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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Chief of Staff

Arine · San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)

Based in San Francisco, Arine is a rapidly growing healthcare technology and clinical services company with a mission to ensure individuals receive the safest and most effective treatments for their unique and evolving healthcare needs. 

Frequently, medications cause more harm than good. Incorrect drugs and doses costs the US healthcare system over $528 billion in waste, avoidable harm, and hospitalizations each year. Arine is redefining what excellent healthcare looks like by solving these issues through our software platform (SaaS). We combine cutting edge data science, machine learning, AI, and deep clinical expertise to introduce a patient-centric view to medication management, and develop and deliver personalized care plans on a massive scale for patients and their care teams.

Arine is committed to improving the lives and health of complex patients that have an outsized impact on healthcare costs and have traditionally been difficult to identify and address. These patients face numerous challenges including complicated prescribing issues across multiple medications and providers, medication challenges with many chronic diseases, and patient issues with access to care. Backed by leading healthcare investors and collaborating with top healthcare organizations and providers, we deliver recommendations and facilitate clinical interventions that lead to significant, measurable health improvements for patients and cost savings for customers. 

Why is Arine a Great Place to Work?:

Outstanding Team and Culture - Our shared mission unites and motivates us to do our best work. We have a relentless passion and commitment to the innovation required to be the market leader in medication intelligence.

Making a Proven Difference in Healthcare - We are saving patient lives, and enabling individuals to experience improved health outcomes, including significant reductions in hospitalizations and cost of care.

Market Opportunity - Arine is backed by leading healthcare investors and was founded to tackle one of the largest healthcare problems today. Non-optimized medications therapies which cost the US 275,000 lives and $528 billion annually.

Dramatic Growth - Arine is managing more than 18 million lives across prominent health plans after only 4 years in the market, and was ranked 236 on the 2024 Inc. 5000 list and was named the 5th fastest-growing company in the AI category.

The Role:

Arine is seeking a Chief of Staff to the CEO to serve as a trusted advisor, strategic operator, and force multiplier to the executive team. This role offers a unique opportunity to work across the entire organization: helping translate vision into execution, align leadership priorities, and ensure that the company’s strategic and operational engines run effectively.

You will work closely with the CEO, senior leadership team, and Board of Directors on strategic planning, business operations, and special projects. The ideal candidate will be both a systems thinker and a doer – able to seamlessly move between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.

Are You a Good Fit?:

You might be an exceptional fit if you:

  • Thrive in ambiguity and are energized by solving cross-functional problems
  • Have strong executive presence and emotional intelligence, and can build trust across diverse teams
  • Bring structure, clarity, and calm to fast-moving, complex environments
  • Have a bias toward action, but know when to pause to ask the right questions
  • Are equally comfortable helping to draft board documents, building an operational dashboard, or facilitating a leadership offsite

What You’ll Be Doing:

Strategic Operations & Executive Enablement

  • Partner directly with the CEO to drive the company’s strategic planning, goal-setting  process, and operating rhythm
  • Act as a thought partner in translating vision into clear, actionable goals across departments
  • Support the CEO in prioritization, communications, and time allocation to ensure focus on the most critical initiatives

Leadership Team Coordination

  • Own the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) operating cadence: planning and facilitating meetings, tracking decisions, and ensuring alignment on priorities
  • Create and maintain scalable systems that improve visibility, accountability, and cross-functional collaboration
  • Drive follow-through on commitments and key actions from leadership meetings

Board and Investor Management

  • Lead preparation for board meetings, investor updates, and strategic communications
  • Coordinate cross-functional input to ensure materials are data-driven, insightful, and aligned with Arine’s long-term goals
  • Manage board follow-ups, ensuring accountability for post-meeting action items

Special Projects and Strategic Initiatives

  • Own high-impact, cross-functional initiatives that don’t neatly fit within existing departments
  • Build business cases and conduct strategic analyses to inform executive decision-making

Culture and Communication

  • Serve as a steward of Arine’s culture, helping maintain transparency, alignment, and connection across teams
  • Help drive engagement and clarity during periods of growth and change

Who You Are and What You Bring:

  • 5 - 8+ years of experience in management consulting, strategy, operations, or Chief of Staff-type roles in a high-growth company (healthcare experience preferred but not required)
  • Proven ability to manage complex projects end-to-end, from problem definition to execution
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; experience crafting materials for senior leadership and board audiences
  • Strong analytical and business acumen; ability to translate data and insights into strategic recommendations
  • High EQ and interpersonal skill – comfortable influencing senior stakeholders and facilitating alignment across functions
  • Entrepreneurial mindset; thrives in a fast-paced, evolving environment