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Resume & CV Checker

Check that hiring software can read your CV, and see exactly what it gets.

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Make sure the software can read your résumé

Most employers in the US and UK receive applications through an applicant tracking system (ATS), which reads your résumé’s text before a person does. If it can’t — a scanned CV, letters spaced apart, contact details in a header, two columns that get mixed up — your experience can arrive garbled or missing. Resume Checker runs the checks the makers of these systems publish: text you can select, words that copy out right, contact details in the body, one column, no tables or graphics, clear section headings, a file size they accept, and fonts that travel with the file. Then it shows you the text exactly as the software gets it. Your CV is checked in your browser and never uploaded.

  • Your files stay on your device

    Resume Checker runs in your browser, so nothing is uploaded — not the file, not even its name.

  • Free, with no sign-up

    No account, no watermark on your files and no daily limit for normal use.

  • Files up to 100 MB

    Large or scanned files are fine — they simply take a little longer.

  • Works on every device

    Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad and Android, in any modern browser. Nothing to install.

Resume Checker, step by step

  1. 1

    Select your résumé or CV as a PDF.

  2. 2

    Read the checks and what the software sees.

  3. 3

    Fix what’s flagged, or save the report.

Good to know

Yes — Greenhouse and Lever, for example, both read PDF résumés. What matters is how the PDF was made: one exported from Word or Google Docs has real text; a scan or a picture of a CV doesn’t, and can’t be read.

What the systems’ makers say breaks parsing: text that can’t be highlighted, letters with spaces between them, files over 2.5 MB, graphics and photos, tables, headers and footers holding your name and contact details, columns, and résumés without clear sections. Fonts are checked too, so the file looks the same on the recruiter’s screen.

No. It checks whether software can read your résumé, not how good it is. It doesn’t compare it to a job ad or count keywords.

Turn it into a PDF with Word to PDF (in your browser, nothing uploaded), then check the PDF here. Many job sites accept Word files too; the same advice applies to them.

That’s the point of showing it: the software reads across the page, line by line. If two columns sit side by side, their lines interleave — which is how the system will see them too.

Each file can be up to 100 MB. Large or scanned files simply take a little longer.

Yes. It runs in any modern browser on Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad and Android, with nothing to install. You can also add pdfconva to your home screen and open it like an app.

No. This tool runs entirely in your browser. Your files never leave your device.

Yes. Every pdfconva tool is free, with no sign-up and no watermark on your files.

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