SKILLS EXTRACTOR — JD vs YOUR SKILLS

It scans your pasted job description against a built-in dictionary of 90+ real-world skills across 9 categories (Languages, Frameworks, Data & ML, Cloud & DevOps, Databases, Design, Marketing, Methods, Soft Skills). Each skill has multiple aliases — "Node.js" matches node, nodejs, node.js — and frequency counts show how often the posting repeats a skill, which signals priority. If you add your own skills list, you also get a coverage percentage plus a have/need gap split.

Because ATS ranking is keyword-driven and recruiters filter by must-have skills. When your resume literally contains the posting's skill names, you rank higher in the ATS, pass recruiter keyword filters, and survive the 6-8 second human skim. Studies of hiring funnels consistently show resumes tailored to the posting get several times more callbacks than one generic resume blasted everywhere. The honest rule: mirror the skills you truly have — use the posting's exact wording (e.g. "Power BI" not "PowerBI") where truthful.

Companies write the same skill many ways: Next.js, NextJS, Next JS, next.js are one skill. The dictionary maps all common spellings to one canonical label, so nothing is missed. This also protects your coverage number from being deflated by spelling variants — if the posting says "PostgreSQL" and your resume says "Postgres", the extractor still counts that as covered.

No. Everything runs locally in your browser — the posting, your skills, and the gap analysis never leave your device, nothing is uploaded or logged, and reloading clears everything. Paste confidential internal postings freely.

70%+ is a strong match — apply with confidence. 45-70% is decent: close the honest gaps and apply anyway. Below 45% usually means either a genuine skill gap (worth up-skilling bullets or considering adjacent roles) or that you have skills the dictionary wording did not catch — check the full extraction list before concluding. Never claim skills you cannot discuss in an interview; a stretch is fine, a lie gets found out.

90+ skills: programming languages (JavaScript to SQL), frameworks (React, Django, Spring, Flutter…), data/ML tools (Pandas, TensorFlow, Power BI…), cloud and DevOps (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD…), databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Kafka…), design (Figma, Photoshop, User Research, Design Systems…), marketing (SEO, SEM, GA4, HubSpot…), methods (Agile, Scrum, JIRA, Roadmapping…), and soft skills (Leadership, Stakeholder Management, Negotiation…). Frequency counts show which the employer repeats — repeat = priority.

Yes — the dictionary covers marketing, design, methods and soft skills that apply across industries. For specialized trades or niche domain skills the extractor will not know every term, but the structure still helps: skills it does detect are the ones ATS filters most likely scan for, and the coverage math works the same way. Combine it with our ATS Score Checker for the complete match picture.

Completely free — no signup, no limit, no paid tier. Runs 100% in your browser. After extraction, use our Bullet Analyzer to strengthen the bullets that prove those skills, and the ATS Score Checker to verify the final resume against the same posting.