Key Takeaways

  • 75% of U.S. employers use automated applicant tracking systems to screen resumes before a human reviews them (Harvard Business School & Accenture, 2021)
  • The most common ATS failures are missing keywords, incompatible formatting, and incorrect file types
  • ResumeGeni scores your resume across 8 parsing layers — modeled on the same steps enterprise ATS platforms like Workday, Greenhouse, and Taleo use to evaluate candidates

How ATS Resume Scoring Works

Applicant tracking systems parse your resume into structured data — extracting your name, contact info, work history, skills, and education — then score how well that data matches the job requirements. Many ATS rejections happen because the parser couldn't extract critical fields, not because the candidate wasn't qualified.

LayerWhat It ChecksWhy It Matters
Document extractionFile format, encoding, readabilityCorrupted or image-only PDFs fail immediately
Layout analysisTables, columns, headers, footersMulti-column layouts break field extraction
Section detectionExperience, education, skills headingsNon-standard headings cause sections to be missed
Field mappingName, email, phone, dates, titlesMissing contact info is a common cause of immediate rejection
Keyword matchingJob-specific terms, skills, certificationsKeyword overlap affects recruiter search visibility and ATS scoring
Chronology checkDate ordering, gap detectionReverse-chronological order is expected by most ATS
QuantificationMetrics, numbers, measurable outcomesQuantified achievements help human reviewers and some scoring models
Confidence scoringOverall parse quality and completenessLow-confidence parses get deprioritized in results

Frequently Asked Questions

Is ResumeGeni free?
Yes. ResumeGeni is currently in beta — ATS analysis, scoring, and initial improvement suggestions are free with no signup required. Full guidance and saved reports may require a free account.
What file formats are supported?
PDF, DOCX, DOC, TXT, RTF, ODT, and Apple Pages. PDF and DOCX are recommended for best ATS compatibility.
How is the ATS score calculated?
Your resume is processed through an 8-layer parsing pipeline that extracts structured data the same way enterprise ATS platforms do. The score reflects how completely and accurately your resume can be parsed, plus how well your content matches common ATS ranking criteria.
Can ATS read PDF resumes?
Yes, but not all PDFs are equal. Text-based PDFs parse well. Image-only PDFs (scanned documents) and PDFs with complex tables or multi-column layouts often fail ATS parsing. Our analyzer will flag these issues.
How do I improve my ATS score?
Focus on three areas: use a clean single-column format, include keywords from the job description naturally in your experience bullets, and ensure all sections (contact, experience, education, skills) use standard headings.

ATS Guides & Resources

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Associate Director, HV infrastructure

Airtrunk · AirTrunk HQ - North Sydney

Want to be a part of Asia Pacific & Middle East's (APME) largest, most innovative, and rapidly growing data centre company?

AirTrunk is a technology company with a powerful purpose - to scale and sustain the relentless growth of the region’s digital future. We do this by continuously redefining and delivering hyperscale data centres that meet the needs of our customers - the world’s most transformational companies. And we’re doing so sustainably, for today and tomorrow.

Having opened Australia’s first and largest hyperscale data centres in 2017, we set our eyes on rapid expansion and now operate a platform of hyperscale data centres across the APME region. With backing from our investors, including Blackstone, this is just the beginning…

Come join the A-Team at AirTrunk, where the cloud meets the ground.

 A Snapshot  

As the Associate HV Infrastructure Director, APAC you will report to the Senior Director, Utilities Infrastructure and work closely with Development, Technology and Operations teams, making your mark in several ways:  

  • You will be a strategic leader and problem solver, responsible for developing and executing strategies to continuously improve delivery of HV power systems to our sites, 
  • You will be responsible for aligning processes with strategic business goals and priorities, 
  • Engaging with key stakeholders to ensure AirTrunk strategy is delivered, 
  • Driving continuous engineering solutions across the business by championing customer-centric outcomes, 
  • Resolving a diverse range of problems as they arise to maintain the customer and delivery focus for the business. 

Your Day to Day  

  • Develop and motivate a high performing team,  
  • Develop and implement utilities strategies to ensure effective and improving HV system delivery across the Asia-Pacific Region, 
  • Ensure the highest safety and quality across all projects, 
  • Ensure the delivery of HV systems is integrated with whole-of-Data Centre delivery, 
  • Oversee Tender and onboarding vendor and contractor partner process, 
  • Analyse current and past project HV delivery performance to contribute to improvements going forward,   
  • Continuously drive efficiency in delivery, ensuring problems are resolved, lessons are learnt and embedded into processes going forward to improve the effectiveness of HV infrastructure, 
  • Manage and develop key relationships at all levels with utilities, regulators, consultants, vendors and contractors, 
  • Manage and negotiate at a deep technical level with authorities and utilities to achieve best possible project outcomes, 
  • Work broadly across the business to ensure alignment of the utilities program with the rest of the business, 
  • Develop and improve regular project reporting to senior management including project safety, quality, time, costs, progress, authorities and risk, 
  • Set and manage KPI and SLA’s for our vendors,  
  • Manage the development of AirTrunk’s HV on site networks to be safe and efficient, meeting and exceeding local code requirements and industry best practice where appropriate,  
  • Oversee and improve policy and practice in the development and management of the HV network design on new and existing AirTrunk networks, including primary, secondary, SCADA, earthing and DC systems,  
  • Travel to projects and sites as required.   

 Minimum requirements:   

  • 10+ years HV design, delivery and operations experience 
  • 10+ years experience working on highly-integrated large scale projects 
  • A Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering 
  • Strong and effective communicator with the ability to confidently negotiate with internal and external stakeholders on a professional and senior level.  
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate and influence up to the executive level internally and with external stakeholders  
  • Managed and mentored high performing teams, minimum of 7 years,   
  • Well organised and effective manager to manage workload and meet deadlines  
  • Minimum 10 years broad high voltage experience in design, delivery and operations with a utility, electrical consultant or contractor,  
  • Strong technical knowledge of HV systems and assets including GIS, AIS, switchgear, Transformers, protection relays and DC systems.  
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