How we score your resume

Your score comes from fixed rules. No AI and nothing random, so the same resume always gets the same score. A strong resume can score 90 or more.

The 5 areas (100 points)

• Can an ATS read it (30). Real text, one column, no tables, no icons, contact details in the body.
• Job keywords (30). The licenses, tools and skills employers search for in your job.
• Sections (15). Standard headings like Experience, Skills and Education.
• Contact details (10). Name, email, phone, city and state.
• Impact (15). Numbers in your bullet points, strong verbs, no filler phrases.

Where job keywords come from

We hand-check the keyword lists for the most common jobs. Lists for over 900 other jobs are built from O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's job database, so they are rougher, and we ask for fewer matches to give full points.

This site includes information from O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. Resewme has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.

What we can't promise

Every company sets up its hiring software differently. We check for the problems known to break resume reading and keyword search. We don't copy any one company's system.