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How is the match rate worked out?

ContractorUK's code works it out, never AI. It adds up to a hundred points.

70 points for the share of the advert's skills that your CV shows.

15 points for the job title: earned when your CV shows a skill named in the advert's title, or when its opening lines carry a title like the advert's.

15 points for the sector, which every reading gets because your CV is counted as being in the advert's sector.

The reading prints the sum for your CV, so you can check it.

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What do Strong, Good, Partial and Low match mean?

Strong match: 70% or more.

Good match: 50% to 69%.

Partial match: 30% to 49%.

Low match: under 30%.

There is no pass mark. The band says how much of the advert your CV shows, not whether you will be shortlisted.

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Which fix should I do first?

The reading orders its fixes the same way every time. Fixes come before notes, then the most serious first, then the order of the sections on the page.

On the free plan the first fix in each section is shown in full, up to 5 a reading; the rest are counted. Pro shows every fix.

Add a missing skill or result only if it is true. The reading says so beside every one.

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A skill is marked missing, but I have it. Why?

Fitread looks for the advert's skills by their names and the usual short forms of those names.

If your CV says it another way, or only inside a picture, a table or a text box, it may not be found.

Where it is true, use the advert's own wording, and write both the full term and its short form once.

The searchability checks point out pictures, tables and text boxes.

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Sample reading Fictional CV and advert

Sample reading

Warehouse Operative

Read my CV

Fictional CV and advert · Read 2 Oct 2026

Fictional temp advert

£12.95 per hour, as the advert states. Fictional advert, made for this sample: there is nowhere to apply.

Shifts and hours
Monday to Friday, 6am - 2pm

Agency CV tips

  • Put your email address and phone number in the body of the page, not only in a header or footer.
  • Open with a one-line headline under your name that says what you do, in the words adverts use.
  • Use the advert's own words for the skills, qualifications and job titles you really have.
  • Give each role its start and end month.
  • Send a Word file or a PDF in one column, with no tables or text boxes; many agencies ask for Word.
  • State your right to work in the UK, and leave out your date of birth, a photo and your marital status.

About this sample

Casey Sample is not a real person. Our engine read this made-up CV of a warehouse operative against a made-up temp advert on 2 Oct 2026, as it reads yours.

Every Pro part is open here. A free reading of this CV would hide 1 skill name and 1 finding. See Pro plans

A sample keeps nothing about you and runs no AI.

The reading The advert

Hard skills

UP TO +11 POINTS

What we check and why

The skills this advert asks for, and how often your CV names them. They carry most of your match rate. Each gain is our scorer re-run on your CV with that one change.

Skills are 70 of your match rate's 100 points.

Tip: Counterbalance truck moves your match rate most: +5 points if your CV shows it, only if you have it.

SkillThis CVThe advertAdverts for the role
Forklift (FLT) licence Missing 1 No figure
+6 points if this CV shows it · only if you have it · counted under Credentials
Counterbalance truck Missing 1 No figure
+5 points if this CV shows it · only if you have it
Picking and packing 2 1 No figure
Goods in (receiving) 3 1 No figure
5 more skills this CV shows , ShowHide
SkillThis CVThe advertAdverts for the role
Put-away and replenishment 3 2 No figure
Despatch (goods out) 3 1 No figure
Loading and unloading 1 1 No figure
Pallet building and wrapping 1 1 No figure
Stock rotation (FIFO) 2 1 No figure

All of them together: 89% to 100%. Gains overlap: the skills share the 70 skill points, so they do not simply add up.

Credentials

IMPORTANT

What we check and why

The licences, cards, registrations and clearances the advert names or the role usually asks for, and whether your CV says them.

Credentials the advert names count in your match rate.

Tip: Start with "The advert asks for Forklift (FLT) licence": +6 points if your CV shows it, only if you hold it.

Asked in the advert

What we check and why

These are named in the advert. The ones that are also among its skills count in your match rate.

