Resume scan: check the text before comparing the job
Were your name, employment dates and skills read correctly? Review and correct the extracted text before confirming what to compare. Missing pages, scans and uncertain reading order are flagged for your review.
Your workspace
Check your name, employment dates, skills and reading order against the original. Edit anything missing or out of place before comparing.
2. Compare with a job description
Add a job description to compare keywords. With limited text, no overall score or format diagnosis is shown.
Targeting a specific ATS? Read the ATS parser source notes for public source notes before you upload.
If your résumé PDF exceeds an application portal's upload limit, you can use CompressCat to try reducing its size, then check the result The achievable size depends on the file; check text clarity before submitting.
Files are read in this browser. Check the details and their order; extraction cannot certify an ATS.
How to resume scan
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Upload a PDF, DOCX or TXT and extract the text, or paste your text directly.
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Check names, dates, reading order and missing details against the original. Correct the text.
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Confirm the scope, paste a job description and compare.
- 4
Review terms found and not found. Add only experience you actually have.
Why use PolishCat's Resume Scan?
- Inspect the input: keep the original extraction available beside your editable text.
- See the limits: short text or possible missing pages gets a limited comparison without a whole-resume score.
- Check locally: this tool reads files and compares text in your browser.
Frequently asked questions
It compares terms in the confirmed text with a job description. It cannot measure your ability, an employer's rules or hiring probability. A missing term is not a missing skill.
No. There is no OCR, and complex reading order is not guaranteed. Review the warnings and correct omissions or misplaced text against the original.
Yes. Confirm that only the entered text is being compared and provide a job description. The tool will not score or diagnose it as a complete résumé.
One guided job-search flow
PolishCat's tools are one suite, not scattered widgets — run them in order on the same resume and JD, and your whole search stays consistent. Everything is honest and private by design.
- 1Scan
See your match to the role and the gaps first· you're here
- 2Tailor
Rewrite real experience in the role's words
- 3Cover letter
Draft a tailored letter from the same material
- 4Interview prep
Predict questions from the same JD
- 5LinkedIn headline
Align your profile to the same search
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What this review is based on
- Your résumé and target job description are the inputs for text comparison. File reading runs in the browser.
- The site's keyword lists and text rules offer prompts for review; they cannot know an employer's screening criteria.
- AI writing sends submitted text to the server and Cloudflare AI. Check the generated draft before use.
Polished copy is a draft aid. Review facts, claims, tone, privacy and employer/customer-specific rules before sending.