Resume keyword scanner · missing skills for any job title · free · no signup
Find the Skills and Keywords Your Resume Is Missing for Any Job
What skills should your resume have for your job? Pick or type any job title, and this free resume keyword scanner shows the skills, keywords and tools job descriptions for it ask for, and marks which ones your resume is missing. Recruiters and applicant tracking systems search resumes for these words, so add the missing ones you really have before you apply.
Upload or paste your resume · pick or type your role · free · no signup · 2 scans a day
How the keyword scanner works
Scanning a resume for keywords takes four steps. The scanner runs in your browser, it's free, and it doesn't ask you to sign up, so you can check your resume without creating an account.
- 1
Pick or type your role.
Choose a role from the list, or choose Other and type any job title.
- 2
Upload or paste your resume.
Drop in a PDF or Word file, or paste the text from Google Docs or a LinkedIn export.
- 3
See your keyword gap instantly.
Keywords are grouped into critical skills, supporting skills and tools, each marked covered (green), mentioned once (amber) or missing (red).
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Add missing keywords where truthful.
For each missing keyword you genuinely have experience with, add it to your experience bullets where you describe real work you did. Don't just list it in a skills section.
What skills should I put on my resume for my job?
Short answer: the skills that job descriptions for your job title ask for most, that you can back up with real work. A generic list of soft skills like communication or teamwork will not get you through a keyword search, because recruiters search for the hard skills and tools named in the job description.
- Critical skills are the ones most job descriptions for the role require. Missing one is the most common reason a resume is passed over.
- Supporting skills strengthen an application but are asked for less often.
- Tools and software are named products and certifications, like Excel, Jira or PMP. Write them the way job descriptions do.
The scanner above lists all three for any job title and checks your resume against them. Put each skill you have in a line about work you did, not only in a skills list (how to use keywords without keyword stuffing). Applying for one specific job? Compare your resume to that job description instead.
Role keyword guides
The scanner works for any job title. For these roles there is also a full keyword guide you can read before you scan.
- Data Analyst resume keywords
- Data Scientist resume keywords
- Software Engineer resume keywords
- Product Manager resume keywords
- Business Analyst resume keywords
- Frontend Developer resume keywords
- Machine Learning Engineer resume keywords
- DevOps Engineer resume keywords
- Data Engineer resume keywords
- AI Engineer resume keywords
Backed by 2,969 real resume analyses
The keyword-gap research behind this tool comes from 2,969 resumes analyzed against real job postings on ResumeAtlas. It shows that infrastructure and platform skills are where resumes fall short most, while soft-skills coverage is already strong. The scanner checks your resume against the skills job descriptions for your role typically ask for.
Resume keyword scanner, JD keywords, or JD matcher: which tool should I use?
The scanner checks your resume against the keywords your role typically asks for. The JD Keyword Finder pulls and sorts the keywords from a posting. The matcher compares your resume against that posting and gives you a verdict and the fixes.
| What you want to know | Resume scanner | Job Description Keyword Finder | JD matcher |
|---|---|---|---|
| What keywords does my field expect in general? | ✓ | ||
| Which skills for my role is my resume missing? | ✓ | ||
| I have no posting yet and want a baseline | ✓ | ||
| Which keywords from a job description is my resume missing? | ✓ | ||
| What does this specific posting screen on? | ✓ | ||
| Which of its requirements are hard vs nice-to-have? | ✓ | ||
| Which of this posting's keywords does my resume prove? | ✓ | ||
| Should I apply — verdict and shortlist probability? | ✓ | ||
| Rewrite my bullets for this specific posting | ✓ |
Once your keywords are in place, make sure your resume is formatted so ATS systems can read it cleanly with the ATS resume parser.
About to apply?
One check first. See if your resume matches what they need—and exactly what you're missing.
Check my matchNo posting yet? Improve the resume you have.
Upload it to the ATS resume builder. Its ATS keywords rewrite adds role keywords to your bullets only where your experience supports them, and you can edit any line to add the keywords this scan found. Starting from scratch instead? The builder does that too.
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Frequently asked questions
What if I need to extract keywords from a job description instead?
See the comparison table above for when to use each tool. To extract keywords from a specific job posting, use the Job Description Keyword Finder. To then compare your resume against that posting, use the JD Matcher.
Is this a CV keyword scanner or a resume keyword scanner?
Both — "resume" and "CV" mean the same document here. This is a keyword resume scanner and CV keyword scanner in one: paste either a resume or a CV and it checks it against the same role-standard keyword list.
How do I scan my resume for keywords?
Paste your resume on this page and pick your target role, or choose Other and type any job title. The scanner shows the role's critical skills, supporting skills and tools, and marks each one covered, mentioned once or missing, with no signup. See the comparison table above to understand when to use each tool in your workflow.
What does the scan result show?
It works like a resume keyword checker for your target role: the keywords job ads for that role typically ask for, grouped into critical skills, supporting skills and tools, each marked covered, mentioned once or missing, with a match percentage where critical skills count most. Use it to find the missing keywords you can honestly add to your experience bullets.
Which roles does the scanner support?
Any job title. Pick a popular role from the list, or choose Other and type your own, like Supply Chain Analyst or Dental Hygienist. To check your resume against one specific job posting, use the job description matcher.
How is this different from just reading the keyword list?
The keyword list tells you what matters for your role. This scanner checks whether YOUR resume actually contains those words and at what depth. You might think you have 'SQL' covered, but it may only appear once in a skills section with no supporting bullets. The scanner surfaces that weak coverage instantly.
Is my resume data safe?
Yes. Your resume text never leaves your device: the matching runs in your browser. Only the job title you pick or type is sent, to look up the skills job ads for that role ask for. Nothing from your resume is stored.
What if I'm applying to multiple roles?
Run the scanner once per role. Select the role that matches each job type you're targeting, paste your resume, and note the missing keywords. You may want to keep a base resume and tailor the skills/bullets section per role cluster before applying.
Last updated: October 26, 2026