Put a working resume checker on your site
One iframe gives your readers a real ATS check: a score out of 100 and every failing check named, with no signup and nothing stored. Free for any site, including commercial ones. Built for placement cells, career pages, and anyone whose resume advice deserves a tool next to it.
The embed code
<iframe
src="https://applycove.com/embed/resume-checker/"
title="Free ATS Resume Checker by ApplyCove"
width="100%"
height="620"
loading="lazy"
style="border:0;border-radius:12px;max-width:640px"
></iframe>On narrow mobile layouts, raise the height to 700 to avoid an inner scrollbar. Everything else can stay as it is.
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What you get, what we get
You get
- A working tool on your page instead of another paragraph of advice.
- No API key, no account, no usage cap, no invoice.
- Nothing running on your own page: it is isolated in the iframe.
- Visitors keep their file. It is read in their browser and never stored.
- No email capture and no ad pixel pointed at your audience.
We get
- One small attribution link under the tool. That is the whole price.
- Some of your visitors will come look at the full version.
- A few of them will eventually try the paid product. Most will not, and the widget stays free either way.
Stating it plainly because the alternative is pretending there is no commercial reason, which nobody believes anyway.
Where the widget earns its space
College placement cells
Students arrive with a two-column template from a free site and no idea it fails parsing. One check before the placement drive catches it.
Career services pages
A resource page with a working tool gets bookmarked and linked. A resource page with five outbound links does not.
Resume-advice articles
Put it under the section where you tell readers their PDF might not be machine-readable, so they can find out in the same scroll.
Bootcamps and training programs
Cohort-wide resume review is a lot faster when everyone arrives with the mechanical problems already fixed.
Community newsletters and job boards
A free check is a reason to open the resources page again, unlike a static list of links.
HR and recruiting blogs
Useful from the other side too: show candidates what your own parser is going to see.
Installed it somewhere? Tell us where and we will link back to you from this page.
Frequently asked questions
Got questions? We've got answers. Contact us if you can't find what you're looking for.
Is the resume checker widget free to embed?
Yes, free for any site, including commercial ones. There is no key to request, no account, no usage cap, and no charge. Copy the iframe, paste it into your page, and it works. The only thing we ask is that you leave the ApplyCove attribution link in place, which the widget renders itself.
Who is this widget for?
College placement cells, career-services pages, coding bootcamps, HR and job-search blogs, community newsletters with a resource page, and anyone writing a resume guide who would rather give readers a working tool than a screenshot of one. It is most useful next to written resume advice, because readers can act on the advice immediately.
Does the widget collect my visitors' data?
No. The resume PDF is read inside the visitor's own browser and only the extracted text is sent for scoring. The file is never uploaded to us or stored, there is no account, no email capture, and no advertising pixel in the widget. Your visitors are not tracked into a funnel.
Will the widget slow down my page?
It loads with loading="lazy", so the browser defers it until it is close to the viewport. Nothing about the widget executes on your page itself; it is isolated inside the iframe, so it cannot affect your own scripts, styles, or layout beyond the space you give it.
Can I change the size or the styling?
Change the width and height attributes freely. 620px of height fits the upload state comfortably on desktop; on narrow mobile layouts 700px avoids an inner scrollbar. The widget's own colours are fixed so it stays recognisable and so we can keep it working without breaking your CSS.
Can I remove the ApplyCove link?
Please do not. The attribution link is the entire reason the widget is free to run, and it is a single small line of text under the tool. If you need a white-labelled version for a product rather than a content page, contact us and we will talk about it properly.
What does the widget actually check?
The same six things as the full tool: whether the PDF has real extractable text, whether contact details parse, whether the summary is a usable length, whether every role carries a date, whether bullet points contain numbers and open with strong verbs, and whether enough relevant skills appear as plain text. Visitors get a score out of 100 plus each failing check named.