Match your resume to a job description

How Job Post Match works

Job Post Match reads the posting for the 670+ skills in Skilture's skill list, including variants like “React.js” or “REST APIs”, then checks which of them your resume shows.

1. 01

   Upload your resume

   A PDF or Word (.docx) file with real text in it. A scanned or image-only PDF can't be read.

2. 02

   Paste the whole job posting

   Include its requirements section: the headings are how the match tells required skills from nice-to-haves. Anything from a short paragraph up to 20,000 characters.

3. 03

   Add the job title (optional)

   It names the role on the share card, and finds interview questions for it where Skilture has them.

4. 04

   Read your match

   A score out of 100, the required and nice-to-have skills your resume shows, and the ones it doesn't, in priority order.

How the match score is calculated

Required or nice-to-have

The posting's own headings decide. Skills under “Requirements”, “Must have” or “Qualifications” are required and weigh 2×. Skills that appear only under “Nice to have”, “Preferred” or “Bonus” weigh 1×. A posting with no headings like these counts everything it names as required.

Strong or weak evidence

A skill counts as shown strongly when your resume names it at least twice, in both your Skills section and your Experience section. That earns full credit. Named once, or only in one place, it earns half.

The score

Credit earned divided by credit possible, out of 100. No AI decides any of it: the same resume and posting always get the same score.

Worked example

4 of 7 possible, so the match is 57 out of 100: Making progress. The fastest gain here is Excel: showing where you used it is worth as much as Tableau is in total.

The skills are an illustration; the rules are the ones the tool uses.

What your match score means

The number matters less than the list under it. A posting that names only a few skills gives a score built on a thin sample, and the result says so: paste the complete posting.

0–30

Building foundation: here's your roadmap

31–60

Making progress: a few skills to focus on

61–80

Strong match: polish these to stand out

81–100

Excellent alignment: you're well prepared

What you get with your match

• Must-haves your resume doesn't show

  Required skills the posting names that your resume doesn't, in priority order. If you have one, add it with evidence. If you don't, it is your learning shortlist, and the Learning Path links each one to free material.

• Quick wins

  Skills you have but barely show: named once, or outside your experience. Showing where you used them moves each from half credit to full, the cheapest improvement there is.

• Nice-to-haves you could add

  Not dealbreakers, but each one you can honestly claim moves you ahead.

• Everything you already show

  The posting's skills your resume already evidences, so you know what not to touch.

From the result you can take the missing skills into the resume builder for this posting, open interview questions for the role where Skilture has them, or share a card with your score and the job title only, never your resume.

How to raise your match, honestly

1. Start with the quick wins. A skill you already have but name once is half credit; add the experience bullet where you used it.
2. Then the must-haves you really have but left out. Add each with evidence: a project or an experience line, not a bare keyword.
3. Leave out the ones you don't have. They are your learning list, not resume lines; recruiters ask about every skill you claim.
4. Re-run the match on the edited file. The same posting gives a comparable score, because the rules don't change.

Resume vs job description checker

Job Post Match is a resume vs job description checker: it lists the skills a posting asks for, required and nice-to-have, shows which ones your resume has and which are missing, and gives a match score out of 100. It does not check whether software can read your file; that is the separate ATS check.

Job Post Match, Resume Score or ATS score?

You have a specific posting

Job Post Match: your resume against the skills that one posting names.

You know the role, not the posting

The Resume Score: your resume against a role's full skill profile, core skills first.

You aren't sure a parser can read your resume

The free ATS checker: whether an Applicant Tracking System can read your text, sections and contact details. Run it first; a match means little if the file can't be read.

Matching a resume to a job description: common questions

How do I match my resume to a job description?

Paste the full job posting into Skilture's Job Post Match and upload your resume (PDF or Word). It finds the skills the posting names, checks which ones your resume shows and how strongly, and gives you a match score out of 100 with the missing skills listed, required ones first.

Is this an ATS score checker with a job description?

No. It gives a match score: which of the posting's required and nice-to-have skills your resume shows and which are missing. Whether software can read your resume is the separate ATS check. Both are free: 2 runs a day each without an account. The free ATS check.

Is it free?

Yes. Two matches a day without an account, and no daily limit once you sign in (also free). A run that can't produce a result, such as a scanned PDF or a posting with no skills we track, doesn't count.

Does it use AI?

No. The match is rule-based: required skills weigh twice as much as nice-to-haves, and a skill you show strongly earns full credit while weak evidence earns half. The same resume and posting always get the same score.

How does it know which skills are required?

From the posting's own headings. Skills under headings like "Requirements", "Must have" or "Qualifications" count as required; skills that appear only under "Nice to have", "Preferred" or "Bonus" count as nice-to-have. A posting with no such headings is treated as all required.

Should I add every missing skill to my resume?

Only the ones you really have, with a line showing where you used them. Recruiters ask about every skill on a resume. When you open the resume builder from your match, it lists the missing skills and you add each one yourself; nothing is added for you.

Is my resume stored?

Yes. As with Resume Score, your resume is read on Skilture's servers and kept, so the same file can be matched against more postings without being read again. The match result itself is not saved. The app's privacy notice has the details.

Storage and retention: the app's privacy notice.