FreeATS Scanner

Stop being filtered out before a human ever sees your CV.

70% of large UK employers run CVs through an applicant tracking system before a recruiter reads them. The ATS Scanner shows you what the algorithm sees — a 0–100 score, the keywords missing from your CV, and a priority fix list.

What it does

Every capability, in detail.

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Strategy Analyst · Bain

92%
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Graduate SWE · HSBC

88%
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Tech Analyst · Deloitte

85%
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Audit Grad · KPMG

80%
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Capability 01

Job-URL → compatibility score

Paste any UK job posting — LinkedIn, Indeed, Reed, company careers page. The scanner pulls the job spec, runs it against your CV, and returns a 0–100 score with the breakdown.

Keyword coverage

2/5
  • Python

    4 mentions · strong

  • SQL

    2 mentions

  • Stakeholders

    Missing

  • Excel modelling

    Missing

  • !

    Cloud (any)

    1 mention · weak

Capability 02

Keyword gap analysis

See the exact terms the job description weights heavily that are missing or under-represented in your CV. Each gap shows where in your CV it would best fit.

aisha-patel-cv.pdfBankingAuto-saved · 3s ago
  • Personal
  • Summary
  • Experience
  • Skills
  • Education

Experience · Bain & Company

Minimal
Banking
Consult
Tech

Capability 03

Section-by-section fix list

Issues are bucketed by CV section — Summary, Experience, Skills, Education — so you know which sentence to edit rather than rewriting from scratch.

ATS · Bain & Co Strategy Analyst +23
87/ 100
Keywords92%
Structure88%
Format100%
Sections71%
Suggested: add "Excel modelling" to Skills

Capability 04

Live re-score

Fix in the CV Builder and watch the score update as you edit. No round-trips, no waiting.

Format safe

Cleared on every major UK ATS parser

Workday

Greenhouse

Taleo

iCIMS

  • Text in headers (not images)

  • Single-column body

  • Standard fonts only

  • No tables in Experience

Capability 05

Format-safety check

Flags ATS-hostile choices — text in images, fancy headers, two-column layouts that some parsers break on — so the parser actually reads your content.

Before · after

See the difference, side by side.

Before

Before the scan

You hit submit and hope. No signal until rejection.
Rizzume

After

With the pre-flight

A 0–100 score, the missing keywords, the format warnings — all before you click apply.
Compared

What you get vs the alternatives.

Capability
Rizzume
DIY
Templates
Paid coach
Real-time score against a live job URL
Keyword gap analysis
Inline fix list
Free to run
Outcomes

What changes for you.

  • See what the algorithm sees — a 0-100 score against any UK job posting

  • Fix lists are bucketed by CV section so you know which sentence to edit

  • Re-score live as you patch the gaps inside the CV Builder

Free plan includes

5 scans/month on Free; unlimited on Pro

Keyword gap + format report on every scan

Live re-score inside the CV Builder

Section-level fix list

Pairs well with…

The other tools most ATS Scanner users open next.

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