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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CareersThrive Awards – The Qubies

Thrive Awards – ‘The Qubies’.

To recognise, celebrate and reward the teammates who live and breathe our values, we host an annual all-employees award night – ‘The Qubies’.
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And the award goes to.

There are a number of awards up for grabs this year across a range of categories – including for culture and safety.

Learn more about how we’re recognising and celebrating our exceptional people by clicking on the links below.

Qube Culture (Know Your Whānau) Award

The winner of this award is recognised for demonstrating excellence as a ‘culture champion’. Someone who cares about and takes care of their Qube family (their Whānau).

Safety Leadership Award

The winner of this award is recognised for being a safety leader – for making a difference to safety culture at Qube, for leading the way with improved processes, ideas or innovations. The winner of this award lives and breathes safety leadership.

Thrive Award – Integrity

The winner of this award is recognised for:
  • Doing the right thing even when no-one is looking.
  • Demonstrating leadership.
  • Striving for continuous improvement.
  • Role modelling high standards – accountability, trustworthiness, and dependability.
  • Being respectful – considerate to others’ opinions, feelings, and property.

Thrive Award – Reliability

The winner of this award is recognised for:
  • Excellence in safety performance.
  • Going above and beyond – exceeding expectations.
  • Always ready to help, anticipates business needs.
  • Dependable – working hard every day and earning trust.
  • Doing what they say they will do, when they said they would do it.

Thrive Award – Inclusion

The winner of this award is recognised for:
  • Actively ensuring everyone’s voice is heard and everyone feels welcome.
  • Creates opportunities for differences to be embraced and respected.
  • Excellence in working collaboratively – improving productivity, outcomes, and morale.
  • Great communication – peer-to-peer and with leaders and customers.
  • Demonstrating respect for differences in age, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, education, physical abilities, race, and religion.

John Allen ‘JA’ Memorial Scholarship

Focusing on uncovering, rewarding and developing outstanding emerging leaders, the John Allen Memorial Scholarship is helping our best and brightest to Thrive.

The Innovation Award

Recognising the importance of innovation for Qube’s sustained growth and future success, the Innovation Award sees individuals and teams whose new idea has or will deliver a measurable difference, publicly celebrated and rewarded.

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Our 2025 Qubies Awards night.

Living our values and celebrating excellence.

Learn more about our Plan to Thrive by watching the video below.

Integrity.

We believe in doing everything we do with honesty, transparency, and commitment. All deserve to be treated with respect.

Reliability.

We believe in doing what we said we’d do, when we said we’d do it, safely and securely. Trust is earned and we know how to earn it.

Inclusion.

We believe in collaboration, a voice for all, and diversity of thinking. Working together, and with customers, takes us all further. 

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