How the Resume & LinkedIn Score works
This tool reads the text inside your PDF — nothing else — and checks it against a fixed set of criteria drawn from common, publicly documented best practices: how applicant tracking systems parse resumes, what recruiters scan for first, and how LinkedIn's own guidance describes a complete profile. For a resume, it checks contact details, length, action verbs at the start of your bullet points, how many of those bullets are backed by a real number or metric, keyword coverage for IT/tech skills, and whether Experience, Education, and Skills sections are present and extractable at all. For a LinkedIn PDF export, it checks your headline, your About section, your Experience entries, your listed Skills, and your Education, the same sections a recruiter actually reads in the first few seconds.
It is not a real ATS and it is not a recruiter. It cannot see formatting, design, or anything outside the extracted text, and it cannot know your target role. Treat the score as a fast, honest first pass, not a verdict.
This tool gives automated, heuristic feedback only. It is not legal, immigration, or career advice, and a specific low or high score is never a guarantee about how any individual employer, recruiter, or ATS will respond to your file.
Frequently asked questions
Is my resume or LinkedIn PDF uploaded anywhere?
No. The PDF is read and scored entirely inside your browser using JavaScript. The file itself is never sent to Growx's servers or anyone else's. If you choose to leave your email for a follow-up, only your email and your overall score are sent, never the file or its contents.
How do I get a PDF of my LinkedIn profile to upload?
Open your own LinkedIn profile, click the "More" button below your profile photo and headline, and choose "Save to PDF". LinkedIn generates a PDF export of your profile, which you can then upload to this tool.
Is this the same as an ATS or a real recruiter review?
No. This is an automated check against common, publicly known best practices for resumes and LinkedIn profiles, such as using action verbs, quantifying results, and having a complete Skills and Education section. It does not run inside a real applicant tracking system and is not a substitute for a human recruiter reviewing your file against a specific job.
Why did my score come back low even though I think my resume is strong?
The score only measures what can be reliably detected from the extracted text, such as action verbs at the start of bullet points, numbers or percentages in your achievements, and the presence of key sections. A resume built with heavy graphics, tables, or columns can also score lower because that same formatting often confuses real ATS software when it extracts text, which is useful to know either way.