Build an ATS-Friendly CV

Over 75% of CVs are rejected by Applicant Tracking Systems before a human ever sees them. Bliply creates CVs that pass automated screening and impress hiring managers.

Create Your ATS-Friendly CV — Free

What is an ATS?

An Applicant Tracking System (ATS) is software that companies use to manage job applications. Before your CV reaches a recruiter, the ATS scans it for relevant keywords, parses your experience, and assigns a match score.

If your CV uses complex formatting, tables, images, or non-standard headings, the ATS may fail to read it correctly — even if your qualifications are perfect for the role. This means your application gets filtered out automatically.

Popular ATS systems include Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, Taleo, and iCIMS. Each has slightly different parsing capabilities, but they all favor clean, well-structured documents.

How Bliply makes your CV ATS-friendly

Clean, parseable formatting

No tables, text boxes, or fancy layouts that confuse ATS systems. Our templates use clean HTML structure that machines can read perfectly.

Standard section headings

ATS software looks for headings like "Work Experience", "Education", and "Skills". Bliply uses the exact headings that systems expect.

Keyword optimization

Our AI analyzes job descriptions and naturally incorporates relevant keywords into your CV, improving your match score without keyword stuffing.

Proper date formatting

Consistent date formats that ATS systems can parse. No ambiguous ranges or creative date displays that cause parsing errors.

PDF that preserves structure

Our PDFs are generated from structured HTML, so text is selectable and properly ordered — not a flat image that ATS systems can't read.

Contact info in the right place

Name, email, phone, and location are placed where ATS systems look for them. No hidden headers or footers that get skipped.

12 ATS-optimized templates

Every Bliply template is designed to be both visually appealing and fully ATS-compatible. Browse our collection to find your style.

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Deep dive: ATS optimization tips

Read our detailed guide with 7 practical tips for getting past automated CV screening.

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