Job description keyword extractor
Paste a job ad to see the skills, tools and certifications it asks for, sorted by how much they matter. Add your CV / resume to see which ones you already cover. Free, no signup.
Runs in your browser. Nothing you paste here is sent or stored.
Keywords appear here as you paste.
Sorted into required, nice to have and also mentioned. Add your CV / resume to see what you already cover and what is missing.
What to do with the missing keywords
Start with the required group. For each missing keyword, ask whether you have done it. If you have, name it the way the ad does, in a bullet that shows the work: what you did, with which tool, and what changed. If you haven't, leave it out.
Put the most important matches where they are read first: your summary and the top bullets of your latest role. A keyword buried in a skills list at the bottom proves less than the same word in a result.
For more on this, see how to match your CV / resume to a job description and keywords for 70+ jobs.
Questions
- How does the keyword extractor decide what is required?
- It reads each sentence and bullet. A keyword in a sentence that says required, must, essential or minimum, or under a heading like Requirements, is marked required. Preferred, a plus and nice to have are marked nice to have. Everything else is also mentioned.
- Where do the keywords come from?
- Two places. A list of about 1,000 skills, tools and certifications from our role guides, matched as whole phrases, and terms found in the ad itself: acronyms such as SQL or STCW, tool names, and phrases that follow "experience with" or "knowledge of".
- Is my CV / resume uploaded?
- No. The extractor runs in your browser. Nothing you paste on this page is sent to a server or stored.
- Should I add every missing keyword to my CV / resume?
- Only the ones that are true for you. Add a missing keyword where you can back it with real work: a task, a tool you used, a result. If you don't have it, leave it out and lead with what you do have.
- Does matching keywords get me past an ATS?
- It helps recruiters find you when they search, and it helps a human reader see the fit quickly. Most applicant tracking systems don't automatically reject on keywords, so wording that shows real evidence matters more than repeating terms.