Build a resume from scratch · paste the posting · see what is there and what is missing, line by line · 5 country layouts · no account
Example (made-up): Jordan Example pastes a “Senior Staff Accountant” posting. On screen at once: 6 of 8 required items are on the resume, each with the line it sits on; “general ledger accounting” and “US GAAP” are required but on no line, 3 of 6 experience lines have no number and 2 start with “Responsible for” or “Helped”.
- The whole posting match is free and complete on screen: every requirement as have or missing with the resume line it sits on, “Requirements / Minimum qualifications” kept apart from “Preferred / Nice to have / a plus”, plurals, hyphens and acronyms folded (A/B tests = AB tests, GA4 = Google Analytics 4).
- The full resume preview shows before you pay – no blur, no watermark on screen – and the price is on this page before your first click. One monthly or yearly plan; no cheap entry week that turns into a 4-weekly charge.
Why monthly: a job search is weeks of applications, and each new posting asks for different words. Pro keeps one saved version per posting (its own summary, cover letter and match), the date you sent it, and calendar (.ics) follow-up reminders 7 and 14 days later. The plan renews until you cancel; your data stays in your browser either way.
Free: one resume, one posting, the whole match, every bullet check, the full preview in all 5 layouts, the ATS text and the cover-letter draft on screen – any number of jobs and lines. Pro: PDF and Word downloads, cover letter PDF, print, unlimited postings each with its own saved version, application list with 7- and 14-day follow-up reminders (.ics), rewrite of a bullet with only your own facts, import of your data file.
Your resume and the posting stay in this browser (localStorage) and are not sent to any server; the free part needs no account. Only the Pro key goes to getreadystack.com to be checked, and the page counts visits (address and language), never your text. If you use the Pro rewrite, only that one bullet line, its job title, the words you ticked and the posting's requirement words go to our rewrite service (Cloudflare Workers AI) and are not stored – never your name, contacts or employers.
The job posting
Contact details
US and UK layouts print no photo, age or marital status. Never put a Social Security number on a resume. Empty fields do not appear.
Summary (2–3 sentences)
Experience
Education
Certifications, skills and languages
This is the text an applicant tracking system (ATS) reads from the PDF, in this order.
Draft made from your own lines and the required items found. You fill in the text in [brackets]. The letter is in English.
| Company / role | Match | sent | follow up | status |
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Pro: PDF and Word, and one saved version for every posting
- One-column PDF with a real text layer and an editable Word file in all 5 country layouts, cover letter PDF – no watermark.
- Unlimited postings, each with its own summary, cover letter, match, date sent and follow-up reminders 7 and 14 days later (.ics for your calendar).
- Rewrite a weak bullet using only your own words plus the posting words you tick: a rewrite that adds a number, a name, a tool or a title you did not write is refused and never shown.
- If you cancel: your data stays in your browser and in your .json file, and the one-posting match stays free on screen; downloads, extra postings and the rewrite stop.
Questions
Which resume format does an ATS read best?
One column, standard headings (Summary, Experience, Education, Skills), no tables, icons or side columns, and the posting's own words. That is what this page writes; the “ATS text” tab shows the text in the order a system reads it.
How does it know what is required and what is preferred?
It reads the posting's headings (“Requirements”, “Minimum qualifications”, “What you'll do”, “Preferred qualifications”, “Nice to have”; benefits and “About us” are skipped) and the words on each line (“preferred”, “a plus”, “nice to have” = preferred). The match % is ours, a word match – not a score from any hiring system. Check the list and write only what is true.
What changes between the country layouts?
US: Letter paper, month-name dates, no photo or personal data. UK CV: A4, same rules. Germany: A4, dates in a left column (MM/YYYY), optional photo and date of birth, place, date and name at the end. Spain and Brazil: A4, MM/YYYY dates, optional photo. Headings switch to the country's words; your own text is not translated.
Does an AI write my resume?
No. Everything on screen is computed in your browser from what you typed. The optional Pro rewrite suggests one bullet at a time and our code refuses any suggestion that adds a number, employer, tool or title that is not in your line or the words you ticked.
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