crossposted from LinkedIn

TL;DR: Why isn’t there a universal data-format for résumés?

So, here’s a thing.

A lot of job application sites will ask you to upload a résumé (henceforth “CV”) and then attempt to parse it out into something more like a set of database entries, presumably with the idea of making it easier for prospective employers to search for people with particular types of experience.

The problem is, the parsing software they all seem to use is hot garbage.

I thought at first it was something to do with my CV’s