CV Optimiser guide
ATS-friendly formatting is mostly about making your CV easy to parse. Good design is fine, but essential content must remain readable in plain text.
Use standard headings, reverse chronological experience, simple bullet points and a clear skills section. Keep job titles, employers and dates easy to scan. Save decorative elements for non-essential details.
Avoid putting key content inside images, icons, text boxes or complex tables. Also avoid clever headings that ATS systems and recruiters may not recognise.
CV Optimiser checks readability, structure and keyword match so you can spot formatting and relevance issues before applying.
Start with relevance. Your CV should show the target role, the right evidence and the language from the job description in the first page.
Add the important keywords you can honestly support with experience. A smaller number of well-evidenced terms is better than a long list that feels forced.
It can happen if core content is hidden in tables, images or unusual layouts. Clear headings, plain text order and readable bullet points are safer.
It compares your CV with a job description, shows missing keywords and highlights the fixes most likely to improve your CV match.
Paste your CV and a job description into CV Optimiser to get a more detailed match report.