9 mistakes that make an ATS reject your resume

The ATS needs to convert your document into orderly text. Anything that complicates that conversion works against you:

• 1. A two-column layout: the ATS reads left to right and mixes the sentences from both columns
• 2. Tables to organize information: many conversions wreck them
• 3. A scanned PDF or one exported as an image: the system sees no text, it sees a photo
• 4. Contact details in the document header: several ATS ignore headers and footers
• 5. Icons and symbols instead of words (✉ instead of “Email”)

Past formatting, the filter scores what you say and how you say it:

• 6. A generic headline (“Versatile professional”) instead of the target role
• 7. Creative synonyms for the skills the posting asks for: the ATS looks for literal matches
• 8. Unexplained date gaps or inconsistent date formats
• 9. A single identical resume for every job: each posting scores against its own requirements

Keyverta detects these mistakes automatically: when you upload your resume you'll see exactly the text an ATS extracts from it (if it comes out jumbled, you now know why nobody calls), and the analysis against each job flags the formatting warnings, the missing keywords, and what to rewrite, with ready-to-copy suggestions.