# Taleo resume checker

> Oracle Taleo ships with a 1 MB file limit. Raising it, to 5 MB at most, takes a support request to Oracle. Check the file you’ll send before you hit apply.

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| What you bring | The resume file you plan to send through Oracle Taleo |
| Price | Free |
| Rendered page | https://atsprep.com/tools/ats-resume-checker/taleo |
| This document | https://atsprep.com/tools/ats-resume-checker/taleo.md |

Free Taleo resume check: the file types it takes, its 1 MB default limit and what a parser could misread in your layout. Runs in your browser.

## How to check a resume for Taleo. Four steps, about a minute.

Updated 13 November 2026.

1. **Drop the file you plan to send.** PDF or Word, the exact file. It’s read on your device and never uploaded.
2. **Check it against Taleo’s rules.** The file type is checked against the list Oracle Taleo publishes, and the size against its published limit.
3. **Fix what a parser could misread.** Columns, tables, text that is a picture, a missing email or a job with no dates. Each one is listed with the fix.
4. **Fix it and send a clean file.** Open it in the Studio to fix what was flagged, then download a one-column PDF of real text.

## What Taleo takes. From its own documentation.

Oracle Taleo file rules, with sources:

|  | Oracle Taleo | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| File types | PDF, DOC, DOCX, RTF, TXT, HTML, ODT and WPD | [Oracle, Taleo Enterprise attachment permissions and settings](https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/taleo-enterprise/25b/otrcg/c-attachmentpermissionsandsettings.html) |
| Upload limit | 5 MB | [Oracle, Taleo Enterprise attachment permissions and settings](https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/taleo-enterprise/25b/otrcg/c-attachmentpermissionsandsettings.html) |
| Default limit | 1 MB, until the employer asks to raise it | [Oracle, Taleo Enterprise attachment permissions and settings](https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/taleo-enterprise/25b/otrcg/c-attachmentpermissionsandsettings.html) |
| Reader behind it | Varies by employer | [Oracle Recruiting Cloud, resume parsing readiness notes](https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/readiness/hcm/25c/recr-25c/25C-recruiting-wn-f38002.htm) |
| Fills the form from your resume | Yes, the fields it recognises | [Oracle Recruiting Cloud, resume parsing readiness notes](https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/readiness/hcm/25c/recr-25c/25C-recruiting-wn-f38002.htm) |

Where the partner integration is enabled, uploading a resume causes the extracted data to be displayed on the New Candidate page, and a preview of the resume is shown so the information can be reviewed and verified. Oracle also documents an “Exclude from import” option that omits parsed data from the Skills and Qualifications sections when the candidate record is created.

## What Taleo does differently. Each one sourced.

- **The default size limit is 1 MB, and raising it takes a support ticket:** Oracle ships Taleo with an attached-file maximum of 1048576 bytes (one megabyte) and marks it a protected setting: changing it requires the employer to raise a service request with Oracle Support, which an Oracle representative then validates. The documented ceiling even after that is 5 MB per file. One megabyte is nothing for a resume built in a design tool, where a single embedded headshot can spend it, and almost nothing published about Taleo mentions the number. [Oracle, Taleo Enterprise attachment permissions and settings](https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/taleo-enterprise/25b/otrcg/c-attachmentpermissionsandsettings.html)
- **There is no single Taleo parser:** Oracle's readiness documentation says the resume partner integration must be enabled for parsing to happen at all. Parsing is an add-on the employer configures, not a feature of the platform, which is why advice about “how Taleo reads resumes” is unreliable by construction: it depends on a vendor choice you cannot see from the outside. [Oracle Recruiting Cloud, resume parsing readiness notes](https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/readiness/hcm/25c/recr-25c/25C-recruiting-wn-f38002.htm)
- **The employer decides which file types you may attach:** Oracle lists the formats the system supports, then states that system administrators define which of them are actually available to users. The list on the page in front of you may be much shorter than the list Oracle supports, and PDF is not guaranteed to be on it. [Oracle, Taleo Enterprise attachment file formats](https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/taleo-enterprise/24d/otrcg/c-attachment.html)
- **The supported list is wider than a resume needs:** Oracle's documented formats include spreadsheets, WordPerfect, Zip archives and even an “Any File Format” option. Breadth is not an invitation: the plainer the format you choose from what the employer offers, the fewer ways there are for the text to arrive scrambled. [Oracle, Taleo Enterprise attachment file formats](https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/taleo-enterprise/24d/otrcg/c-attachment.html)

Everything we know about Oracle Taleo, with sources: [the Taleo guide](https://atsprep.com/ats/taleo).

