Use keywords as evidence signals, not decoration
A scanner can reveal language gaps, but adding every missing term is not the goal. The resume should use the employer’s vocabulary only where your real background supports it.
How the keyword scan works
The initial analysis stays in the browser and compares recurring meaningful terms across both documents.
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Upload the resume
PDF, DOCX, and TXT files are converted to text locally in the browser.
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Paste the full job description
Include requirements, responsibilities, tools, and preferred qualifications.
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Review the coverage
Separate terms already represented from important language that appears missing.
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Tailor with context
Continue into the editor when you want a deeper analysis and an editable matched version.
How to interpret missing keywords
A missing term is an invitation to investigate, not permission to add unsupported language.
Add only what is true
Use a keyword when your experience, education, project, or skill genuinely supports it.
Recognize equivalent language
Your resume may express the same capability with a different but still credible phrase.
Focus on repeated requirements
Terms connected to core responsibilities usually matter more than incidental company language.
Avoid keyword stuffing
The document still needs to sound natural and make sense to a human reader.
The best keyword is not the one you repeat most often. It is the one your resume supports with clear, relevant evidence.
Before adding a missing term
Check whether the requirement is essential, whether you can support it, and where it belongs naturally.
- Confirm relevance: prioritize responsibilities and requirements that define the role.
- Find the evidence: connect the term to a real role, project, education item, or skill.
- Use natural wording: place the term where it helps explain actual work.
- Keep the facts unchanged: never add tools, qualifications, ownership, or experience you do not have.
Turn the scan into a tailored resume
The deeper matching workflow considers context, responsibilities, evidence, and wording before creating an editable version.
Tailor the uploaded resume to this job
Continue with the same resume and job description, receive a fit score and change summary, and edit the matched version.
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Improve my resumeFrequently asked questions
What the scan can show, and what it cannot decide for you.
Does this predict whether an ATS will reject me?
Is my resume uploaded during the scan?
Should I add every missing keyword?
What happens when I choose tailoring?
Ready to compare both documents?
Run the browser-based scan, then decide whether the resume needs full tailoring.