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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Wellbeing at PUMA

Puma Spain · United States

Wellbeing at PUMA

Wellbeing

We know it takes more than just a great job to give PUMA employees peace of mind. WELLBEING@PUMA is our promise to keep your work-life balance in check. From organizing sports and social gatherings to managing parental leave and pension plans, we support your needs every step of the way.

Support on all Fields

WELLBEING@PUMA is structured in four areas to provide a well-rounded program where you can unleash your athletic energy, connect with others, customize your work to fit, and plan better for the future. With our Athlete, Social, Flex and Finance offers, you have the opportunity to shape your working day.

Athlete

Being a sports brand, it’s no wonder that sport is life at PUMA. This is what our employees can feel every day in all PUMA locations around the world. So anytime you feel motivated to get active - check out the various offers of PUMA Athlete.

Play It Up

At PUMA we have a strong sport culture that we also fuel through our wellbeing benefits, with a variety of sport events and activities throughout the year, as well as regular internal sports classes using our own and outside sports facilities. Sport is a big part of work-life and we make sure that employees enjoy their best sport experience at PUMA.

Green Eating

Healthy eating is essential – not only for athletes. So, we give this topic just as much thought as any other benefit, taking it into full consideration in our wellbeing concept. Your health and consequently, healthy eating, is important to us. PUMA’s green eating concept incorporates fresh and regional foods, but also sustainability and healthy nutrition. Live up your healthy lifestyle with the help from our organic canteens, free fruit and water, health weeks, nutrition talks and many more.

Mindfulness

Mindfulness at PUMA is more than a buzz word. It’s a fundamental part of our wellbeing program to help everyone cope successfully with stress, and stay motivated and innovative to maintain the success of PUMA. Our first mindfulness-based training programs started at our Headquarters in 2012. Meanwhile, we have embedded mindfulness techniques such as meditation in our International Leadership Program and moved forward with local initiatives. We strongly believe in this approach to keeping your mental and physical wellbeing high.

Social

It takes teamwork to create, innovate, and ignite the passion for PUMA as a brand and to introduce positive change. With our combined energy, we work together at the office, on the playing field, and in community projects.

Get Together

At PUMA we want to make you and your team successful too, nurturing strong bonds through a global work experience. Only when we come together, we can unleash the best in all of us. It’s not only about working together but also growing and playing together too.


We live the camaraderie of our company in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere through regular get-together opportunities. At the coffee bar, the canteen, or in social areas but also in our company events like the summer BBQs, festival celebrations and community engagement activities. When we work, we work best in a team, bringing PUMA to life with our united energy.

Community Engagement

We are well aware of our responsibility and our impact on the community and the environment. Therefore, PUMA is working hard to act as a sustainable company. We are constantly setting ourselves specific targets as defined in our Sustainability Strategy and are partnering with several experts, industries and non-profit organizations or programs.


For those of us who want to get involved directly and personally, we created the “Community Engagement Program" where PUMA employees all over the world have the chance to get active and help to create a positive impact in communities where we have a presence as a brand.

Flex

For us, flexible working is basic equipment all our players need to have. We know our employees are looking for modern careers in modern workplaces and we give our best to provide you a range of solutions that suit their different life stages. From mobile working to flexible hours and much more, we want you to be able to live your life without limitations by offering choices that match.

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Be Flexible

Mobile Working is common at PUMA. If you need to stay at home or work from somewhere else, you can stay connected with even more flexibility. Flexible hours can help you to tailor your day to best suit you, with full flexibility to start and end your day.

Child-Friendly

Kids are our future and always welcome! We know it can be hard to plan the time to start a family. We understand the importance of family and support our working parents in their daily business. You might know the feeling when your babysitter calls in sick or you don’t get a spot at your child care service? No problem, there are several initiatives to combine work and family life at PUMA. Kids days, summer camp or parent child offices for emergency situations ease the life of our working parents.

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