Resume keyword scanner
Paste a job description and add your resume. You see which of the terms the ad stresses already appear in your resume and which are missing, so you can tailor it to each job with the right words and without making anything up.
- Free
- No sign-up
- No AI: plain word matching
- Your file stays on your device
The title, responsibilities and requirements are enough. The ad stays on this page and is never sent anywhere.
2. Add your resume
Your file never leaves your browser. It is read on this device and nothing is uploaded.
How we pick the key terms
The scanner counts the words and two-word phrases in the ad and skips the filler every ad uses, such as “and”, “we”, “candidate” or “experience”. Terms the ad repeats rank higher, and phrases like “project management” or “data analysis” weigh more than single words. You see up to 25 terms.
Matching recognises different forms of a word: singular and plural, and common Turkish endings. Capital letters don’t matter. A phrase has to appear as a phrase in your resume too: “managed projects” doesn’t count as “project management”.
The percentage shows how much of the ad’s vocabulary your resume covers, with the terms the ad uses most counting more. The same input always gives the same result, and you can see every term that was counted.
How to use the result
Add a missing term only where it describes work you have really done. The best place is a bullet in your experience or your summary: “Built weekly KPI reports in Power BI” convinces more than “Power BI” alone in a skills list.
Use the ad’s wording. If the ad says “vendor management” and you wrote “supplier relations”, describe the same work in the ad’s words. Write out an abbreviation once as well: “Google Analytics 4 (GA4)”.
Don’t aim for 100%. Some terms won’t fit you, and forcing them in comes back at the interview. Keywords hidden in white text and long lists with no context don’t help with an ATS or with a person.
The ATS check runs on the same page
When you add your resume, we also check how cleanly application systems can read the file: text order, section headings, dates and contact details. If that’s all you need, use the ATS resume checker.
ATS resume checkerFrequently asked questions
Is the keyword scanner free?
Yes. There is no sign-up, no limit on how many times you use it and no paid version of this tool.
Do you use AI?
No. The terms are picked and matched by counting words. The same ad and the same resume always give the same result.
Is my resume or the job ad sent anywhere?
No. Both are processed in your browser, on your device, and never sent to a server. Nothing is kept once you close the page.
Why is a term I have listed as missing?
Usually because it is written differently: the ad says “GA4” and your resume only says “Google Analytics”, or the phrase is split by other words. Also check the file itself: text embedded as an image or placed in the page header can’t be read. The ATS findings on this page show that.
What is a good match percentage?
There is no fixed threshold, and we won’t make one up. The real question is whether the terms the ad repeats most, and that truly fit you, appear in your resume. If they do, there is no need to push the percentage.
Which languages does it work in?
It works best with English and Turkish ads. In German, Spanish, French and Portuguese ads the filler words are removed as well. It reads text-based PDF and Word (.docx) files.
Is the same check in the editor?
Yes. The “Match a job” panel in the AlderCV editor runs the same keyword count while you write. It is free on every plan.
Add the missing terms in the right places
Start from a template in AlderCV, paste the ad into the “Match a job” panel and see the missing terms while you write. Every template and watermark-free PDFs are free.