top three bullets as action + what + number + outcome. 2. Add the missing ATS resume keywords from the job description, inside real bullets. 3. Replace the objective with a two-line summary aimed at your target role. 4. Cut anything older than ten years that doesn't support the role. 5. Move to a single-column layout with standard section names.

Check your resume score for free

Paste your resume or upload a PDF and pick your target role. You get a score out of 100, a section-by-section roast, and the keywords you are missing. No signup.

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