# Matching a job description

> Paste a job description and see where your resume already fits and where it does not - and what a gap does and does not mean.

Source: https://www.revquix.com/docs/resume/matching-a-job-description
Last verified: 2026-09-03

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**JD ↔ Resume Match** compares your resume against one specific job description. It costs 3 credits.

This is a different question from [your readiness score](https://www.revquix.com/docs/resume/your-readiness-score). That asks "is
this a good resume". This asks "is this a good resume **for this job**", and a strong resume can
match a role badly.

## What you get

- **Where you already match**, with the evidence from your resume that supports it.
- **Where you do not**, separated into things you have and did not say, things close to something
  you have, and things you do not have.
- **What to change**, specific to this application, in the order to change it.

## Reading the report

The report opens with one answer to **should you send it** - apply now, check one thing first,
tailor first, a long shot, or probably skip - and the reason for it. Under that is the fix list:

| Label                      | What it means                                           | What to do                                           |
| -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| **Wording gap**            | It is on your resume, but no bullet shows you using it. | Move it into the bullet where you did the work.      |
| **Close to what you have** | You show something near it, not the thing itself.       | Name the transfer honestly. Never imply you used it. |
| **Real gap**               | Nothing on your resume matches it, or comes close.      | Learn it if you want roles that ask for it.          |

A stated must-have with nothing behind it is marked **Can stop this application** and listed first.
The score bands are **Weak**, **Partial**, **Good** and **Close match** - a different scale from your
readiness score, because a job description lists more than any one hire will have.

> **Warning** - A gap is not always a reason not to apply
>
> The most useful findings are usually the ones where you _do_ have the experience and never wrote it
> down. Those are free wins. A genuine gap is information for how you pitch, not an instruction to
> stop - job descriptions routinely list more than the role requires.

## Getting a useful answer

- **Paste the whole description**, including the responsibilities. Requirements alone lose the
  context.
- **Use the real one**, not a summary you have rewritten. Rewriting it removes the exact words the
  comparison is looking for.
- **One role at a time.** Two descriptions pasted together produce advice for a job nobody is
  hiring for.

## Tailoring after it

The obvious move is to add the missing keywords, and the trap is doing only that.

> **Note** - Keyword stuffing is visible to both readers
>
> A skills list rewritten to mirror the posting reads as padding to a person and adds terms with no
> supporting evidence for a machine. Where you genuinely have the experience, put it in the bullet
> that proves it - that satisfies both.

The **Tailor to a job** assist inside the builder does this against your actual entries - see [improving with AI](https://www.revquix.com/docs/resume/improving-with-ai).

## A related free tool

**JD Keyword Extractor** pulls the terms out of a description without comparing them to anything -
free once a day. Useful when you want to see what a posting emphasises before deciding whether to
spend a match on it.

- [Improving with AI](https://www.revquix.com/docs/resume/improving-with-ai) - Tailoring inside the builder.

- [Comparing two resumes](https://www.revquix.com/docs/resume/comparing-two-resumes) - Which version to send.