Uploading a CV
Upload a PDF or paste plain text, keep as many CVs as you need for different kinds of role, and mark one as the default.
Needs a free account
- Open the actions menu above the results, or the CV library on your account page.
- Upload a PDF of up to 5 MB, or paste plain text. Pasted text needs to be at least a couple of sentences to be worth scoring against.
- The first time you save one, tick the box agreeing to us holding the whole document. See what happens to your CV for why.
- Keep several CVs if you apply for different kinds of role, and mark one as the default. Scores use the default unless you switch to another CV from the actions menu.
- Scores then appear on rows and in the detail panel, and you can sort the whole result set by CV match.
A scanned, image-only PDF is rejected with an explanation rather than read as an empty document. A CV that silently scored zero everywhere would be worse than one that failed to upload.
Where it stops
We read the text, not the layout. Columns, tables and text inside images may come through in an order that is not the one you see, so if scores look wrong for a CV you are confident about, pasting the text is the quickest way to rule the file out.
Related articles
- How the match score worksThe share of the skills a posting names that are on your CV: 8 of 10 is 80%. A similarity between the two documents only breaks ties when you sort by best fit.
- What happens to your CVEncrypted at rest, held in your browser only for the session, and never sent to a third party to score a job.
- Exporting your dataSearch results and your application board export to CSV; your whole account exports to one JSON file.
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