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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Project Manager

Global Payments · Dublin, Ireland

Every day, Global Payments makes it possible for millions of people to move money between buyers and sellers using our payments solutions for credit, debit, prepaid and merchant services.  Our worldwide team helps over 3 million companies, more than 1,300 financial institutions and over 600 million cardholders grow with confidence and achieve amazing results.  We are driven by our passion for success and we are proud to deliver best-in-class payment technology and software solutions.  Join our dynamic team and make your mark on the payments technology landscape of tomorrow. 

Summary of This Role
Manages all aspects of small or large scale and complex projects from initiation to delivery, so the projects are completed on time, with quality, and within budget. Designs, communicates, and implements an operational plan for completing a project, and monitors progress and performance against it. Identifies,
resolves, or escalates issues in order to minimize delays. Facilitates and manages the analysis of project requirements, identifies and understands the cost estimates, resources, and time required to complete the project(s), and ensures project goals and requirements are met within time, cost, and quality parameters. Acts as a liaison with other areas in the organization to secure specialized resources and contributions for the project. Conducts project meetings, and prepares regular reports to communicate the status of the project within and beyond the project team. Works with stakeholders and identifies and establishes
 priorities, allocates tasks, and coordinates project staff to meet project targets and milestones and ensures project is delivered to the internal and/or external client’s satisfaction.


What Part Will You Play?

  • Administer projects with a span of influence that typically require working with multiple functional areas or small teams or groups, such as Training, IT, Marketing, Product, Legal, etc., within the company
  • Generally works with a team with one leader or may support multiple delivery managers in a similar functional area to complete the project, and works mainly with an internal functional area, but may work with external stakeholders
  • Manages projects that typically require making minor customizations to standard, repeatable processes and plans, and oftentimes, the pre-established checklists need only minor revisions
  • Guides project plans that include standard templates but may need simple revisions to accommodate a minor customization to meet the business requirement; project plans are straightforward, but may include some non-routine requirements
  • Identifies the need for issue escalation; points of escalation are typically with the direct supervisor or within the project team
  • Directs projects that have some potential for scope change which requires collaboration, negotiation, and/or conflict management with internal and/or external stakeholders
  • Ensures all projects are properly and accurately estimated and timely billed
  • Monitors and tracks to the budget; may need to request assistance to resolve identified variances
  • Makes minor decisions which can lead to minimal consequences to the project’s delivery


What Are We Looking For in This Role?
Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree
  • Relevant Experience or Degree in: No designated field; or equivalent training and/or work experience in lieu of a degree
  • Typically Minimum 2 Years Relevant Exp


Preferred Qualifications

  • Certificate in Project Management.


What Are Our Desired Skills and Capabilities?

  • Skills / Knowledge - Developing professional expertise, applies company policies and procedures to resolve a variety of issues
  • Job Complexity - Works on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of a variety of factors; exercises judgment within defined procedures and
  • practices to determine appropriate action; builds productive internal/external working relationships
  • Supervision - Normally receives general instructions on routine work, detailed instructions on new projects or assignments
  • Industry knowledge - has limited knowledge of the industry
  • Project Management - has a basic level of knowledge of project management
  • methodologies

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