Ashby extracts titles, employers, dates, skills, and education into a structured candidate profile that recruiters search, filter, and score. Multi-column layouts and complex tables often scramble the order. Match the posting’s language where it is true, and keep the file linear.
What Ashby actually does on upload
Parses PDF, DOCX, or plain text into contact, experience, education, skills, and summary fields.
Builds searchable structured data that powers filters, scorecards, and ranking.
Recruiters work from the structured profile more than the raw file layout.
Autofill and parse order can still be imperfect — always check the preview after upload.
What to upload
Single-column .docx or a clean text-based PDF.
Standard section headings: Experience, Education, Skills.
Job titles and tools that mirror the posting where they match your real work.
One tailored version per role instead of the same master file everywhere.
Keywords that help (without stuffing)
Exact tools, methods, and scope phrases that appear in the job description and that you can defend.
Put the highest-signal matches near the top of relevant experience bullets and in a plain Skills list.
Prefer the posting’s wording over internal company jargon.
Skip white text, synonym dumps, and design tricks that break the parse.
Athena’s role
Athena ATS scores your resume against the job description you paste and rewrites for that posting.
First rewrite is free. Founding Beta is $8/mo or $59/yr. No interview guarantee.