CVReady - Why Recruiters Are Switching from Manual CV Formatting

For HR Teams & Recruitment Agencies

The CV formatting problem is costing you more than you think

Every candidate sends their CV in a different format. You spend hours making them look consistent. We built something that does it in 60 seconds instead.

It's 3:47 PM on a Tuesday.

You've got 23 CVs to send to a client by end of day. The problem? They came from everywhere: LinkedIn Easy Apply exports with that unmistakable blue header. Word documents with clip art borders from 2008. PDFs where someone clearly typed their entire career into a single text box. One person sent a Canva template with a photo the size of their work history.

Your client expects professional, consistent documents. Same font. Same layout. Names in the same place. Skills formatted the same way. So you start reformatting. One by one.

"I spend at least 40% of my week doing formatting work instead of actually recruiting. It's the worst part of my job."

We heard versions of this from dozens of recruiters before we built CVReady. The patterns were always the same: talented people spending their expensive time on work that a computer should handle. Agencies billing clients for time spent fixing formatting issues. In-house teams delaying submissions because they can't get documents ready fast enough.

So we built a tool that reads any CV format—literally any of them—and produces a clean, consistent, professional document in under a minute. Here's how it actually works.

Let's do the math on what formatting actually costs you

Most people underestimate this by a lot. Here's the real calculation for a mid-sized recruitment agency.

Monthly formatting cost (agency processing 500 CVs/month)

CVs processed per month 500
Average formatting time per CV 38 minutes
Total hours spent formatting 317 hours
Recruiter cost per hour (fully loaded) €42
Monthly cost of manual formatting €13,314

With CVReady

CVs processed per month 500
Time per CV (upload + quick review) 3 minutes
Total hours spent 25 hours
CVReady Professional plan €500/month
Labor cost at €42/hour €1,050
Total monthly cost €1,550

That's a savings of €11,764 per month—or €141,168 per year. The math works even at much smaller volumes.

Here's exactly what happens when you upload a CV

No marketing fluff. This is the actual process, step by step.

1

Upload any file

Drag and drop your CV files. We accept PDF, Word (.doc and .docx), plain text, rich text, and even images (JPG, PNG) if someone sent you a photo of their CV. Yes, that happens. You can upload one file or drop 100 at once.

Accepted formats: PDF, DOCX, DOC, RTF, TXT, JPG, PNG, LinkedIn exports, Canva exports, Google Docs exports, and basically anything with text on it.
2

AI reads and understands the content

Our system uses Claude (from Anthropic) to actually read and understand the CV—not just extract text, but understand what's a job title, what's a company name, what's a skill. It recognizes structure even when there isn't any obvious formatting.

What it extracts: Full name, contact info, work history (with dates, titles, and descriptions), education, skills, certifications, languages, and anything else relevant. It even identifies the candidate's profession and tags them automatically.
3

Output is generated in your format

Within about 60 seconds, you get a clean, professionally formatted document. Download as PDF for clients or Word if you need to make edits. Every CV comes out looking the same—consistent fonts, spacing, sections, and layout.

Output options: Professional PDF (ready to send to clients) and editable Word document (if you need to make changes). Same content, same layout, consistent branding across all your submissions.
4

Organize and search your library

All processed CVs are stored and searchable. Filter by profession, skills, or tags. When a client comes back asking "do you have anyone with Python experience?", you can find them in seconds instead of digging through email attachments.

Search capabilities: Full-text search across all CVs, filter by automatically generated tags (#python, #senior, #marketing), sort by date processed, and export filtered results.

Same candidate. Same information. Completely different impression.

This is what happens to every CV that goes through CVReady.

What you receive
SARAH JOHNSON
📧 sarah.johnson.work2024@gmail.com
📱 +44 7911 123456 | 💼 linkedin.com/in/sarahjohnson
📍 London, United Kingdom

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Results-driven marketing professional with 5+ years of experience in digital marketing, brand management, and team leadership. Passionate about leveraging data-driven insights to create impactful marketing strategies that drive business growth and customer engagement across multiple channels...

WORK EXPERIENCE

Senior Marketing Manager - TechCorp Solutions (2021-Present)
• Led team of 8 marketing specialists • Increased lead generation by 145%
• Managed £2.5M annual budget • Launched 3 successful product campaigns

Giant photo
taking up space →
← LinkedIn template
   formatting
Cramped text,
inconsistent spacing →
60s
through
CVReady
What you send
Sarah Johnson
sarah.johnson.work2024@gmail.com +44 7911 123456 London, UK

Experience

Senior Marketing Manager
TechCorp Solutions · 2021 – Present · London

Led team of 8 marketing specialists. Increased lead generation by 145% through multi-channel campaigns. Managed £2.5M annual marketing budget.

