ATS Perfect is a free AI resume builder and ATS checker. See exactly what an applicant tracking system reads from your resume, then fix it in minutes.
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Join our 32-bed medical-surgical unit. You'll complete head-to-toe patient assessments, handle medication administration and build care plans with the wider team. Charting is in Epic. Current BLS and ACLS required; telemetry experience is an asset.
Registered nurse with 5 years on busy medical-surgical floors. Calm under pressure, thorough with documentation, and clear with patients and families.
BLS & ACLS · Heart and Stroke Foundation, 2024
BScN, Nursing · Toronto Metropolitan University, 2019
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Why resumes get filtered out
An applicant tracking system copies the text out of your file and sorts it into fields: name, contact details, job titles, skills. Recruiters then search those fields.
Sidebars, tables and text boxes can scramble that copy, so your skills land inside your job history or go missing. Every ATS Perfect template is a single column with standard headings, so the text comes out in the order you wrote it.
Formatted to the rules that systems like Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, Taleo and iCIMS rely on.
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What the ATS extracts
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What the ATS extracts
Resume templates
Professional layouts with standard section headings. Switch templates whenever you like and your content moves with you.
The editor
Write it, tailor it to the job, check it and download it, without switching between tools.
Describe what you did in plain words. The AI suggests bullet points with strong verbs and, where you have them, real numbers. Nothing goes into your resume until you accept it, and you can edit every line.
Did testing and code reviews, kept docs up to date.
Wrote unit tests, conducted code reviews, and maintained technical documentation to ensure code quality.
Paste the job description into the builder. The AI suggests a summary, bullet points and skills written for that role, and pre-selects the ones closest to the post. Keep only what's true for you.
You'll build customer-facing features in React and TypeScript, own services written in Node.js, and deploy to AWS through our CI/CD pipeline. Experience with Kubernetes is a plus.
You pick the lines to keep. Leave out anything you haven't done.
Upload any resume, including one you made somewhere else, and get an itemised list of what reads cleanly and what doesn't. Each item tells you what to change. We don't make up a compatibility percentage.
Pick a template, check the final layout in the preview, and download a text-based PDF that application portals can read. Your work saves as you go, so you can come back and tailor it for the next job.
How it works
No resume-writing experience needed. The editor walks you through each section.
Upload your current resume and we'll fill in the fields for you, or start from a blank page.
Paste the job description and the AI suggests a summary, bullets and skills for that role.
Choose a template, preview it, and download a PDF that's ready for any application portal.
Our promise
Job hunting is stressful enough. Here is exactly how ATS Perfect handles your money and your data.
Build and preview a complete resume without entering a card. You only pay when you want the final PDF.
The 7-day trial puts a card on file. Cancel from your billing page before it ends and you won't be charged.
Payments are processed by Stripe. Your full card number is never stored on our servers.
We don't sell your personal information. The privacy policy lists every service we use and why.
Remove your account and the data attached to it from your profile settings, or ask us to do it for you.
Our checker shows what a parser can and can't read. We don't invent a score to make you upgrade.
ATS requirements
Eight things applicant tracking systems need to read a resume correctly. Every ATS Perfect template follows all of them, and the free checker tests any resume against them.
Columns, tables and text boxes can be read out of order, which mixes your skills into your job history.
Parsers look for headings like Experience, Education and Skills. Creative labels can leave a section unread.
Some systems skip page headers and footers, so your email and phone can go missing.
Logos, icons, charts and text inside graphics can't be read. Skill bars and star ratings carry no meaning.
Use the posting's exact terms for skills, tools and certifications, wherever they're true for you.
Pick one format, such as “Mar 2021 – Present”, so your work history is ordered correctly.
Write “Certified Public Accountant (CPA)” so searches for either version find you.
Export from a text document. A scanned or photographed resume is just an image to an ATS.
The detail behind each point: how to make an ATS-friendly resume, why resumes get rejected by an ATS and PDF vs Word for an ATS.
Free resources
Practical advice on formatting, resume keywords by job, and the mistakes that quietly get resumes rejected. No paywall.
Format, keywords, fonts and the section order that parses cleanly, explained step by step.
Resume keywords by job: nursing resume keywords, accounting resume keywords, project manager resume keywords, customer service resume keywords, entry-level ATS resume and ATS resume for Canada.
Pricing
Build and preview for free. Pay when you're ready to download.
Building and previewing is always free, with no card. Starting the 7-day trial (which includes downloads) puts a card on file. Cancel any time before it ends and you won't be charged. After the trial it continues at the plan price shown, and you can manage or cancel it from your billing page.
FAQ
Yes. You can build and preview a complete resume for free, without a credit card. You only need a plan to download the final PDF, so you see exactly what you're getting before you pay.
An applicant tracking system is software companies use to collect, sort and search resumes before a person reads them. Most mid-size and large employers use one. If the ATS can't read your resume properly, a qualified application can be filtered out automatically.
An ATS-friendly (or ATS-compliant) resume is one applicant tracking software can read correctly: a single-column layout, standard section headings like Experience and Skills, contact details in the body of the page, real text instead of images, and keywords that match the job post. The checklist above covers each point.
Run it through the free ATS resume checker. It shows what the software can and can't read, line by line, with a fix for each problem. No account is needed.
Every template is a single-column layout with standard headings and real text, with no graphics or tables that a parser can't read. You can also paste a job description in the builder, and the AI suggests a summary, bullets and skills for that role.
Our templates follow the formatting rules those parsers rely on: standard sections, selectable text and nothing that scrambles on extraction. For any resume, a quick test is to copy the text from the PDF into a plain-text editor. If it reads in the right order, it will usually parse well.
If you don't cancel, the trial continues as the plan you chose, at the price shown on this page. Cancel any time before it ends from your billing page and you won't be charged.
We use encrypted connections and managed sign-in, and payments are handled by Stripe. We never sell your personal information, and you can delete your account and its data from your profile settings at any time.
Yes. The builder works in any modern browser on a computer, tablet or phone. Your work saves as you go, and once you've signed up you can pick it up on another device.
The free tier covers building and previewing. A plan adds unlimited PDF downloads of your resumes. Every price is shown above with no hidden fees, and you can cancel at any time from your billing page.
Build an ATS-friendly resume tailored to the jobs you want. It's free to start and you don't need a card.