## What this check can’t tell you. So you don’t trust it for the wrong thing.

This isn’t Oracle Taleo’s own view of your resume. We have no access to Oracle Taleo, and each employer sets it up their own way. What we check is what Oracle Taleo publishes about files, plus how a typical parser reads your layout.

To see which keywords a posting wants and which ones you’re missing, run the [ATS resume checker](https://atsprep.com/tools/ats-resume-checker) with the job post.

## Applying through a different system? Same check, its rules.

- **Workday resume checker:** [Workday’s own careers site takes files up to 5 MB. Each employer sets its own limit.](https://atsprep.com/tools/ats-resume-checker/workday)
- **Greenhouse resume checker:** [Greenhouse takes files up to 100 MB but reads nothing from one over 2.5 MB.](https://atsprep.com/tools/ats-resume-checker/greenhouse)
- **iCIMS resume checker:** [iCIMS publishes no size limit.](https://atsprep.com/tools/ats-resume-checker/icims)
- **Lever resume checker:** [Lever takes files up to 10 MB.](https://atsprep.com/tools/ats-resume-checker/lever)

## Questions about checking a resume for Oracle Taleo

### What file types does Oracle Taleo accept for a resume?

PDF, DOC, DOCX, RTF, TXT, HTML, ODT and WPD, per Oracle, Taleo Enterprise attachment permissions and settings. PDF or DOCX is the safe pick: both keep real text, and every system in our ATS guides takes them.

### What is the Taleo resume file size limit?

Oracle Taleo ships with a 1 MB file limit. Raising it, to 5 MB at most, takes a support request to Oracle. A one- or two-page resume without photos is usually well under 1 MB.

### Will this tell me my Taleo score?

No. We have no access to Oracle Taleo, and Oracle Taleo doesn’t publish how it ranks resumes. This check covers what Oracle Taleo does publish, its file rules, and how a parser reads your layout.

### Is my resume uploaded?

No. The file is read in your browser and never leaves your device. If you open it in the Studio, its text goes to our AI for suggestions. We never sell it or train AI on it.

### Is it free?

Yes. The check is free with no sign-up.

Open the full resume Studio: https://atsprep.com/studio

## About ATSPrep

ATSPrep (https://atsprep.com) is a free resume and application workspace. Match experience to a posting, strengthen claims with evidence, and track the next action. Its PDF check shows text recovered by ATSPrep's extractor, not an employer's proprietary ATS or hiring decision.

- **Price:** Free plan forever: your ATS score, every fix, job match, 3 AI rewrites and PDF downloads, with no card or watermark. Optional ATSPrep Pro ($9 once for 7 days, $12/month, or $29 once for 3 months) adds 300 AI edits a day, Fix all with AI, AI tailoring, Word downloads, all 13 templates and unlimited practice with Pip.
- **Account:** none needed to import or edit a resume, or for its first check and 3 rechecks a day. A free sign-in is needed for PDF downloads (Word files come with ATSPrep Pro), to sync, and for more than 1 AI edit.
- **Your file:** parsed and exported inside the browser. The resume file itself is never uploaded.
- **Sent:** matching a job by meaning, on by default once you add a job (the lines involved). Only on a button press: AI edits (the lines involved), a job link (the link) and Pip voice calls (your speech). Never your contact details, and none of it is stored.
- **Connection:** some tools load on first use and need a connection to download. Local storage is not a cloud backup.
- **Accepts:** PDF, DOCX, TXT, Markdown, or pasted plain text.

Start here: https://atsprep.com/studio