@pranavraut033/ats-checker 1.1.1 → 1.2.0

package/dist/index.mjs

@@ -539,6 +539,16 @@ function parseResume(resumeText, config) {
   }
   const requiredSections = ["summary", "experience", "skills", "education"];
   const warnings = [];
+  const lineCount = splitLines(resumeText).length;
+  if (resumeText.trim().length < 100) {
+    warnings.push(
+      "Almost no text was extracted \u2014 the resume may be a scanned/image PDF. Upload a text-based PDF or paste the text directly."
+    );
+  } else if (lineCount <= 2) {
+    warnings.push(
+      "Resume text has no line breaks \u2014 the PDF layout likely didn't export cleanly (common with multi-column designs). Export as a single-column PDF or paste plain text for accurate parsing."
+    );
+  }
   for (const section of requiredSections) {
     if (!detected.includes(section)) {
       warnings.push(`${section} section not detected`);
@@ -918,6 +928,11 @@ var SuggestionEngine = class {
         "Strengthen bullet points with impact verbs (led, built, improved, delivered)."
       );
     }
+    if (input.resume.detectedSections.length < 2 && input.resume.raw.trim().length > 300) {
+      suggestions.push(
+        "Your resume may use a multi-column layout. Export as a single-column PDF or paste plain text \u2014 most ATS systems and this parser work best with a linear layout."
+      );
+    }
     return { suggestions, warnings };
   }
 };