How screening works in Workable
Workable is a recruiting platform used by growing and mid-sized companies to post jobs on multiple boards, receive applications in one place and rank candidates. It parses each resume into a profile and offers AI-assisted tools that help recruiters shortlist.
How Workable processes and ranks applications
The technical criteria the software uses to read, rank and evaluate resumes.
Resume parsing
Workable extracts your experience, education and skills from the file you upload. Text it cannot read, such as content inside images, is lost from the profile.
Screening questions
Employers often add questions to the application, and the answers help recruiters sort candidates quickly.
AI-assisted shortlisting
The platform offers tools that help recruiters rank and shortlist candidates against the role, so the skills and terms in your resume matter.
- Information inside images, graphics or skill bars that the parser cannot read.
- A profile that never names the tools and skills the job description asks for.
- Very long documents that bury the most relevant experience.
- Checks that your resume is readable as plain text, with no hidden content.
- Finds skills and terms from the job description that your resume does not mention.
- Audits whether your most relevant experience is easy to find.
- Generates a cover letter targeted at the specific role.
Full 8-dimension audit for ATS approval
GriffoWork reviews your document structure, keyword alignment, metric density and career positioning so your profile clears automated recruitment filters.
ATS Compatibility
Impact & Metrics
Keyword Density
Career Positioning
Questions about Workable and the GriffoWork audit
Does Workable use AI to rank resumes?
It offers AI-assisted features that employers can use when shortlisting. How much they rely on them is each company’s choice, so write for both a parser and a human reader.
Do I need keywords from the job description?
Yes, where they are true. Using the same terms as the posting makes your experience easier to find and compare.