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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Senior Customer Success Manager

Dominodatalab · Remote US

Who we are

At Domino, we build software that helps the largest, AI-driven organizations build and operate advanced data science and AI solutions at scale. Our platform integrates a streamlined model development environment, MLOps capabilities, and novel features for collaboration, reuse, and reproducibility — all of which make data science teams more productive, reduce time to value, and ensure compliance. Our customers — like Johnson & Johnson, GSK, Bristol Myers, UBS, FINRA and the US Navy — are using our software to solve some of the most important challenges in the world, such as developing new medicines, securing our financial markets, or protecting our country. Backed by Sequoia Capital, Coatue Management, NVIDIA, Snowflake and other leading investors, we have been in business for a decade but are still a small team operating with the spirit of a startup. Especially in the world of AI today, we believe that the future is still being invented — and we want to be the ones building it. For more information, visit www.domino.ai

What we are building

The Customer Experience organization plays a key role in Domino’s continued growth as a startup and ensuring we help our customers achieve their data science goals.

As a Customer Success Manager (CSM) at Domino, you will be responsible for maintaining and growing relationships with our company's clients. You will serve as the main point of contact for clients, ensuring their needs are met and their expectations are exceeded. Your primary goal will be to maximize client satisfaction, retention, and revenue generation.

What your impact will be

  • Represent Domino during a pivotal period in the customer’s lifecycle; understand and speak to Domino's value proposition in an increasingly competitive and crowded market
  • Drive conversations and kick start migration conversations to drive Domino Cloud adoption among VPC and Onprem existing customers
  • Work closely with the Scaled CS team to automate CS initiatives and bring a digital experience to listed accounts (roadmap updates, education updates, events, surveys)
  • Demonstrate your Domino product expertise and ML Ops / AI knowledge to have meaningful, consultative conversations with customers throughout their renewal process
  • Leverage data and insights alongside your understanding of the customer’s goals to prescribe commercial terms that align with the needs of the business
  • Identify and secure upsell opportunities where applicable, whether at renewal or mid-cycle
  • Partner with the Sales Team to ensure on-time delivery of customer renewals without compromising the customer experience along the way
  • Maintain and report an accurate forecast for all renewals in your portfolio
  • Communicate to the business risks identified and develop resolution strategies, escalating wherever appropriate

What we look for in this role

  • 3+ years in a client-facing, pre or post-sales role
    • Customer Success Manager, Account Manager, Project Manager
    • Preferably in a SaaS/AI environment
    • Experience in relevant products in the market such as Cloudera, Databricks, Sagemaker, Google, SAS or other MLAnalytics Solutions, Docker, Kubernetes
  • Multi-tasking: you will manage ~10 accounts, sync with the Digital Experience, PS and Support teams within our org and Sales, Product, Eng etc. for overall customer and company success
  • Technical aptitude to understand Domino's portfolio
  • Customer management - drive customers through success ensuring retention and expansion
  • High level of comfort speaking with executives and procurement at Enterprise companies
  • Proven track record of exceeding goals
  • Desire to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with peers who challenge you to grow
  • Bias toward action
  • SFDC and CRM tools proficiency

What we value

  • We strongly believe in the value of growing a diverse team and encourage people of all backgrounds, genders, ethnicities, abilities, and sexual orientations to apply
  • We value a growth mindset. High-performing creative individuals who dig into problems and see the opportunities for success
  • We believe in individuals who seek truth and speak the truth and can be their whole selves at work
  • We value all of you that believe improving is always possible. At Domino, everything is a work in progress – we can do better at everything
  • We emphasize an environment of teaching and learning to equip employees with the tools needed to be successful in their function and the company

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The annual US base salary range for this role is listed below. For sales roles, the range provided is the role's On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role. This salary range will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate's experience, qualifications, and location. Additional benefits for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits; and wellness stipends.

Compensation Range
$200,000$250,000 USD