Free Workable ATS Resume Checker
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Workable is a recruiting system used by small and mid-size companies in the US, the UK, Europe and beyond. Its application form can autofill from your resume, and employers can hand screening to the Workable Agent, which scores applicants against their criteria and may message you to fill gaps.
Your resume has a solid foundation but is missing several key ATS optimizations. Better keyword alignment and measured results will meaningfully boost your score.
Missing quantified achievements: most bullets describe responsibilities, not results
Low keyword density for common industry terms in the target role
Clear chronological work history with start and end dates
The difference
What Workable does differently
Small and mid-size employers in many countries, often with one or two people doing all the hiring.
How to tell it's Workable: The application address is apply.workable.com followed by the company's name.
- The resume field takes only .pdf, .doc, .docx, .rtf, .html and .odt files. A .txt or image resume will not go into it.
- If the Workable Agent messages you about the job, answer it properly. It asks to fill gaps in your evidence, and your answers feed the score.
- Put only one email address on the resume, the one you want to be contacted at, and check it for typos. Workable's own guidance asks for exactly that, because the parser copies it into your application.
- Some Workable forms don't ask for a resume at all. Then the screening questions and any assessment carry the whole application.
The honest version
No tool, including this one, can see inside Workable's software or predict a specific employer's configuration. What a checker can do — and what this one does — is read your resume the way any parser must, and tell you what it could not extract. That is where nearly every avoidable rejection comes from.
From the source
What Workable says, in its own words
- The resume field accepts .pdf, .doc, .docx, .rtf, .html and .odt files up to 5MB. Other file-upload questions accept a wider range of types, up to 20MB. [1]
- Workable reads your resume to fill in the application form. For a correct read it asks for files up to 5 MB in .pdf, .doc, .docx, .odt or .rtf, text divided into clear sections in readable fonts, only the email you want the employer to use, few images, and no image-only or infographic resumes. [2]
- Even if you fill in the form by hand, Workable parses an uploaded resume into the profile the employer reviews. [2]
- Applicants for US jobs may be asked to fill in an EEO/OFCCP survey after the application. You get a confirmation email with your answers, and you can withdraw using the link at the bottom of it unless your application has already been considered. [3]
- For your application status, Workable says to contact the hiring company directly. Workable can only help with technical issues. [4]
- The Workable Agent can write screening questions, chat with candidates to fill in gaps, and score every applicant against the employer's criteria with written reasoning, producing a shortlist. [5]
Sources
- Workable Help: What types of files can be uploaded on the application form?
- Workable Job Seekers Help: Import your resume details to autofill the application
- Workable Job Seekers Help: Application Process
- Workable Job Seekers Help: How can I track the status of my application?
- Workable: Workable Agent, your AI recruiting agent, is now live
Workable questions, answered
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