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While making edits to your resume in Jobscan it will let you copy lines from a Word document and paste into the Jobscan revision, but know that the website reformats the lines you insert and it is a pain to get the format in Jobscan back into the same format as your uploaded resume. It's easier to type in whole line changes than it is to paste from a document from your computer. Jobscan also changes your font when you make edits. If your original uploaded document is in New Times Roman, jobscan will change your edits to another font which you will have to manually correct. Also they do not have a support phone number. Real time support is not an option.

I've only used the unpaid service but the system is so skewed to key words that your resume would hardly make sense. As an experiment, I copy and pasted a job description into a new resume almost word for word - I only scrubbed out the beginning of some sentences like "you should be able to." It scored an 85. That may be the problem of ATS vs. what they are doing here but it seems myopic in its system of how it reviews resumes. Also, it was removing points because of "non-standard size." I have a 8x11 with 1" margins. I think part of that is skewing scores to push you into purchasing the monthly subscription.

I used Jobscan for about 8 months to help in my job search. While it is expensive, it was easily the most useful tool I found. After mastering it, I saw a jump in my response rate from submissions from nearly zero to almost 50%.

I develop and produce kids' digital and physical products, an unusual and highly competitive industry. There are few jobs posted, especially at my seniority level, and I'd been looking for a new position for nearly two years, applying at startups and major companies, and was willing to move nearly anywhere in the world for the right position.

Jobscan is not an easy tool to master. On the surface it seems like it's pushing optimization of keywords. While of course that is part of their system, the algorithms really are rewarding a sophisticated mix of what keywords you use, where, and in what context. It isn't enough to just repeat keywords over and over the way some reviewers have suggested; you have to work towards having the position descriptions on your resume align with the job posting in terms of hierarchy and frequency.

I've recommended Jobscan.co to a number of colleagues and friends, and while I ultimately got a job within my network, I believe the interviews I got with major companies in my industry, after months of my submissions going into a black hole, were the result of matching my skillset to the language they were using in their job postings.

I started using this service as a free month trial, but forgot to cancel this service before they charged my card $89.95. I sent numerous support tickets in the way that they asked, fulfilling all the stated requirements for refund listed on their website. However, they have not responded to any of my requests and it has been almost a week since I sent the first one. I strongly do not recommend this service unless you want to lose your money with no recourse

I've used their free scans to try to improve my resume and can never get it above 76%.

When I analyzed the results, I saw the issues:

1) Their word search does not recognize derivatives (if the firm is looking for "Troubleshoot" and you put "Troubleshooting" it will just ignore it.

2) Job Scan extracts the words from the job description. The description typically uses verbs (candidate must troubleshoot). However, resumes are typically written in adjectives (troubleshooter or troubleshooting). Thus, this compounds the problem with Job Scan not recognizing word derivatives.

3) Job Scan also throws the word "skills" in with many attributes (Management Skills, Organization Skills, Time Management Skills). Thus, when resumes typically just list Management, Organization, Time Management under the common heading of skills, Job Scan will NOT recognize it (unless it has the word skills after each). Such word combinations were NOT in the job description, so this cannot be blamed on extraction.

I listed the name of the major Fortune 20 company that this job was with and was told that Job Scan did not know what ATS that they were using. I can't believe that the ATS of a Fortune 20 company would be as poor as the one that Job Scan uses (noted above).

To me it is more likely that they want to use their own ATS that seems to be intended to give you low scores in order to bait you into paying for their premium services.

I haven't experienced an uptick in employer responses since I've used the software.

You could try it for free to get a feel for what it takes to improve your job match percentage. All you're doing is inserting the key words into your resume from the job listing, over and over, ad nauseam (if the job description has SaaS referenced 4 times, so must your resume!)

I'd bet a large sum most of the 5 star reviews here are employees of Jobscan. A mediocre product at best...

This tool provides exceptional value to those like me who work directly with job seekers! I have had the opportunity to use Jobscan with a few job seekers! I showed them your site and helped them establish an account and then we did a scan together for a position they were hoping to apply for soon. Their first scan showed a pretty low score, but using the feedback from Jobscan we were able to add strengthen their resume to a higher score! Im hoping this will translate into an interview for the job seeker, but even if it does not, the Jobscan remains a wonderful coaching tool for creating targeted resumes.

Jobscan was incredibly useful in helping me apply for a new job. I am relocating to a new city and applied for 3 jobs in the area. I used Jobscan for 2 of the job applications and got interviews and job offers for both! The only job I did not get an offer from was the one I did not use Jobscan with (because I didn't know about it at the time). My husband told me about the site after he took a mandatory course on finding civilian jobs after getting out of the ARMY. I also appreciated emails that gave tips for building your resume. Will definitely use this again in the future!