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Free Job Description Keyword Extractor
Paste any Canadian job description. Get the must-have, nice-to-have, soft-skill and action-verb keywords your resume needs to match for ATS.
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Tailor your resume to any JD in 30 seconds
Jobeefy reads the JD, finds the gaps in your resume, and rewrites bullets to match — automatically.
How to pull the right keywords out of any job description
TL;DR
- Recruiters search the ATS using the exact keywords from the JD they wrote.
- Pull the must-have skills, tools, and certifications — not the fluffy adjectives.
- Mirror 60–80% of must-haves into your resume in real sentences. Don't keyword-stuff.
- Hard skills carry more weight than soft skills. List the tools by name.
- Re-extract for every application. The keywords change role by role.
What this tool extracts
- Must-haves — skills, tools, certifications listed as required.
- Nice-to-haves — preferred or bonus skills.
- Tools & platforms — software names you should mirror exactly.
- Soft signals — keywords like "cross-functional", "ownership", "stakeholder".
- NOC anchor — best-guess NOC code based on the JD.
How to apply the keywords without keyword-stuffing
- Find every must-have. Aim to mirror 80%.
- Put each one inside a real bullet, not in a "Skills" wall. Real context beats lists.
- Match the JD's exact wording. "Postgres" beats "PostgreSQL" if the JD says Postgres.
- Drop anything you can't honestly back up in an interview.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Pasting the keywords into a Skills block instead of weaving them into bullets.
- Mirroring soft adjectives ('passionate', 'driven') — they don't rank.
- Adding tools you've never used — kills you in the interview.
- Using one extracted list across multiple applications — every JD is different.
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