How it works
Upload your resume. Paste the job. Get your match report.
Upload your resume.
CVSmith reads your experience and skills.
Paste the job.
It pulls the role’s requirements and must-have terms.
Get your match report.
A score, the gaps to close, and bullet-level rewrite suggestions.
A score you can act on.
A score that tells you where to look.
It measures alignment between your resume and the posting — a place to start, not a hiring guarantee.
Fixes at the bullet level.
Rewrite suggestions tied to evidence in your experience, not a list of words to paste in.
Sample report
What a match report looks like.
A labeled example — a score, the gaps to close, and a bullet-level rewrite. The numbers are illustrative, not your results.
Resume vs job posting
Senior Frontend Engineer
resume.pdf · 9 must-haves checked
Strongest matches
Missing must-haves
Bullet-level fix
Before: Improved performance of the app.
After: Improved page load 28% by code-splitting routes and tuning React rendering (memoization + profiling).
Beyond the match
Beyond one match score — meet the workspace.
A match score tells you what to fix on one resume. CVSmith gives you the whole application. Save a job and the AI tailors your resume, drafts the cover letter, runs the ATS check, and tracks it from saved to offer. One match score becomes a whole job hunt, handled.
How we compare
More than a match score.
A raw keyword check counts words; generic resume advice can’t see your posting. CVSmith scores against the exact job, fixes your bullets, then tracks every application — so you’re improving applications, not just documents.
| Capability | Smith | Raw keyword check | Generic resume advice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free match score vs a specific posting | 3 / month | count only | |
| Missing must-haves with context | list only | ||
| Bullet-level rewrite suggestions | generic tips | ||
| Tailors the resume + drafts the cover letter | |||
| Tracks applications, saved → offer |
A keyword count tells you how many words matched. CVSmith tells you which bullets to fix — then tailors and tracks the whole application.
FAQ
Resume–job match questions.
It’s a signal, not a guarantee. The score reflects how well your resume’s content and terminology line up with the requirements in the posting — and where the evidence is thin.
Yes. You get 3 free checks a month, no card. Active ($9/mo) raises it to 50 — plus resume tailoring, cover letters, and application tracking.
No. Keywords help, but relevance comes from context: how you used a skill, what you shipped, and the outcomes you can prove in your bullets.
Don’t add words you can’t back up. Add a missing term only where it matches real experience, then tie it to a project, tool, or measurable result.
No tool can guarantee that. The goal is to make your fit obvious and your evidence clear, so you’re easier to screen and harder to pass over.
No — the score is one move inside a workspace. Save a job and CVSmith tailors the fixes, drafts the cover letter, runs the ATS check, and tracks the application from saved to offer.
DOCX parses most reliably across systems; PDF is fine when the posting allows it. Avoid scanned images and multi-column layouts.