Resume Scanner — See What Recruiters See in Seconds
Get a free attention score from your PDF resume. Upgrade to Full Analysis for the heat map, AI suggestions and ATS-style keyword checks.
What you get
Free attention score
See how your resume scores before you pay for anything.
- Attention score
- ATS, content and consistency sub-scores
- ATS parsed view
Full Analysis ($2 one-time)
Turn the scan into specific improvements you can apply immediately.
- Recruiter-attention heat map
- AI-powered improvement suggestions
- ATS-style keyword checks
- Section-by-section breakdown
- Before/after comparison
Why a resume heatmap matters
Recruiters don’t read resumes top-to-bottom. They scan. Eye-tracking studies show consistent fixation points (name, title, company, dates, previous role, education) and a common F-pattern.
A heatmap helps you answer one question: does the first scan tell the right story? If attention gets pulled to noise (dense bullets, weak summaries, misaligned headers), your best work can be missed.
Use the free preview to spot scan issues, then use Full Analysis to get actionable fixes — including keyword matching and rewrite suggestions.
Limitations & Privacy
ResumeHeatMap provides directional signals, not hiring guarantees. We combine a human scan model and an ATS parsing model so you can improve both readability and parseability.
Human scan model
Estimates likely first-pass attention zones using published eye-tracking patterns. It is not individual eye-tracking.
ATS parsing model
Checks common parsing and keyword risks with vendor-neutral rules. It is not an exact simulation of any single ATS setup.
What we simulate
- Likely first-pass attention hotspots and scan flow.
- Common parsing risks (layout, sections, formatting artifacts).
- Keyword overlap vs. a target job description.
What we don't
- Exact behavior of Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, Taleo, or internal custom rules.
- Recruiter decisions, interview outcomes, or hiring results.
- Every edge case in custom PDFs, templates, or enterprise configurations.
Privacy: Your uploaded file is deleted as soon as the analysis finishes. The text we read out of it is kept for 30 days so you can reopen the result and re-scan a revised version, then automatically erased. Details in our Privacy Policy.
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ATS-friendly format
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ATS checker page
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