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
Make sure the CV has a First name and Last name for the Candidate.
Not essential, but a City or State/Country of where the Candidate is from.
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.
The use of simple fonts like Helvetica, Arial, Times New Roman, Courier New, that can be used and read across different platforms.
Don'ts
File size cannot be over 8mb.
Avoid the use of headers and tables, as this can diminish the parsing accuracy rates.
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.
Avoid the use of graphics, photos or other Word Art.
Avoid CVs being saved as a image.
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:
PDF
Microsoft Word (doc, docx)
HTML
WordPad / Rich Text Format (rtf)
Plain Text (txt)
OpenOffice Writer (odt)
Apple iWork Pages
Authored by Mir Hussain - Application Support Analyst @ Mercury