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 Internal Auditor

Zimmer Biomet · Barcelona, Catalonia

At Zimmer Biomet, we believe in pushing the boundaries of innovation and driving our mission forward. As a global medical technology leader for nearly 100 years, a patient’s mobility is enhanced by a Zimmer Biomet product or technology every 8 seconds.

 

As a Zimmer Biomet team member, you will share in our commitment to providing mobility and renewed life to people around the world. To support our talent team, we focus on development opportunities, robust employee resource groups (ERGs), a flexible working environment, location specific competitive total rewards, wellness incentives and a culture of recognition and performance awards. We are committed to creating an environment where every team member feels included, respected, empowered, and recognized.


What You Can Expect

Primary responsibility will be to support, plan and execute financial and operational audits on a global basis as well as complete special projects as the needs arises.  This position allows for high visibility and interaction with business unit leaders, and many other areas within the organization, encourages creativity and provides an opportunity for career development.

How You'll Create Impact

  • Support and possibly lead with appropriate supervision (from planning through completion) financial, operational and possibly compliance audits
  • Develop broad knowledge about Zimmer Biomet’s (ZB) businesses, its significant risks and the industry in general; develop strong partnership relationships with key business people (especially those at GBS) in order to provide expected audit output and value-added recommendations for process/risk management improvements.
  • Assist with the implementation of technology and other initiatives aimed at improving efficiency and effectiveness of internal audit department.
  • Keep informed on current issues and trends involving internal audit and compliance audit best practices, relevant U.S. GAAP, S-OX regulatory requirements, and other applicable corporate governance issues.

What Makes You Stand Out

  • Must have demonstrated very good communication skills (written and verbal), strong analytical skills, organizational and interpersonal skills, teamwork, sound problem identification/solving skills, and be detail oriented.
  • Ability to influence others and handle increasing levels of responsibility.
  • Assumes a broad view and accepts accountability that supports the project within area of responsibility, ability to achieve objectives and work through obstacles in a quick manner 
  • Solid experience and knowledge of S-OX requirements, US GAAP, Risk Management and internal controls to ensure accurate assurance
  • Must have excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams and ability to learn other software
  • Possibly skilled in using data visualization tools (Tableau, PowerBI)
  • Knowledge of SAP ERP package is a must, including the ability to extract and analyze basic reports. Knowledge of AuditBoard would be a plus 

Your Background

  • A bachelor degree is required in accounting/business.
  • Minimum of five years of professional work experience including public accounting/external audit with a “Big 4” or other large public accounting firm; or,
  • Experience in a manufacturing or health care environment or with a global publicly traded company either in an internal audit or finance role is a plus. 
  • Deep knowledge of main accounting cycles (Procure to Pay, Order to Cash, Record to Report, Hire to Retire)
  • Strong project management skills (deliver quality deliverables while meeting tight deadlines)
  • Fluent English, another Western European language would be a plus , must have the ability to craft well-written observations/ communications in English 
  • C.P.A., C.I.A., C.I.S.A or C.F.E. would be a plus.  
  • Experience with information technology systems implementation and/or management would be a strong plus.
  • Exposure to Agile Auditing, Data Analytics is strongly desirable

Travel Expectations

  • Ability to travel - mainly within EMEA 
  • Travel to North America or Asia may be exceptionally required. 

EOE/M/F/Vet/Disability

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