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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EMESA Compliance Associate Analyst - temporary position (13 months)

BCG · Munich

Locations: Munich | London

Who We Are

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.

To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.



What You'll Do

The EMESA compliance function forms part of BCG’s Risk Management and Compliance team. The Compliance team provides steering and oversight on critical compliance topics that anchor how we all support each other, our clients, and run our business – with policies, processes, and systems which we continuously improve. The team develops and implement smart capabilities, toolkits, frameworks, and trainings, to empower BCG staff to act in accordance with our Values and Code of Conduct, and to promote adherence to laws, regulatory requirements, and internal policies and procedures. 

 
This is a generalist compliance role that will involve supporting compliance advisory, training, communications, reporting, and procedural tasks under guidance, relating to the systems within EMESA. The role will support and contribute to a variety of compliance tasks and projects to help achieve effective compliance outcomes and efficiencies, for topics such as, but not limited to, the clients and topics we take on, bribery and corruption, insider trading, conflicts of interest, third-party risk, and information management. 

 

WHAT YOU’LL DO  

  • Support senior team members in promoting the compliance function as a trusted advisor. 
  • Support day-to-day tasks relating to compliance programs (e.g., compliance training rollouts, preparing agendas and materials for correspondence/meetings, drafting presentations, and collaborating with other regional teams). 
  • Support the System Commercial Advisory through preliminary reviews of clients and/or topics, escalating matters to senior team members and collaborating with Legal as appropriate. 
  • Assist with tracking the local adaptation and implementation of risk-mitigating measures (e.g., policies and processes). 
  • Support the consolidation of risk reporting and mitigation measures across systems by gathering, validating, and summarizing inputs for a regional view. 
  • Act as a supporting point of contact for local system staff across compliance topics, responding to routine queries and routing complex matters to senior colleagues. 
  • Respond to compliance queries using established guidance, templates, and processes, or connect staff to the appropriate team when escalation is required. 
  • Support operational tasks related to compliance training and communication exercises. 
  • Receive compliance-related information and management information (MI) from business stakeholders or the Global Compliance team and accurately collate, format, and maintain data in standardised reports. 
  • Assist with compliance risk identification and reporting by collecting data, performing basic analysis, and documenting findings. 
  • Support bottom-up compliance risk identification exercises, including aggregating inputs and preparing draft analyses and reports for review. 
  • Assist project teams (as allocated by the line manager) to ensure that compliance considerations are identified, documented, and escalated appropriately from inception to delivery. 

 

YOU’RE GOOD AT 

  • Experience in an international working environment. 
  • Exposure to project-based or operational work, with strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
  • Confidence engaging with cross-functional stakeholders with guidance and support. 
  • Good problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to seek guidance when appropriate and apply feedback. 
  • Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment, prioritizing tasks and balancing competing, time-sensitive demands.
  • Strong attention to detail and accuracy. 
  • Strong English written and oral communication skills, including clear and concise writing and active listening. Additional languages are desirable. 


What You'll Bring

  • An academic degree in a relevant discipline. 
  • 0–2 years of relevant experience, which may include internships or early-career roles in compliance, risk management, audit, fraud examination, quality control, risk analysis, or related fields within professional services, financial services, or international organizations. 
  • Microsoft Office proficiency (PowerPoint, Excel, Word) and willingness to learn additional tools such as Trello and business intelligence tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).
  • Commitment to confidentiality and responsible handling of sensitive information. 
  • Strong communication English skillset in written and spoken.


Who You'll Work With

You will be part of the EMESA Compliance Team reporting to the Director. This team sits within a network of regional Compliance teams. The team has a reporting line into the Global Head of Compliance.



Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.
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