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✦ AI CV formatting for recruiters

Cut 90% of the time spent formatting CVs

FormatMyCV turns any candidate CV — PDF, Word, scan or LinkedIn profile — into a polished document in your agency's branded template in seconds. Your consultants review, click export and get back to placing candidates.

  • 10 CVs free, no card
  • Unlimited team seats
  • Custom template in 48 hours

Used by consultants at leading recruitment and search firms

BoydenMichael PageKorn FerryHaysHeidrick & StrugglesStanton ChaseSpencer Stuart
The problem

Formatting is the hidden tax on every recruitment desk

Every CV that reaches a client has to look like it came from your agency. Doing that by hand is slow, inconsistent and nobody's favourite job.

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Where the hours go

Twenty to forty minutes per CV, every CV

A typical manual reformat means copying text out of the candidate's file, pasting it into the agency template, fixing fonts and bullet styles, removing contact details, re-ordering sections and checking dates line by line. For a consultant sending 15 CVs a week that is a full working day — every week — spent on document admin.

Worse, the result varies by consultant. Clients notice when two shortlists from the same agency look different.

  • Copy-paste errors in dates and job titles
  • Inconsistent fonts, spacing and section order
  • Contact details accidentally left in
  • Late-evening formatting before a client deadline
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What changes

One click, one house style, every time

FormatMyCV removes the retyping entirely. The AI reads the CV, structures it and applies your template, so every consultant produces the same polished document — whether it is their first CV of the day or their fiftieth.

The time you win back goes where it earns fees: calling candidates, briefing clients and closing placements.

  • Consistent branding across every consultant and office
  • Faster submissions — first to the client often wins
  • Fewer errors, because nothing is retyped
  • A better candidate and client experience
How it works

Raw CV to client-ready in three steps

No integration project, no training course. Most teams format their first real CV within five minutes of signing up.

  1. Upload any CV

    Drag and drop a PDF, Word document, scanned image or LinkedIn URL — or simply forward the CV to your FormatMyCV email address. Single files or batches of up to 100.

  2. AI structures and brands it

    The engine extracts every section, standardises dates and headings, and pours the content into your branded template with your fonts, colours, logo and section order.

  3. Review, anonymise, export

    Tweak anything inline, remove identifying details with one click if needed, then export as PDF, Word or a secure link ready to send to the client.

Why agencies choose us

Built around how recruitment teams actually work

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For consultants

Less admin, more billable conversations

Consultants stay in control: the AI does the heavy lifting, they make the judgement calls. Edit any line before export, or switch templates for a specific client in one click.

  • Inline editing before export
  • Per-client templates
  • Secure links you can revoke
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For team leads & owners

A single brand standard across every desk

Managers finally get one consistent output across offices and consultants. Unlimited seats mean you can roll FormatMyCV out to the whole team without a per-user budget conversation.

  • Unlimited seats on every plan
  • Usage visible per team
  • Encrypted storage with audit logs
Results

What FormatMyCV changes for a desk

Figures reported by FormatMyCV customers. Your results depend on CV volume and how your team formats today.

90%less formatting timeReported by customers moving from manual formatting
200+recruitment teamsUsing FormatMyCV worldwide
48hcustom template buildTypical turnaround from reference file to live template
100CVs per batchBulk processing on the Pro plan
Templates

Start with a beautiful default — or bring your own

Four professionally designed starter templates cover most markets. Or send us your existing house-style CV and we will rebuild it exactly.

Minimal

Clean and modern, ideal for tech, start-ups and creative roles.

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Classic

Traditional and conservative for finance, legal and the public sector.

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Academic

Serif typography and room for publications, grants and research.

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Modern

A bold colour band and two-column layout for sales and marketing.

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Compare

Manual formatting, generic AI chatbots — or a tool built for recruiters

General-purpose chatbots can rewrite text, but they cannot reliably reproduce a branded layout or anonymise a whole batch.

Time estimates are typical ranges reported by recruitment teams; your figures will vary.
Manual (Word)Generic AI chatbotFormatMyCV
Time per CV20–40 minutes5–15 minutes plus clean-upSeconds, plus a quick review
Exact agency brandingYes, if done carefullyNo — layout is lost✓ Yes
Reads scans and imagesRetype by handUnreliable✓ Yes
Batch of 100 CVsDays of workOne at a time✓ Yes
One-click anonymisationManual redactionInconsistent✓ Yes
Consistency across consultantsVaries by personVaries by promptIdentical every time
Candidate data handlingLocal files and emailDepends on the toolEncrypted, access-controlled
Customer stories

Loved by recruiters at the firms you know

★★★★★

“Format My CV is brilliant — our consultants save roughly 80% of their time. After years of searching, nothing else came close on accuracy.”

