What
This article explains the Do's and Don'ts of Résumé / CV formatting, and what CV formats are suitable for the Daxtra Parsing engine.
Where
Daxtra is a CV parsing tool which automatically extracts, stores and analyses Candidate CV data in a way that the information is then able to be categorised, coded, sorted and searched. This is all automated and sent to the Mercury CRM for the Recruiter.
How
Do's
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Make sure the CV has a First name and Last name for the Candidate.
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Not essential, but a City or State/Country of where the Candidate is from.
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Make sure the CV has at least one telephone number and/or email address - without one of these contact details, then the parsing tool will fail as this is a mandatory item of Candidate information that it expects to find and be able to read.
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The use of simple fonts like Helvetica, Arial, Times New Roman, Courier New, that can be used and read across different platforms.
Don'ts
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Avoid the use of headers and tables, as this can diminish the parsing accuracy rates.
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Avoid shortening the Candidate's Name or anonymising the CV - this will cause the parser to fail as this is a mandatory field it fully expects to read.
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Avoid the use of graphics, photos or other Word Art.
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Avoid CVs being saved as a image.
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Avoid CVs that contain unconventional or complex layouts like slanted text, text boxes or shapes - these may be misread or completely missed by the parser.
More supporting information from Daxtra: https://info.daxtra.com/blog/resume-secrets
Daxtra formats
Candidate CVs and Job Descriptions come in various formats. For parsing and indexing, Daxtra supports the following document formats:
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PDF
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Microsoft Word (doc, docx)
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HTML
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WordPad / Rich Text Format (rtf)
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Plain Text (txt)
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OpenOffice Writer (odt)
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Apple iWork Pages
Authored by Mir Hussain - Application Support Analyst @ Mercury