Resume Keyword Matcher
Paste a job ad and your resume to see the words the ad leans on, and which of them your resume already uses. Nothing is uploaded.
Your text stays on your device: nothing is uploaded or saved.
In your resume
Not in your resume
Paste both texts to see the list.
Use the employer’s words for what you really did
A job ad repeats what matters most to the employer: the tools, the tasks, the kind of experience. When your resume describes the same things in other words, a busy reader, or a search through applications, can miss the match. This tool lists the words and phrases the ad leans on and shows which ones your resume already uses, so you can see where your own experience could be described in the ad’s terms.
How to use it
- Paste the whole job ad into the first box, including the duties and requirements.
- Paste your resume’s text into the second box. For a PDF resume, Resume to Plain Text gets the text out first.
- Read the two lists as they update: the ad’s keywords in your resume, with how often each appears, and the ones that aren’t.
Reading the results
Keywords are listed most-used first, with how many times the ad uses each. A word in the “Not in your resume” list is a prompt, not an instruction. Ask yourself: have I done this? If you have, find the line in your resume where it belongs and use the ad’s wording, such as “demand forecasting” rather than “predicting orders”. If you haven’t, leave it out. Spelling variations count as the same word where the difference is only a plural.
What it doesn’t do
- It doesn’t score your resume or predict your chances. The count says how much of the ad’s language you use, nothing more.
- It doesn’t understand meaning: “leading a team” and “team lead” are different words to it. Read the lists with the ad in mind.
- It doesn’t write anything for you. Every word on your resume should be one you chose and can explain.
A routine for each application
- Paste the ad and your resume, and read the missing list.
- Mark the words that describe things you’ve really done.
- Rewrite one or two lines of your resume to use them, keeping your own results and numbers.
- Paste the new version back in to check, then save it as a copy named for that job, so your main resume stays general.
A fuller check
To see how hiring software reads your resume file itself, its layout, sections and dates as well as its words, try Readback, our resume checker that also runs entirely on your device.