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Get a 0-100 score with a letter grade. Most rejected resumes score below 60.
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See the exact keywords your resume is missing. Add them and reapply.
Why most laid-off resumes get auto-rejected
Most laid-off professionals make the same mistake: they update their dates, add the layoff to LinkedIn, and start blasting applications. The volume feels productive. The callbacks never come.
Here is what is actually happening: 98% of Fortune 500 companies use Applicant Tracking Systems to filter resumes before any human reads them. ATS systems do not care about your decade of experience — they match keywords against the job description. If your resume describes the same work the job is asking for, but uses different words, you get filtered out.
Layoffs hit hardest for senior analysts and marketers because senior resumes accumulate generic, abstract language ("led cross-functional initiatives", "drove growth") that does not match modern ATS-filterable keywords (GA4, attribution modeling, MMM, incrementality testing, SQL, dbt, Looker). Recent grads with the right keywords get interviews while veterans get auto-rejected.
The fix is fast: score your current resume against the actual job you want, see which keywords are missing, and rewrite 2-4 bullets to include them. This is the highest-ROI 30 minutes you will spend in your entire job search.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I explain a layoff on my resume?▾
Do not explain it on the resume itself — just list your dates as usual. Save the explanation for the cover letter or interview. Most hiring managers understand layoffs, especially recent ones. What kills your application is not the layoff — it is the resume failing the ATS keyword match before anyone reads it. Fix that first.
I am applying to similar roles but getting zero responses. Why?▾
Almost always: your resume describes the work you did with the words your old employer used internally, but the new employer's job descriptions use different terms. ATS systems match the exact keywords. Run your resume through the scorer above against one job description you actually want — you will usually see 5-10 missing keywords that are killing your applications.
Should I pivot or stay in the same field?▾
Stay if you can. Career pivots add 6-9 months to job searches on average. If you must pivot, do it adjacent to your current expertise — e.g., marketing analyst pivoting into product analyst is much faster than marketing analyst pivoting into UX design. The scorer will help you see how your current resume scores against the adjacent role and what keywords to add.
How fast can I realistically get an interview?▾
For laid-off candidates with strong resumes, 2-4 weeks for the first interview is normal. If you have been searching 4+ weeks with no callbacks, the resume is almost certainly the problem — not your background. Fix the resume first, then go back to applying.
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