CV Studio
Six single-column templates built for applicant tracking systems, a live readiness score with fix-it guidance, and real PDF/Word export — from Priya Life Science, for the pharma, biotech and MedTech community in Ireland.
Six ATS-safe layouts plus designed options. Switch any time — your content stays.
Start blank, load the example, or upload an existing CV (PDF, Word or text) to edit here.
A weighted ATS score with a "fix these first" list and a plain-English reason for every check.
Real PDF and .docx files with genuine text layers — not images, not fake formats.
ATS-friendly by design - build your CV, not a fully AI-written one. Every template exports real, selectable text; switch any time without losing your content.
Weighted check of what ATS parsers and recruiters actually trip on. Parse-blockers count 3×, content 2×, polish 1×. Every warning has a How to fix with an example.
What happens when you apply: the portal (Workday, Greenhouse, Taleo, SmartRecruiters…) first extracts your CV's text, then maps it into a candidate record - name, contact, job titles, dates, skills. Recruiters then search and filter those records by keywords, titles and location. A CV that parses badly isn't "auto-rejected" - it becomes invisible in those searches, which ends the same way.
How the score is built: each check is weighted by how much it hurts. Parse-blockers (contact details, characters the PDF would drop, section headings the parser can't map) weigh 3×. Content strength (dates, quantified bullets, skills) weighs 2×. Recruiter-polish items weigh 1×. Checks that don't apply yet (e.g. bullet quality before you've added a role) are excluded rather than counted as passes - an empty CV scores near zero, not 50.
Score bands: 80+ ready to send · 55-79 good, quick wins left · below 55 fix the red items first.
What this can't measure: whether your wording matches a specific job advert. For that, paste the job description into the Keywords panel on the Edit tab - it does stemmed, phrase-aware matching against this CV.
Myth check: "the ATS rejects 75% of CVs before a human sees them" is folklore. Knockout questions and recruiters do the rejecting. Your job here is simpler: parse cleanly, surface the right keywords, and give the human a reason to call you.
Workday-class portals never show the recruiter your PDF first: they flatten it to text, map that into a structured candidate record (title, employer, dates, skills), and recruiters search that record. This simulation runs your CV's extracted text back through a parser so you can see what lands where. It's our generic parser, not Workday's own - treat a ✕ as an early warning, not gospel.
No AI subscription or tech skills needed. CV Studio writes an expert prompt for you - you paste it into the free ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini chat and paste the answer back. Nothing is sent anywhere by this page; your data goes only where you paste it.
Open the job ad (LinkedIn, IrishJobs, the company site), select all of its text, copy it, and paste it in the box below. This is what the AI tailors your CV against.
No job listing yet? You can skip this step - “Improve my bullets” in step 2 works without one.
Click one button. Everything the AI needs (your CV, the job listing and expert instructions) is copied to your clipboard in one go - you don't write anything yourself.
For “Tailor my CV” or “Improve my bullets”: copy the AI's whole reply, paste it below and click Apply - your CV updates instantly.
Your current CV is kept in File → My CVs slots - save a copy first if you want an undo point.
Upload a PDF, Word (.docx) or text file - or paste the text - we'll extract your details into the editor for review. Parsing is heuristic: check each section after import.
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