Avoid rebuilding your work history
Roles, dates and bullet points come across as they are written, so nothing has to be retyped.
Import Your Resume and Edit It Online
Upload your existing resume in PDF, DOCX, or DOC format. CVlume turns the content into editable resume sections so you can update, reorganize, and export it without starting over.
Drop your resume file here
One file at a time, up to 10 MB. The original file stays exactly as it is — we only read a copy of the text.
PDF · DOCX · DOC
Why import an existing resume?
Your history is already written. Importing moves it into a place where updating it takes minutes instead of an evening.
Keep your existing content
Import preserves your content. Nothing is rewritten, shortened or generated unless you ask for it.
Move everything into structured sections
Experience, Education and Skills become real fields instead of loose paragraphs in a document.
Change templates without rewriting
Once the content is structured, a different layout is one click — the text stays where it belongs.
Export a fresh PDF
Download a clean, selectable-text PDF whenever you need one, and keep the editable version for next time.
What can be imported?
The most common resume format. Text-based files import directly. Scanned or image-only PDFs cannot be read — the file needs selectable text.
DOCX
Word files from Microsoft 365, Google Docs exports, Pages exports and most other editors.
DOC
The older Word format, including files saved years ago on a machine you no longer use.
What happens after import?
1 · Upload
Pick the file from your computer or drag it onto the page.
2 · Text extracted
Every line of readable text is pulled out of the document.
3 · Sections structured
Experience, Education and Skills are separated and labelled.
4 · Review the draft
See what was recognised and reassign anything placed wrongly.
5 · Edit and export
Adjust the text, choose a template and download the CV.
Importing a specific format?
Importing a PDF?
PDF to ResumeUsing a Word document?
DOCX to ResumeComing from LinkedIn?
LinkedIn to CVQuestions about importing
Yes. Age does not matter as long as the file opens. Files saved a decade ago in .doc import the same way as a document you exported this morning.
No. Import copies your sentences across unchanged. Any rewriting or shortening is a separate action you start yourself in the editor.
Yes. Every section, entry and bullet point is editable, and you can add, delete or reorder them like any CV built in CVlume from scratch.
PDF, DOCX and DOC. If you have something else — Pages, ODT, a Google Doc — export it to PDF or DOCX first and import that file. Scanned image-only PDFs are not supported.