The PDF CV, and what replaced it
The two-page PDF is not a bad format. It is a format designed for paper, doing a job that now happens on a phone, in a browser, in about six seconds.
A file cannot be asked a question
Every reader of your CV arrives with a different question, and a PDF answers none of them. The most common outcome is not rejection — it is being filed, because nobody had time to work out whether you fit.
What a live page changes
It is current the day they open it. It reads on a phone. It can be explored rather than skimmed. It tells you it was opened. And the file itself is still there to download, behind a gate that tells you who took it.
- Always current — edit once, every shared link updates
- An assistant that answers what this reader came to ask
- Analytics instead of silence
- The CV download still available, with consent capture
You still need the file
Plenty of processes require an attachment, and your portal carries one. This is not an argument for abandoning the CV — it is an argument against it being the only thing representing you.
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Build your portalQuestions
- Do I still get a downloadable CV?
- Yes. Your portal carries a CV download behind a consent gate, so you find out who took it.
- Will an applicant tracking system read my portal?
- Applicant tracking systems read the file you upload, so keep using your CV where a system asks for one. The portal is the link you send to people.