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.

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Millwright

Canopy Growth · Tiverton, ON

The Company

At Canopy Growth, our mission is clear: improve lives, end cannabis prohibition, and strengthen communities. We believe that cannabis can be a force for good. We’re building a consumer-centric organization that is focused on sharing the transformational potential of cannabis with the world. We will achieve this through an innovative and disruptive portfolio of cannabis and hemp-derived products.

Canopy Growth is the world's leading cannabis and hemp company. We recognize that employees are at the core of our success, and we take pride in a corporate culture that emphasizes inclusiveness, collaboration, and diversity.

Our employees come from a wide range of backgrounds, each bringing their own unique skills and talents to the table, working together to continue our incredible momentum of growth.  If you are interested in building global challenger brands, scaling a business, and working in a values-driven environment, we want to hear from you!

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Facility Manager, the skilled Millwright will have experience with industrial and construction equipment maintenance. If you have sound judgment, great time management skills mixed with the ability to work as part of an ever-growing team we want to hear from you.

Responsibilities

  • Read blueprints and schematic drawings to determine work procedures

  • Dismantle machinery or equipment, using hammers, wrenches, crowbars, and other hand tools

  • Move machinery and equipment, using hoists, dollies, rollers, and trucks

  • Assemble and install equipment, such as shafting, conveyors, and tram rails, using hand tools and power tools

  • Construct foundation for machines, using hand tools and building materials, such as wood cement, and steel

  • Align machines and equipment, using hoists, jacks, hand tools, squares, rules, micrometers, lasers, and plumb bobs

  • Assemble machinery and bolts, welds, rivets, or otherwise fastens them to foundation or other structures, using hand tools and power tools

  • Required repair and lubricate machinery and equipment

  • Select cables, ropes, chains, pulleys, winches, blocks, and sheaves, according to weight and size of load to be moved

  • Attach load with grappling devices, such as loops, wires, ropes, and chains, to crane hook

  • Set up, braces, and rigs hoisting equipment, using hand tools and power wrenches

  • May direct workers engaged in hoisting of machinery and equipment

  • May perform all duties of General Laborer, Skilled Laborer and Carpenter and possibly electrician

  • Work within precise limits or standards of accuracy

  • Follow instructions and read blueprints

  • Look at flat drawings or pictures and visualize how they would look as solid objects

  • Work at heights without fear

  • Use logical step-by-step procedures in work

  • Plan work and solve problems

  • Make decisions based on measurable information

  • Perform a variety of duties, which may change often; and operate machinery

  • Commission new machinery installations for hand-over to production team

  • Participate in the preventive maintenance of HVAC, irrigation and lighting system e.g change belts and filters, change light bulbs, clean units as required etc.

  • Proposal and implementation of solutions to reduce operational expenditures

  • Maintaining operational uptime for all machinery and building systems

  • Promote and ensure a safe work environment with strict adherence to H&S protocols

  • Ensure work is completed in accordance with any company SOP’s and guidelines to safeguard product and process integrity

  • Other duties as assigned

Experience

  • Experience with construction equipment maintenance

  • Coordinate eye-hand movements

  • Use hands and fingers fully; reach for, manipulate, and feel objects; stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl

  • Climb and maintain body balance on ladders, scaffolding, or high structures; and see and hear well (either naturally or with correction)

  • Lift and carry objects weighing up to 100 pounds

  • Stoop, lay, bend or squat for long periods of time

Other Details

This is a full-time position based out of Tiverton, Ontario

Salary Range: $80,000 - $85,000 CAD 

Benefits – extended health and dental coverage, paid vacation, and participation in our employer-supported retirement savings program

We appreciate your interest, and promise to review all applications, but we will only be contacting those who best fit the requirements.

We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. If you require accommodation, please notify your Talent Acquisition Partner. Please note, the chosen applicant will be required to successfully complete background and reference checks.

Recruitment Process: All applications for this role are reviewed manually; no AI-based screening or ranking tools are used.

This post is for an existing vacancy.