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See both scores, your most important fixes, section notes and missing keywords. The whole review is free.
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Upload your resume and Vale, ResumeGuru's AI career coach, gives you two scores out of 100, the problems that matter most, keywords for your role and notes on each section. No account needed.
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The rubric
What the free review actually checks.
The verdict
Your overall score, a one-line verdict and the single biggest thing to fix.
Strengths and critical issues
Three to five strengths, then five to seven issues, most damaging first, each pointing at your file.
Section by section
A score out of 10 and a note for your summary, experience, skills, education and formatting.
Keywords and market fit
Suggested keywords for your target role, and which ones are missing.
Polish
Spelling and grammar errors, quoted from your text, and missing contact fields or links.
The two numbers
One score is computed. One is judged.
They measure different things, so they can disagree.
ATS score: counted in code
18 weighted checks, 100 points, added up from facts read from your file. The full rubric is on the ATS resume checker.
Overall score: judged
How well the writing shows your results, your scope and your fit. It is strict on purpose. Read how the bands are set on the resume score page.
Scores can vary between uploads of the same file.
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Why Vale by ResumeGuru
3,000+ professionals since 2022.
ResumeGuru started as a resume-writing service. That work taught us what employers look for, and Vale is built on it.
4.8 on Google from 200+ reviews.
Earned by our former human writing service. Read them on Google
An AI that says it is an AI.
Vale is ResumeGuru's AI career coach. AI writes your documents, using the experience you share.
Your facts, written well.
Vale is instructed to use your facts and ask when something is missing. AI can make mistakes, so read every line before you use it.
Your data stays yours.
Our privacy policy explains storage, service providers and your options for managing or deleting your information.
How it works
Upload, read and decide what to change.
1
Drop the file.
PDF or Word, up to 5 MB. Use the one you actually send.
2
Read the review.
It appears section by section as Vale writes it.
3
Keep it or fix it.
Keep your review free with your email. Use it to edit your resume yourself, or choose a Vale rewrite.
Questions
Common questions.
Is it really free?
Yes. The whole review, with nothing blurred and no card.
Do I need an account?
No. You only give an email if you want to keep the review.
Can the AI get it wrong?
Yes. Vale is ResumeGuru's AI career coach and can misread a detail or suggest something that does not fit you. Check each suggestion against your own experience before you change anything.
What happens to my file?
It is stored privately with your review. Remove personal details you do not want to share before uploading. See the privacy policy for storage, service providers and your options for managing or deleting your information.
The same engine, asked differently
Whichever question you came with.
These pages all run the review you just used. They differ in what they explain, so pick the one that matches what you actually want to know.
One story
It all works from one Career Story.
Your saved Career Story supplies context for drafts across the product. Check each draft for accuracy before using it.
Ready when you are.
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