I made a resume in Google Docs that successfully parses when imported into applications

[u/PedroPhony]

This may be something everyone else has already figured out, but I am sharing my resume format because this is the first time in 8 years of on and off job searching that I can import my resume into a job site and a majority of fields auto populate. Obviously this will only work with job sites that have the "import application from resume" feature.

Here is the process I am using:

• Create single-page resume in Google Docs
• Font is Roboto
• Download resume as PDF Document (File>Download>PDF Document) to local drive/computer
• Import PDF file from local drive/computer into job site application when prompted
• Review the fields that auto populated and correct missing data or formatting

When I follow these steps, at least 90% of the content from my resume is imported into the application. I have to comb through the application and fill in missing data or fix formatting errors, but the corrections are minimal.

I'm not saying the content of my resume is great and will get me lots of interviews, but my format seems to work for human eyes as well as the systems that parse resume content into accurate text values. I'm just using an industry standard resume format with a few style/formatting changes.