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Uploading vs. pasting your résumé

Pull text out of a Word or PDF file, or paste it — then check what came through.

  1. 1

    Upload a file

    In the Your résumé box, drag a .docx, .pdf, .txt or .md file onto the upload area, or click to choose one. Files up to 10 MB work.

  2. 2

    Or paste

    Copy the text of your résumé and paste it straight into the big box.

  3. 3

    Check the extracted text

    After uploading, the text appears in the box. Scan it for broken lines, missing dates or odd characters, and fix them right there.

  4. 4

    Save

    Press Save intake so the new résumé is used for every draft.

Tips

  • Scanned PDFs (pictures of pages) have no text to extract — paste the text instead.
  • Word files usually extract more cleanly than PDFs.