A local, privacy-first resume scannerthat shows you how your resume will perform on the most popular Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) — without uploading your document anywhere.

Your resume never leaves your machine.

• .NET 10 SDK
• A resume in .pdf or .docx format

Clone the repository and build:

git clone https://github.com/your-username/ATSScannerButWithPrivacy.git
cd ATSScannerButWithPrivacy
cd ASTScannerButWithPrivacy
dotnet build

ats-scanner scan <resume> [options]

dotnet run --project src/AtsScanner.Cli -- scan "C:\Users\me\Documents\resume.pdf"

dotnet run --project src/AtsScanner.Cli -- scan ~/documents/resume.pdf

dotnet run --project src/AtsScanner.Cli -- scan resume.pdf --platform taleo

dotnet run --project src/AtsScanner.Cli -- scan resume.pdf -p workday

Useful for scripting or saving results:

dotnet run --project src/AtsScanner.Cli -- scan resume.pdf --output json > results.json

dotnet run --project src/AtsScanner.Cli -- scan resume.pdf -p greenhouse -o json

Add -v / --verbose for the full breakdown:

dotnet run --project src/AtsScanner.Cli -- scan resume.pdf --verbose

dotnet run --project src/AtsScanner.Cli -- scan resume.pdf -p taleo -v

Verbose mode adds:

• Document Analysis — detected contact info, format flags (columns, tables, images), and a full section inventory
• What looks good — a positive checklist of things each platform will handle correctly
• Issues grouped by category — Formatting, Structure, and Content issues listed separately with detailed What to do guidance
• Top Priority Actions — the critical issues that affect the most platforms, ranked so you know what to fix first

Running a scan produces a summary table followed by per-platform details.

╭─────────────────────┬──────────┬───────────┬───────────────────────────────╮
│ Platform            │ Score    │ Rating    │ Issues                        │
├─────────────────────┼──────────┼───────────┼───────────────────────────────┤
│ Lever               │ 85/100   │ Good      │ 1 warning  2 info             │
│ Greenhouse          │ 75/100   │ Good      │ 2 warning  1 info             │
│ Workday             │ 55/100   │ Fair      │ 1 critical  2 warning         │
│ SAP SuccessFactors  │ 55/100   │ Fair      │ 1 critical  2 warning         │
│ Taleo (Oracle)      │ 35/100   │ Poor      │ 2 critical  3 warning  1 info │
╰─────────────────────┴──────────┴───────────┴───────────────────────────────╯

Each issue includes a suggestion (indented below with →) explaining exactly what to change.

Most ATS parsers read text left-to-right, top-to-bottom in a single pass. A two-column resume causes your skills column and your job history column to be interleaved nonsensically.

Fix: Use a single-column layout. Save a plain single-column version specifically for ATS submissions.

Table cells are read in unpredictable order by many parsers.

Fix: Replace skill tables and education tables with simple bullet lists or plain text.

Profile photos, icons, and decorative dividers are invisible to ATS parsers. Text placed inside or next to images may be lost.

Fix: Remove all images. Use plain text dividers (e.g. a horizontal rule made of dashes) if needed.

Many ATS platforms ignore the document header and footer sections entirely.

Fix: Copy your name, email, and phone number into the main body of the first page.

Parsers map content to structured fields (Job History, Education, etc.) using section header names. Non-standard names like "Where I've Worked" may not be recognised.

Fix: Use conventional headers: Work Experience, Education, Skills, Summary, Certifications.

1. Keep a plain version — Maintain a single-column, no-table .docx alongside your designed PDF resume. Submit the plain version to ATS portals.
2. Check Taleo first — If your resume scores well on Taleo, it will score well everywhere. Taleo is the strictest parser.
3. Date formats matter — Use Jan 2021 – Mar 2024 or 01/2021 – 03/2024. Avoid relative dates like "3 years ago".
4. LinkedIn URL — Include your full LinkedIn profile URL (linkedin.com/in/yourname) in plain text. Greenhouse and Lever auto-populate fields from it.
5. Keyword placement — ATS systems do keyword matching. Make sure relevant skills appear in a dedicated Skills section and in your job descriptions.

• No network calls. The tool is fully offline. No resume data is transmitted anywhere.
• No telemetry. Nothing is logged or tracked.
• No file copies. Your resume is read once, in memory, and discarded when the scan completes.