Marketing Manager
Digital First Agency · 2018 – 2021 · Manchester

Developed and executed marketing strategies for B2B clients. Grew client portfolio revenue by 80%.

Skills

Digital Marketing · Brand Strategy · Team Leadership · Google Analytics · HubSpot · Budget Management

← Clean header,
   no photo clutter
← Consistent
   formatting
← Easy to scan,
   client-ready
45 min 60 sec
Processing time
??? 100%
Format consistency
manual instant
Search & filter

Everything included in CVReady

Not a long list of vague features. Here's what the tool actually does.

Universal file support

PDF, Word, plain text, images, LinkedIn exports—if it has text, we can process it. You'll never need to ask a candidate to resend in a different format.

Bulk upload (up to 100 CVs at once) Most used

Drag and drop an entire folder. Watch them process in parallel. Average bulk job of 50 CVs completes in under 15 minutes.

AI-powered extraction with Claude

Powered by Anthropic's Claude, one of the most capable AI systems available. It understands context, handles messy formatting, and produces accurate extractions even from creative templates.

Automatic tagging and categorization

Each CV is automatically tagged with profession, skills, and seniority level. Makes filtering and searching your library actually useful.

PDF and Word export

Download polished PDFs to send directly to clients. Need to make edits? Download the Word version and tweak whatever you need.

Team workspaces New

Invite team members to share a CV library. Everyone sees the same candidates. Owner controls who can view, edit, or upload.

Job posting pages New

Create branded job posting pages with a unique URL. Share them anywhere. When candidates apply, their CVs are automatically processed and added to your library.

Custom workspace branding

Add your agency logo and brand colors. Every exported CV carries your branding, not ours. Your clients see your brand, not a software watermark.

Things we could be clearer about

Every tool has tradeoffs. Here's what CVReady does well and where it has limits.

CVReady is great for...

  • Processing high volumes of CVs quickly and consistently
  • Agencies that need to standardize submissions for clients
  • Teams that want a shared, searchable CV library
  • Situations where candidates send CVs in every possible format
  • Reducing time spent on repetitive formatting work

CVReady isn't ideal for...

  • Heavily designed creative roles where portfolio matters more than CV
  • One-off CV formatting (the free tier handles occasional use fine)
  • Companies that need deep ATS integration (we're a processing tool, not an ATS)
  • Situations where you need pixel-perfect control over output design

"We went from spending 30+ hours a week on CV formatting to maybe 3 hours total. The time we got back let us actually talk to more candidates and close more placements. I genuinely don't know how we operated before this."

SM

Sarah Mitchell

Recruitment Manager, Talent First Agency

Simple pricing based on volume

Start free. Upgrade when you need more. No contracts, cancel anytime.

Free

€0

forever

  • 20 CVs per month
  • All file formats supported
  • PDF and Word export
  • 2 team members
Get started free

Business

€1,190

per month

  • 1,500 CVs per month
  • Everything in Professional
  • 50 team members
  • Priority support
  • Custom integrations
Contact sales

All prices in EUR. Need more volume? Contact us for enterprise pricing.

Questions people actually ask

What happens if the AI extracts something incorrectly?

Accuracy is typically 95%+ for structured CVs, slightly lower for very creative layouts. Every processed CV includes the original file, so you can always check. You can also edit any extraction in the Word export. We're constantly improving the extraction and welcome feedback on edge cases.

Is candidate data secure?

Yes. We're hosted on EU servers (Hetzner, Germany), fully GDPR compliant, and offer a Data Processing Agreement for customers who need it. Data is encrypted in transit and at rest. We don't train AI models on your data.

Can I customize the output template?

Currently, we offer a professional standard template that works well for most use cases. You can add your own logo and brand colors. Full template customization is on our roadmap for later this year.

What if I run out of credits mid-month?

You can purchase additional credits anytime without changing your plan. Extra credits don't expire and are used only after your monthly allocation runs out.

How does team access work?

You create a workspace and invite team members by email. They'll get their own login and see all CVs in the shared library. The workspace owner manages permissions and billing.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. No contracts, no cancellation fees. If you cancel, you keep access until the end of your billing period. You can export all your data before leaving.

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