I Built a Job Description Keyword Extractor (and Here's What I Learned About ATS)

Every job description is a cheat sheet. The hiring manager already told you exactly what they want — it's just buried under corporate filler. I got tired of manually highlighting keywords in job postings, so I built a tool that does it automatically: Job Description Keyword Extractor . Paste a posting, get categorized keywords. Technical skills, soft skills, tools, certifications — all sorted by how often they appear. Building it taught me a few things about how ATS systems actually work. Most r