Optimize Your Cover Letter and Get Noticed by Employers
Get personalized feedback on how to optimize your cover letter with Jobscan's ATS-friendly cover letter scanner and get more interviews.
Scan Your Cover Letter
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Improve Your Chances of Getting Hired
Stand out from the competition by optimizing your cover letter for the job you want. Jobcan’s cover letter scanner analyzes your cover letter and compares it to the job listing to identify the key skills and qualifications that recruiters are looking for. You’ll get personalized feedback on how to improve your cover letter and make it more compelling to employers.
Save Time and Effort
Job searching can be time-consuming, and crafting the perfect cover letter for each job listing can be a daunting task. Our cover letter scanner takes only seconds to assess your text and give you detailed notes on how to improve it. You’ll be able to submit a well-optimized cover letter with confidence, knowing that it’s tailored to the job you want.
ATS-Friendly Cover Letters
Many employers use automated systems to screen job applications, so your cover letter needs to be scannable and ATS-friendly. Otherwise, your information might not even reach the recruiter or hiring manager. Our cover letter scanner checks your cover letter for ATS compatibility, ensuring that these systems can read it and get your application in front of the right people.
How to optimize your cover letter
- Upload your cover letter
From your Jobscan dashboard, upload your cover letter file along with your resume into the scanner.
- Paste in the text from the job listing
Paste the text of the job listing into the scanner.
- Optimize your cover letter
The Match Report will give you tailored advice on which skills or experience to mention in your cover letter plus writing guidelines for writing the perfect cover letter.
- See your Match Rate increase
Update your cover letter document, click on the Upload and rescan button, then paste in the updated text of your cover letter. Your Match Rate will update. Continue this process with your resume and cover letter until you reach a match rate of 75% or higher.
Frequently Asked Questions
We’ve encountered some ATS that search for keywords within cover letters. Basically, if an application asks for a cover letter, they’re likely to scan it through ATS.
You can scan a cover letter with the Jobscan Premium plan. After running a resume scan, locate the Cover Letter portal next to the Resume tab in the Match Report. Click “Add Cover Letter and Rescan” to run a cover letter scan.
Hard skills are skills learned through training or hands-on experience and include proficiency with specific software, tools, or other specialized skills. Soft skills are skills that don’t necessarily require training, such as “detail oriented” or “team player.”
Hard skills are what recruiters are most likely to be searching for, where soft skills are hard to quantify and are less likely to be searched by a recruiter.
Keywords are words that appear frequently in the job description, but are not currently classified as skills. They’re company “buzzwords” you can incorporate into your resume, cover letter, or during your interview.
