Simple document structure, checked after rendering.
Applicant tracking systems mostly extract text and organize applications for humans. Files fail when text is not really text, reading order is ambiguous, or glyphs go missing. We build for exactly those failure modes, then verify each export mechanically.
Two complete packets free. No card required.
Approved fact
Every sentence traces to something you approved.
Structure that survives the handoff.
- Selectable text, always
- PDF output is rendered from controlled HTML by a real browser engine, never flattened into an image. What a parser extracts is your actual content, in order.
- One reading order
- All six restrained templates share a single-column structured document model with familiar headings: Experience, Education, Skills, Projects, Certifications. No parser has to guess where your dates belong.
- Round-trip QA on every export
- Text is extracted from the finished PDF and compared to the document content. DOCX files are independently converted and inspected for page count, overflow, and glyph coverage. Failures block download.
- Both formats, honestly framed
- PDF and DOCX are not pixel-identical, on purpose: PDF is rendered layout, DOCX is native editable OOXML from the same content. You get whichever the employer asks for, or both.
The check happens on the finished file.
Content lives as structure
Sections and typed blocks with stable identity, not fragile page geometry. This is what makes clean parsing a property of the system instead of a hope.
Templates project the structure
Every template restyles the same content deterministically. Switching never retypes, truncates, or reorders your material.
Checks run before download
Extraction, reading order, page count, glyphs, clipping. The QA report exists for every artifact; you only hear about it when something fails.
What we refuse to promise
The resume industry sells ATS certainty: match scores, pass rates, one weird trick about tables. The truth is that applicant tracking systems differ by vendor and configuration, most surface applications to human reviewers rather than auto-rejecting on formatting, and nobody outside a given employer can promise how its setup behaves.
So we promise what we can verify: your file contains real, extractable, correctly ordered text; its headings are conventional; its glyphs render; its pages do not clip. We call that ATS-friendly and parse-checked, and we check it on every export rather than asserting it once in marketing copy.
Format questions worth asking.
Should I send PDF or DOCX?
Whatever the employer requests, first and always. With no stated preference, text-based PDF is a reliable default; DOCX suits recruiters who edit submissions. Both export here and both are checked.
Do you give my resume an ATS score?
No. Universal match scores measure the scoring tool, not any real employer's system. We verify parseability mechanically instead of grading you against a heuristic.
Are two-column resumes really a problem?
They are a risk: some parsers interleave columns into nonsense. Our templates use a single reading order to remove that specific failure mode.
What happens if a rendered file fails QA?
The failure blocks the download, the packet is corrected or the credit automatically refunded on system failure. A broken file never reaches an employer with our name on the export path.
ATS implementations vary. We say ATS-friendly, parse-checked, and format-checked, never ATS-proof, and we do not sell match scores or guaranteed rankings.
- Resume builder →Build from an upload or pasted resume
- Resume tailor →Reword true experience for one role
- ATS resume checker →Check alignment and parseability
- Cover letter generator →Compose from the verified final resume
- Resume templates →Six formats, one document model
- Free resume maker →Two finished packets, no card
Start with the resume you already have.
Approve the facts once, then turn the next posting into a checked resume and cover letter.
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