BoydenCustomer support
★★★★★

“CV wait times, admin overhead and ChatGPT chaos — all solved. What used to take hours now takes minutes.”

Michael PageTime saved
★★★★★

“We're sending close to 50 formatted CVs to clients each week. Genuinely an incredible find for high-volume desks.”

Korn FerryHigh volume

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Pricing

Simple pricing that scales with your desk

Pay for the CVs you format, not for seats. Every plan includes unlimited users.

Trial

See the quality on your own CVs.

$0
up to 10 CVs · no card
  • AI-powered CV formatting
  • FormatMyCV templates
  • Branding & logo customisation
  • Unlimited team seats
Start free

Pro

For high-volume and multi-office teams.

$500/month
up to 700 CVs per month
  • Everything in Essential
  • Bulk processing, 100 CVs per batch
  • Premium templates + full branding control
  • Priority support
Choose Pro

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Find the plan that fits your volume

Drag the sliders: we recommend the right plan and show the hours and money your team gets back.

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How many CVs a month?

Assumes about 2 minutes per CV with FormatMyCV, including a consultant review. Figures are estimates.

Recommended plan

Essential$250/mo

Up to 300 CVs a month, with 1 custom branded template included.

90hours saved / month
$5,400time value recovered
$0.83plan cost per CV
22×return on plan cost
Start with Essential
Who it is for

One formatting engine, every kind of recruitment team

Getting started

Up and running in a day

A typical rollout for a 10–50 person agency.

  1. Day 1 — Sign up and test

    Create a free account, upload 10 real CVs and compare the output with your current process.

  2. Day 1 — Send your house style

    Email us your existing branded CV; our designers start building your custom template.

  3. Day 2–3 — Template goes live

    Review your pixel-perfect template, request tweaks, and set it as the team default.

  4. Week 1 — Invite the team

    Add every consultant (seats are unlimited) and switch on email-based formatting.

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Security

Candidate data, handled carefully

Recruiters handle sensitive personal data every day. FormatMyCV is built so that formatting never becomes a data-protection risk.

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  • Encrypted in transit and at rest — CVs are protected from upload to export.
  • Access controls and audit logs — only your workspace can see your candidates, and exports are logged.
  • Retrieve or delete on demand — respond quickly to candidate data requests.
  • GDPR-friendly workflows — anonymise before sharing and keep only what each stage needs.
  • No copy-pasting into public chatbots — consultants use the AI tools inside the FormatMyCV editor instead.

Read the privacy policy

Why now

Why agencies are automating CV formatting now

Speed wins placements

Clients increasingly work with several suppliers at once. The first strong, well-presented CV usually gets the interview.

Blind hiring is growing

More clients ask for anonymised CVs as part of DE&I commitments — manual redaction does not scale.

AI is finally accurate enough

Modern extraction reads designed PDFs, scans and many languages reliably, so review takes a minute rather than a rewrite.

FAQ

Answers before you ask

What is FormatMyCV?

FormatMyCV is AI CV formatting software built for recruitment agencies, staffing firms and executive search teams. It reads a candidate CV in any format, identifies every section — contact details, summary, experience, education, skills — and rebuilds it in your agency's branded template automatically.

Consultants review the result, optionally anonymise it for a blind shortlist, and export a client-ready PDF, Word document or secure link. Customers report cutting formatting time by up to 90%.

How accurate is the AI formatting?

The extraction engine is trained on hundreds of thousands of real CVs across languages and layouts. Most CVs come out client-ready on the first pass; anything that needs a tweak can be edited inline in seconds before export, so a consultant always signs off the final document.

Can I use my own branded template?

Yes. Every plan supports your logo and colours, and Essential and Pro include a bespoke, pixel-perfect template built by our design team from your existing house-style CV — typically within 48 hours.

Does FormatMyCV anonymise candidate data?

Yes. One click removes names, contact details, photos, addresses and other identifying information to create a blind CV. It works on a single CV or a whole batch, which is useful for DE&I processes and confidential executive shortlists.

Which file types are supported?

PDF (text-based or scanned), Word DOCX, JPG and PNG images, and LinkedIn profile URLs. You can also forward CVs to a dedicated email address and receive the formatted version back.

Is there a free trial?

Yes. The Trial plan formats up to 10 CVs free with no credit card required — the quickest way to judge output quality on your own candidates.

How does team pricing work?

Every plan includes unlimited team seats. You pay for the volume of CVs you format, not for headcount, so adding a new consultant costs nothing.

Is candidate data secure?

All data is encrypted in transit and at rest, with access controls, audit logs and GDPR-friendly workflows on every plan. Records can be retrieved or deleted on demand.

Ready to give your recruiters their week back?

Upload a handful of real candidate CVs, pick a template and compare the output with what your team produces by hand today.

Unlimited team seats on every plan · Cancel anytime · GDPR-friendly
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