  • Needs a fix

    The advert asks for Forklift (FLT) licence; your CV does not say you hold it. If you hold it, put it near the top: 'Forklift licence (<counterbalance / reach / VNA / bendi>), <accrediting body>, valid to <month year>'. Only if you hold it. See it in the advert

    +6 points if this CV shows it · only if you have it

Nothing to fix

Searchability

All good , ShowHide

Agencies load your CV into their systems and recruiters search it by keyword. This is how well yours reads in that process. Only the job title match counts in your score here: it earns 15 points.

Contact details

What we check and why

We look for an email address and a phone number in the body of the page. Some agency systems skip page headers and footers, so contact details only there can be lost.

  • Pass

    Your email address and a UK mobile number are in the body of your CV, where agency systems read them.

  • Pass

    Your CV names a town or area near the top, so a recruiter searching by location can find you.

Headings

What we check and why

We look for a heading over your work history (such as Experience, Employment history, Contract history, Assignments or Placements). Agency systems file your roles under it.

  • Pass

    We found 6 standard section headings: Summary, Skills, Experience, Education, Certifications, References. One of them heads your work history.

  • Pass

    Your CV has a profile or summary heading.

  • Pass

    Your CV has headings for your qualifications (Education, Certifications).

  • Pass

    Your CV has a Skills heading.

Job title match

What we check and why

We look for the advert's job title in the first line of your CV after your name and contact details, where our match rate gives 15 points for it, and anywhere in your CV, where a recruiter's search for the title would find it.

  • Pass

    Your CV uses the advert's title, "Warehouse Operative". We could not map this title to a role in our catalogue. Your CV earns the 15 title points in the match rate because the first line of your CV after your name and contact details names the same role as the advert's title.

Education match

What we check and why

We compare the level the advert asks for with the highest level your CV names, in RQF levels (SCQF in Scotland). "Or equivalent experience" in the advert means a miss is not a fix.

  • Your choice, not scored

    The advert does not ask for a qualification, so there is nothing to match.

Dates

What we check and why

We check that the date ranges in your work history use one format (for example "Mar 2021 - Present" throughout), so a system reads each role's dates the same way.

  • Pass

    Your 4 date ranges use one format (like "03/2021").

Acronyms

What we check and why

We check that a term the advert uses in full or as a short form appears on your CV both ways at least once (for example "Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS)"), so a search for either finds you.

  • Pass

    None of the advert's skills on your CV has a common short form, so there is nothing to pair.

Text we could read

What we check and why

We check that we could read the text of your file. A scanned page or a picture of text can come back empty to an agency system too.

  • Pass

    We read 358 words from your CV.

3 checks need the file: see What we could not check

Pay

Nothing to fix , ShowHide

The pay and terms as the advert states them. Does not change your match rate.

Pay as stated

  • This advert pays £12.95 per hour. We have no temp pay benchmark yet, so we do not compare it.

Terms as stated

  • Shifts and hours: Monday to Friday, 6am - 2pm

Soft skills

All good , ShowHide

The soft skills this advert names, and whether your CV shows them. Does not change your match rate.

Teamwork

What we check and why

We look for the soft skills on a plain list we maintain, word by word, in the advert and your CV. A recruiter's search rarely uses these words; an interviewer asks for examples. They do not change your match rate.

  • Pass

    The advert names teamwork once; your CV shows it once. View where

    • Line 6Reliable (soft_skill) warehouse operative with four years in busy distribution centres. I pick and pack (in the advert and this CV) to target, use RF scanners and work on goods in (in the advert and this CV), put-away (in the advert and this CV) and despatch (in the advert and this CV). I am careful with paperwork, I work well in a team (soft_skill) and I am happy to work early, late or weekend shifts. I hold a full UK driving licence and can get to sites across South Yorkshire.

Attention to detail

What we check and why

We look for the soft skills on a plain list we maintain, word by word, in the advert and your CV. A recruiter's search rarely uses these words; an interviewer asks for examples. They do not change your match rate.

