Free tool
Is your CV getting filtered out? Find out in 30 seconds.
Upload a PDF or DOCX and, optionally, paste a job description. You get a 0–100 score, a breakdown across five areas and a list of concrete fixes. Free, no sign-up required.
Why people use it
What CV Scanner does for you
Keyword match
Which terms from the job description are present, and which are missing.
Formatting & sections
Parser-breaking elements, missing sections and ordering issues.
Impact
Bullets that describe duties instead of results are flagged with suggested rewrites.
Readability
Length, density and sentence-level notes.
How it works
CV Scanner in 4 steps
- 1
Upload your resume
PDF or DOCX, up to 5 MB.
- 2
Add the job description (optional)
Keyword matching is far more precise with the actual posting.
- 3
Read the score and breakdown
Each of the five areas has a score and specifics.
- 4
Apply the fixes
Work through the prioritised suggestions, or import the resume into the builder and fix them there.
Why it works
Built around how hiring actually happens
Same checks recruiters' systems run
Section detection, keyword extraction and structure parsing modelled on common ATS behaviour.
Job-specific
With a description, the scanner measures the exact match instead of generic keyword lists.
Prioritised
Fixes are ranked high, medium, low so you know what to do first.
Instant
Results in seconds.
Free
No account needed for a scan. Sign up to save results and track improvements.
Fix it in one click
Import the file into the builder and rewrite flagged bullets with AI.
Fix the issues the scanner found
Import your resume into the Rolebound builder and rewrite flagged bullets with AI.