See how well your resume matches the job — before you rewrite.
Compare your resume with any job description: a match summary, the requirements you already cover, and the keywords and evidence you're missing.
How do I compare my resume to a job description?
Extract the job's requirements, skills, and seniority signals, then map each one against your resume to see what's covered and what's missing — a match score summarizes the overlap. TailorJob runs this comparison automatically from your uploaded resume and the job description you paste.
The point of matching isn't the number — it's the gap list. It separates requirements you can evidence but haven't surfaced (fixable in minutes with tailoring) from requirements you genuinely don't have (roles to skip or gaps to close). Matching first means rewriting only what's worth rewriting.
How matching works
Upload your resume
Any resume you're using today — or your TailorJob profile.
Paste the job description
Requirements and keywords are extracted and weighted from the real posting.
Read the match summary
Requirement-by-requirement coverage: what you cover, what's thin, what's missing.
Close the gaps
Fixable gaps go straight into tailoring; real gaps tell you which roles to deprioritize.
What the matcher shows
A match summary you can actually inspect — every requirement accounted for.
Requirement coverage
Each requirement from the posting marked covered, thin, or missing — with the resume line that covers it.
Missing keywords
Posting terms your resume doesn't contain, separated from skills you may have but haven't surfaced.
Seniority and scope signals
Leadership, ownership, and experience-level expectations from the JD mapped against your history.
Match score
A single summary number — useful for tracking changes, never a hiring prediction.
Evidence over keywords
The matcher distinguishes a keyword you mention from experience you can evidence.
A bridge to tailoring
Every fixable gap links into the tailoring workflow — that's what matching is for.
What a match summary looks like
Sample match — resume vs. pasted job description
- Requirements covered
- 12 of 18
- Strong evidence
- Go · distributed systems · tech lead
- Thin — fixable
- Postgres (mentioned, not evidenced)
- Missing
- Kafka · Rust · on-call rotation
Illustrative sample — your summary depends on your resume and the job description you paste.
Fit you can inspect
A black-box score helps nobody. The matcher shows its work — every requirement, every verdict, and the resume line behind it — so you can trust the summary or argue with it.
- Requirement-by-requirement coverage, not just a percentage.
- Distinguishes what's missing from what's merely not surfaced.
- Matching is diagnosis; tailoring is the rewrite — one click away.
Questions, answered directly.
What is a good resume match score?
There's no universal threshold — it depends on the role and applicant pool. The gap list matters more than the number: requirements you can evidence but haven't surfaced are quick wins; requirements you genuinely lack are a signal about role fit.
What if I'm missing required skills?
Don't add them — you'll be asked about them. Surface adjacent experience honestly, or treat the gap as information about which roles to target. The matcher separates “not mentioned” from “not present” so you know which situation you're in.
Is matching the same as an ATS check?
No. Matching measures content fit against the job description; an ATS check measures parse-ability and formatting. Run both before you apply — the matcher finds content gaps, the ATS checker finds parsing problems.
How is the match score calculated?
Requirements extracted from the posting are weighted and mapped against your resume's evidence. The score summarizes that coverage map — it's a diagnostic of keyword and evidence overlap, not a prediction of hiring outcomes.
Can I match without rewriting my resume?
Yes — matching is read-only diagnosis. Rewriting is a separate step you take when the gap list says it's worth it.
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