Free Resume Proofreader - Three Checks, One Pass

Paste your resume and get it read three ways at once: the technical problems that stop software parsing it, the bullets that describe duties instead of results, and the grammar mistakes a spell-checker misses.

Free, unlimited, no sign-up. Everything runs in your browser - your resume is never uploaded.

Why three separate checks instead of one score

A resume can fail in three unrelated ways, and a single number hides which one is happening to you. A document can be beautifully written and still be unreadable to the software that opens it first. It can parse perfectly and still say nothing, because every bullet describes a duty rather than a result. And it can be strong on both counts and still lose you the interview because of a doubled word in the first line. Splitting the score means you can see which of the three is actually costing you, and fix that one rather than rewriting everything.

The mistakes a spell-checker will not catch

Word and Google Docs catch misspelled words. They do not catch the errors that actually appear on resumes, because every word involved is spelled correctly:

Read it aloud, then read it backwards

No tool replaces the two techniques that genuinely work. Reading aloud catches sentences that run too long and bullets that never arrive at a point, because your voice runs out of breath before the sentence does. Reading backwards, one line at a time from the bottom, breaks the reading flow that makes your brain autocorrect errors — it is the only reliable way to proofread your own writing, precisely because it stops you understanding it. Do both after you have applied the fixes here.

Frequently asked questions

What does a resume proofreader check?

This one checks three things separately. Technical: the encoding, spacing, bullet characters, date formats and contact fields that decide whether software can read your file at all. Experience: whether your bullets prove anything, or only describe duties. Grammar: repeated words, misspellings, passive voice, punctuation consistency and mixed British and American spelling.

Is this resume proofreading free?

Yes, free and unlimited, with no account. Every check runs in your browser using JavaScript, so nothing is uploaded and there is no cost for us to pass on. Close the tab and the text is gone.

How is proofreading different from an ATS check?

An ATS check asks whether the software can read you and whether you match a specific job. Proofreading asks whether the writing itself holds up once a person is reading it. The two catch different problems, which is why both exist here — the analyzer scores you against a job description, this scores the document on its own terms.

Will it catch every grammar mistake?

No, and it does not pretend to. It catches the mistakes that recur on resumes: doubled words, the twenty or so misspellings people actually make, passive constructions, inconsistent bullet punctuation, stray spaces before commas. It is not a full grammar engine and will not understand nuance, so read the flagged lines yourself before changing them.

Does it change my resume for me?

No. It shows you what it found, quotes the text that triggered it, and explains the fix. You decide what to change. Nothing is rewritten automatically, because a suggestion that misreads your meaning is worse than the original.

Can I proofread a cover letter with it?

The grammar and technical checks apply to any document, so it will find doubled words, misspellings and passive voice in a cover letter too. The experience checks assume bullet points and will be less useful on continuous prose.

What file formats can I upload?

PDF, DOCX and plain text. You can also paste the text directly. Scanned or photographed PDFs contain no readable text, so nothing can be extracted from them — which is itself worth knowing, because an employer's software cannot read them either.

Why does it flag British and American spelling together?

Because mixing them reads as careless rather than international. If half your resume says optimised and the other half says standardized, pick whichever matches the employer's country and make it consistent throughout.

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