ATS-Friendly CV

An applicant tracking system turns your CV into fields — name, job titles, dates, skills. An ATS-friendly CV makes that easy. It doesn't have to look plain or boring; it just keeps the information where software expects it:

• Real, selectable text — not words baked into an image or a scan.
• Standard headings such as Experience, Education and Skills.
• A simple reading order: one column, or a clear main column with a narrow side column.
• Consistent dates in one format throughout.
• The role's keywords, written the way the posting writes them.

Recruiters search their ATS for skills and job titles. If the parser skipped your experience because it sat in a text box, or read two columns as one jumbled line, those searches won't surface you — however strong your background. The usual troublemakers are tables used for layout, contact details tucked into headers and footers, icons in place of words and unusual fonts. Some application portals show you what they parsed right after the upload; a messy result there is a sign your file needs simplifying.

Twin CV's CV designs are drawn as real text, not pictures, and the gallery's Simple & ATS-friendly filter shows the plainest ones. For strict portals choose Plain ATS — one column of real text. Then run the ATS score for a score out of 100 and a short list of fixes; it weighs structure, completeness, keywords, evidence and consistency. The ATS score is part of Premium.