Paste your resume and a job description. Get an honest match score, understand what's working against you, and download an ATS-safe tailored resume — built from your actual experience, nothing invented.
No signup · No API key · Your data stays in your browser
They give you a keyword score and tell you to optimize. They stuff your resume with phrases. They tell you everything looks great — because that's what keeps your subscription.
Here's what they don't tell you:
of applicant tracking systems don't auto-reject based on content. The myth of the ATS rejection wall is wrong. The real problem is being ranked so low that no recruiter ever sees you.
of low rankings are caused by parsing failure. Multi-column resumes, tables, text boxes, and PDF exports from Canva or Figma are destroying your ATS score before a human reads a single word.
tools will tell you to pass on a role. The gap between your resume and this job might actually be disqualifying. You deserve to know that before you spend two hours tailoring.
Upload a PDF or .docx, or paste plain text. Paste the full job description. Takes 60 seconds.
A match score from 0–100, broken down across four real dimensions: keyword match, experience relevance, trajectory fit, and ATS parsing quality. A verdict — GO, FIX FIRST, or PASS — with a plain-English explanation of what drove it.
Not generic. Five questions specific to your resume and this job — designed to surface the STAR stories, quantified outcomes, and demonstrated evidence you have but didn't write down.
Your experience rewritten using exact language from the job description — your evidence, never invented. Every role preserved. An ATS-safe Word document ready to submit.
Bonus — Interview prep. Likely questions, STAR stories to prepare, and suggested responses for the weak spots the model found.
Most AI writing tools generate plausible-sounding content. That's a problem when the content is your resume — because recruiters and hiring managers spot invented experience. A fabricated bullet that gets caught is worse than the original.
The model is explicitly instructed to use only what you provided. No inventing tools, metrics, outcomes, or roles.
Before tailoring runs, five targeted questions surface specific stories and outcomes from your actual background. The model rewrites from that evidence — not from inference.
After the resume is generated, a separate fact-check call compares every rewritten bullet against your original resume and intake answers. Anything not supported gets flagged and regenerated.
The result is a resume that's polished and targeted — and one you can actually stand behind.
Most people wait for job listings. The candidates who get hired at companies they actually want to work for don't. If there's a specific company on your list — a former client, a dream employer, a startup you've followed — this tool can read their website and help you position your background for a cold outreach that has a real reason to exist.
Paste a company URL. The tool:
Everything grounded in what the company actually said about themselves. No invented company facts.
We ran this tool against a real candidate — Nic, a sales leader applying for a Sales Manager role — using his current resume and the job description. Here's what changed:
| Before | After | |
|---|---|---|
| Match score | 62/100 — FIX FIRST | 72/100 — GO |
| Score breakdown | 2-sentence summary | 4 components with individual scores |
| Roles in output | Flat bullet list (0 roles) | 4 full role entries |
| Total bullets | 7 | 17 |
| Exact JD phrases | ~5 (paraphrased) | 13 verbatim |
| Missed keywords | Not disclosed | 1, with explicit reason |
The .docx downloaded from Nic's AI Resume Advisor is single-column, Calibri 11pt, no tables or graphics — the format every ATS parses cleanly.
Keyword-match tools show you a percentage and tell you to optimize. They don't tell you if the gap is real. They don't tell you your format is destroying your ranking. They don't tell you to pass on a role.
This tool does.
| Nic's AI Resume Advisor | Other tools | |
|---|---|---|
| Honest verdict | Will tell you not to apply | Shows score, optimizes regardless |
| No fabrication | Three-layer enforcement | No enforcement |
| Structure preserved | Every role intact with dates | Often flattens to bullet list |
| ATS-safe export | .docx, proven format | No or inconsistent |
| Cold outreach mode | Company-targeting flow | Not available |
| Targeted intake | 5 questions specific to your gaps | Generic or none |
| Interview prep | Per-role STAR stories | Generic or none |
| Cost | Free | $9–$40/mo subscription |
| Account required | No | Yes |
| Data retention | None — localStorage only | Yes — server-stored |
Yes. No account, no credit card, no API key required. The tool is free to use.
Your resume text is sent to our API routes for processing (which call Anthropic's Claude models) and then returned to your browser. Nothing is stored on a server. Your session state lives only in your browser's localStorage.
.pdf and .docx. You can also paste plain text directly. If you're on a Mac and your resume is in Apple Pages, export it to PDF first (File → Export To → PDF).
Yes — the ATS parsing component scores how cleanly your resume reads in plain text. Multi-column layouts, tables, text boxes, and image-based PDFs all get flagged. The downloaded .docx is deliberately plain to fix this.
Use company-targeting mode. Paste the company's website URL instead. The tool reads what the company does and helps you position yourself for cold outreach — even without a specific role to match against.
That's the most valuable output this tool produces. A PASS verdict means the gap is significant enough that an honest ranking system will bury your application. Your options: close the gap first, or apply anyway knowing you're starting at a disadvantage. Either way, you're making an informed decision.
Yes. Tested with sales leadership, operations, and strategy roles. The output respects the candidate's level — it doesn't flatten a 15-year career into entry-level language.
Know your odds. Understand the gap. Download a resume you can submit with confidence.
Takes about 10 minutes end to end.