  • Pass

    The advert names attention to detail once; your CV shows it once. View where

    • Line 18- Kept a 99.8% picking accuracy (soft_skill) score for the last 12 months.

Formatting

14 not checked , ShowHide

How the file itself is laid out: columns, fonts, images and page setup. Does not change your match rate.

14 checks need the file: see What we could not check

Parse view

All good , ShowHide

What an agency system reads from your CV file. Does not change your match rate.

Name

What we check and why

What an agency system reads from your CV file.

  • Pass

    Your name was read as a name.

Email

What we check and why

What an agency system reads from your CV file.

  • Pass

    Your email address was read.

Phone

What we check and why

What an agency system reads from your CV file.

  • Pass

    Your phone number was read.

Location

What we check and why

What an agency system reads from your CV file.

  • Your choice, not scored

    No town or postcode was read. Many CVs leave it out on purpose; recruiters often search by location.

Current job title

What we check and why

What an agency system reads from your CV file.

  • Pass

    Your current job title was read.

Roles

What we check and why

What an agency system reads from your CV file.

  • Pass

    4 roles were read with their dates.

Education

What we check and why

What an agency system reads from your CV file.

  • Pass

    Your education was read.

Skills

What we check and why

What an agency system reads from your CV file.

  • Your choice, not scored

    4 skills the advert names appear only in your skills list, in no role. A parser that works out months of experience per skill from your roles (Textkernel documents this) has nothing to count for them.

Section headings

What we check and why

What an agency system reads from your CV file.

  • Pass

    Your section headings were recognised.

1 not checked: see What we could not check

Recruiter searches

All good , ShowHide

Searches a recruiter might run for this role, and whether your CV comes up. Does not change your match rate.

Two must-haves

What we check and why

Searches a recruiter might run for this role.

  • Pass

    Two must-haves

Core requirements

What we check and why

Searches a recruiter might run for this role.

  • Pass

    Core requirements

As the advert words it

What we check and why

Searches a recruiter might run for this role.

  • Pass

    As the advert words it

Screening questions

Nothing to check , ShowHide

Screening questions this advert's terms imply. Does not change your match rate.

Shifts and hours

What we check and why

Screening questions this advert's terms imply.

  • Your choice, not scored

    Shifts and hours

Where this CV goes

Nothing to check , ShowHide

The system the advert's own link points to, where we can tell. Does not change your match rate.

AI review and opener

Your own reading adds an AI review and a paste-ready opener, written only from your CV and labelled as AI. A sample never runs the AI.

What we could not check

Left out of the bars and never counted against this CV.

  • Length

    Not checked We cannot count pages in pasted text. Your word count is checked under Word count.

  • File name

    Not checked A pasted CV has no file name to check.

  • Reading order

    Not checked We could not check the reading order from a pasted CV.

  • File checks

    Not checked We read pasted text, so these file checks did not run:

    • File type
    • Single column
    • No tables
    • No text boxes
    • Photo and images
    • Text alignment
    • Number of fonts
    • Standard fonts
    • Body text size
    • Bold text
    • Text colour
    • Page header
    • Page footer
    • Margins
    • Page size

The sample CV (Casey Sample, fictional)

