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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Sr. Global Planning Manager

Genesys · Indianapolis, IN, USA

Genesys empowers organizations of all sizes to improve loyalty and business outcomes by creating the best experiences for their customers and employees. Through Genesys Cloud, the AI-powered Experience Orchestration platform, organizations can accelerate growth by delivering empathetic, personalized experiences at scale to drive customer loyalty, workforce engagement, efficiency and operational improvements.

We employ more than 6,000 people across the globe who embrace empathy and cultivate collaboration to succeed. And, while we offer great benefits and perks like larger tech companies, our employees have the independence to make a larger impact on the company and take ownership of their work. Join the team and create the future of customer experience together.

Sr. Global Planning Manager is a member of the Revenue Intelligence team, reporting to the Global Planning Lead, Revenue Intelligence.
The candidate should have demonstrable experience in sales planning processes, territory and quota tooling, cross functional enablement, and displayed the ability to autonomously move projects forward. The candidate should be excited to accelerate their career trajectory by contributing to and learning from strategic go-to-customer initiatives and projects focused on Sales and Marketing in a market leading SaaS company. Genesys offers a fast-paced environment with great opportunities for professional growth and career advancement.
Ideal candidates will have a minimum of 8 years of analytical, tooling, and sales process experience in the technology or software industries supporting Sales and Marketing organizations.
Key Responsibilities, (including but not limited to):
Planning Tooling & Enablement
  • Drive and implement Workday Adapative Planning’s capabilities for the sales planning and territory & quota setting process.
  • Work side-by-side with external implementation vendors to educate them on our process, critical planning elements, and ensure requirements are addressed as part of the onboarding process.
  • Curate views within the Sales Planning tool with Regional Sales Operations to facilitate analysis in support of the fiscal year planning cycle
  • Interpret, validate, and analyze data outputs by leveraging dashboarding, modeling, and other data visualization techniques.
  • Develop data products and views that can be leveraged for planning and target setting within the Revenue Operations team as well as other teams across Genesys.
  • Manage and facilitate regional reporting requirements including but not limited to;
    • Work to remove duplication of effort and ensure we are leveraging centrally produced dashboards and reports where possible.
    • Work with the planning leads to ensure business reporting requirements are captured and included in global reporting initiatives.
  • Support Global operations in reconciling and ensuring consistency from various data sources and assist in driving the automation of analytics in support of planning.
  • Provide insights into effectiveness of specific programs and investments and report progress against those assumptions laid out in planning through the budget and bookings-based outcomes.
GTM Planning Excellence
  • Work with Global Planning Lead, to drive Globally Consistent Cadence planning schedule; including but not limited to:
    • Understanding potential hierarchy structural changes
    • Incorporation of strategic initiatives into the planning framework
    • Create clear and consistent vocabulary leveraged cross functionally
    • Integration of a globally consistent capacity model
  • Ensure our outputs and insights are aligned to the corporate strategic pillars, aligned to finance’s budget process and frameworks, and investment trade-off implications are clear to stakeholders.
Measures for Success:
  • Curation and development of reporting templates and dashboards for management.
  • Coach, enable, and work with stakeholders to ensure they can derive insights and drive action from produced analytics.
  • A willingness to learn new software and tools to enable better decision making by sales business partners.
  • Able to operate successfully in a lean, fast-paced organization, and to create a vision and organization that can scale quickly.
  • Responsible for managing various projects, demonstrating coachability and adaptability to stakeholder preferences.
Minimum Requirements: 
  • Bachelor’s degree Business, Economics, Computer Science, Information Management or Statistics.
  • Proven experience with the development and implementation of Workday Adaptive Planning
  • Understanding of sales processes, quota & territory modelling, target setting, and compensation models.
  • Advanced level in Excel leveraging PowerBI, advanced formulas, financial modelling, and PowerPoint.
  • Strong knowledge of and experience writing in SQL. SOQL knowledge is a plus.
  • Experience in automating workflows leveraging ChatGPT, Claude, or other AI tools.  
  • Experience in Salesforce workflows, Snowflake, Databricks, Tableau, and running SQL queries.
  • 12+ years professional experience in analytics, operations, or planning type role, or related experience.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills with a track record of presenting to senior management.
  • Strong analytical skills and attention to detail to be able to capture stakeholder needs and translate them into written application and operational requirements.
  • Strong team player with ability to work cross culturally and across business units.

Compensation:

This role has a market-competitive salary with an anticipated base compensation range listed below. Actual salaries will vary depending on a candidate’s experience, qualifications, skills, and location. This role might also be eligible for a commission or performance-based bonus opportunities.  

$134,700.00 - $236,900.00

Benefits:

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance. 

  • Telehealth coverage

  • Flexible work schedules and work from home opportunities

  • Development and career growth opportunities

  • Open Time Off in addition to 10 paid holidays

  • 401(k) matching program

  • Adoption Assistance

  • Fertility treatments

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If a Genesys employee referred you, please use the link they sent you to apply.

About Genesys:

Genesys® empowers more than 8,000 organizations worldwide to create the best customer and employee experiences. With agentic AI at its core, Genesys Cloud™ is the AI-Powered Experience Orchestration platform that connects people, systems, data and AI across the enterprise. As a result, organizations can drive customer loyalty, growth and retention while increasing operational efficiency and teamwork across human and AI workforces. To learn more, visit www.genesys.com.

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