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CV formatting for recruitment agencies with Recruitly

Recruitly parses any CV and turns it into your branded agency format, with an AI rewrite a consultant checks. One user from about $25£19€23A$36C$36 a month.

At a glance

  • What it costs$160£120€143A$230C$226 a month

  • Worth, in extra profit or time saved in the worked example$718£540€643A$1,037C$1,015 a month

  • Pays for itselfIn about a week

  • Sign up and configure; no technical skills neededEasy to set up

Figures come from the worked example below, using its stated assumptions. Tool prices checked . How we check prices

The problem

Every CV a client sees has to go out in your agency's format, and reformatting by hand is slow. A two-consultant agency sending 25 CVs a week to clients at 15 minutes each spends over 6 hours a week, about 27 hours a month, retyping and tidying documents.

What the AI does

Recruitly parses a CV as it comes in, in any format, and turns it into a document in your agency's branded template. Its site says the AI can rewrite a CV to bring forward the skills most relevant to a role without inventing or changing facts, and that branded templates, AI rewriting and watermarking are on every plan, including Free, with no per-CV charge. A consultant reads every formatted CV against the original before it goes to a client, removes contact details the client shouldn't have yet, and checks the candidate has agreed to be put forward for that role.

A worked example

A two-consultant permanent recruitment agency in Nottingham places office and finance staff. Both consultants format CVs by hand in Word before sending them to clients, about 25 a week between them.

Before

25 CVs a week at 15 minutes each: about 27 hours a month

After

If formatting plus a check takes 5 minutes each: 125 minutes a week, about 9 hours a month

What it's worth

About $718£540€643A$1,037C$1,015 a month saved, against $160£120€143A$230C$226 for the software. About 18 hours a month saved (27 hours down to 9), worth about $718£540€643A$1,037C$1,015 if a consultant's time is worth $40£30€36A$58C$56 an hour, and if the 5-minute check holds (an assumption to test in the 14-day trial). Cost: Professional is $80 (about $80£60€71A$115C$113) per user a month, so about $160£120€143A$230C$226 for two consultants; Solo at $25 (about $25£19€23A$36C$36) covers one user only.

How to set it up

  1. Start the 14-day trial (no card needed) and set up your agency's CV template with your logo and the sections you always include.
  2. Import 10 recent CVs in different formats and compare Recruitly's formatted versions with the ones you actually sent.
  3. Set house rules for the AI rewrite, such as no changes to job titles, dates or qualifications, and test them on a few CVs.
  4. Have a consultant check every formatted CV against the original before it goes to a client, and remove the candidate's contact details if your terms say so.
  5. Note on the candidate's record that they agreed to be put forward for that role before you send anything.

What goes wrong

  • An AI rewrite can shift emphasis in a way the candidate wouldn't recognize. Keep facts, dates and grades exactly as the candidate gave them, and if in doubt send the parsed version without the rewrite.
  • Solo is for one user only. With two or more consultants you need Professional at $80 (about $80£60€71A$115C$113) per user, which is where the cost here comes from.
  • AI agent actions are a separate pay-as-you-go add-on at $0.50 to $3.00 per action. The site says CV rewriting is included, but check which actions are charged before turning any agent on.
  • Parsing can misread tables, columns and graphics-heavy CVs. Check names, dates and employers on every one.

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Last updated October 17, 2026.