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  1. Line 1Casey Sample
  2. Line 2Warehouse Operative
  3. Line 3casey.sample@example.com | 07700 900527 | Doncaster DN4
  4. Line 4
  5. Line 5Profile
  6. Line 6Reliable (soft_skill) warehouse operative with four years in busy distribution centres. I pick and pack (in the advert and the CV) to target, use RF scanners and work on goods in (in the advert and the CV), put-away (in the advert and the CV) and despatch (in the advert and the CV). I am careful with paperwork, I work well in a team (soft_skill) and I am happy to work early, late or weekend shifts. I hold a full UK driving licence and can get to sites across South Yorkshire.
  7. Line 7
  8. Line 8Skills
  9. Line 9Picking and packing (in the advert and the CV), RF scanning, goods in (in the advert and the CV), put-away (in the advert and the CV) and replenishment (in the advert and the CV), despatch (in the advert and the CV), loading and unloading (in the advert and the CV), stock rotation (in the advert and the CV), pallet wrapping (in the advert and the CV), manual handling, health and safety
  10. Line 10
  11. Line 11Experience
  12. Line 12
  13. Line 13Warehouse Operative (temp to perm), an online retailer's distribution centre, 03/2024 - 09/2026
  14. Line 14- Picked and packed 180 orders a shift using an RF scanner, above the 150 target.
  15. Line 15- Worked on goods in (in the advert and the CV): checked deliveries against paperwork and put stock away.
  16. Line 16- Replenished pick faces from reserve stock during peak weeks.
  17. Line 17- Trained 5 new starters on the picking system and the site safety rules.
  18. Line 18- Kept a 99.8% picking accuracy (soft_skill) score for the last 12 months.
  19. Line 19
  20. Line 20Warehouse Picker (temp), a food wholesaler, 06/2022 - 02/2024
  21. Line 21- Picked chilled and ambient orders in a fast-paced (soft_skill) warehouse.
  22. Line 22- Loaded and unloaded up to 12 vehicles a shift and wrapped pallets for despatch (in the advert and the CV).
  23. Line 23- Kept to stock rotation (in the advert and the CV) (FIFO) for chilled lines and recorded short-dated stock.
  24. Line 24- Took part in weekly stock counts with the stock control team and found 40 mis-located pallets.
  25. Line 25
  26. Line 26Retail Assistant (part time), a supermarket, 09/2021 - 05/2022
  27. Line 27- Filled shelves and rotated stock on the night shift.
  28. Line 28- Helped customers and worked on the tills when the store was busy.
  29. Line 29- Kept the chiller and freezer logs up to date for the duty manager.
  30. Line 30
  31. Line 31Warehouse Assistant (Christmas temp), a parcel carrier, 11/2020 - 01/2021
  32. Line 32- Sorted up to 1,500 parcels a shift by postcode for the morning delivery routes.
  33. Line 33- Unloaded trailers and cages safely using a pump truck.
  34. Line 34- Scanned damaged parcels and reported them to the shift supervisor.
  35. Line 35- Finished every shift of the peak season with no lost-time accidents.
  36. Line 36
  37. Line 37Education
  38. Line 38GCSEs (qualification) in English and Maths, 2021
  39. Line 39
  40. Line 40Training
  41. Line 41Manual handling, 2024
  42. Line 42Fire marshal, 2023
  43. Line 43Food hygiene level 2, 2022
  44. Line 44
  45. Line 45References
  46. Line 46Available on request.

Fictional advert Fictional advert, made for this sample: there is nowhere to apply.

The advert, as we read it

Select a marked skill to see if this CV shows it.

Warehouse Operative - Temporary, ongoing Doncaster | £12.95 per hour (Pay and terms as stated) | Monday to Friday, 6am - 2pm (Pay and terms as stated) | Weekly pay We are looking for temporary Warehouse Operatives for a busy distribution centre in Doncaster. Ongoing work with the chance of a permanent role. Your duties - Picking and packing (Skills this CV shows) customer orders using RF scanners. - Goods in (Skills this CV shows) and despatch (Skills this CV shows). - Loading and unloading (Skills this CV shows) vehicles. - Stock rotation (Skills this CV shows) and pallet wrapping (Skills this CV shows). - Put-away (Skills this CV shows) and replenishment (Skills this CV shows) of stock. What we need from you - Warehouse experience. - A counterbalance (Skills this CV does not show) forklift (Skills this CV does not show) licence would be an advantage. - Good attention to detail (Soft skills) and a strong work ethic. - Able to work as part of a team (Soft skills).

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