SmartCVs

Free CV check for job seekers

Find out why your CV isn't getting you interviews.

Upload your CV and see what's holding it back. Then tailor it to any job in one click.

  • See which of the job's requirements your CV misses
  • Get a tailored CV and a matching cover letter for every job
  • Nothing invented: your real experience, reworded for the job

Free. No signup. PDF or Word.

Built in New Zealand. Works with job ads from SEEK, Trade Me, LinkedIn and more.

Your CV stays private. We never sell your data.

From a profile to an interview in four steps. A warehouse operator's profile holds her work history, skills, certifications and education. A Warehouse Team Leader job ad asks for leading a team, training new staff, RF scanners and a forklift licence, and each is found in her profile. SmartCVs writes a new CV for that job from those parts, and the match climbs to 82%. Then the employer sends an interview invitation.
job ads scanned against a CV
13,000+
job seekers signed up
1,400+
profiles built, ready to tailor
1,300+

From our own data, counted in September 2026.

Why your CV gets ignored

Software often reads your CV before a person does.

Job sites and many employers screen applications with software, often an applicant tracking system (ATS). It reads your CV, looks for the job ad's words and ranks every applicant. If it can't read your layout or find those words, you sink down the list, and a person may never see your CV.

Job sites
SEEKTrade Me JobsLinkedIn
Hiring systems
WorkableWorkdaySuccessFactorsGreenhouseLever
An applicant tracking system reads a CV for a Graduate Accountant job. It can't read the work history, which is set in columns, and finds only one of the job's four key words, the accounting degree, but not Xero, reconciliations or GST returns. The CV scores 31% and is ranked below the shortlist, so nobody reviews it.

How it works

Build your profile once. Tailor it to every job.

Your first tailored CV takes about three minutes. Every one after that takes about one.

  1. 1About 2 min, once

    Build your profile

    Import your current CV or your LinkedIn profile, or fill it in yourself. You check everything before it's saved.

  2. 210 sec

    Add the job

    Paste the job ad, or send it from any job site with the SmartCVs browser extension.

  3. 3About 1 min

    Get your tailored CV and cover letter

    Your CV, rewritten for this job from your real experience, and a matching cover letter. Edit anything, then download.

Start with a free check. No signup. PDF or Word.

Straight from employers' career sites

5,095 jobs in New Zealand, most not on the usual job boards

Collected from employers' own career pages twice a day. Apply directly with the employer, and tailor your CV to each job before you do.

Browse by field or region

See all 5,095 jobs in New Zealand

Before and after

Same experience. A far stronger match.

SmartCVs tailors the CV you already have. Nothing is added that isn't yours: it's the same experience, told the way this employer is looking for it.

  1. 1Reads what the job ad asks for
  2. 2Rewrites each line in the ad's own words
  3. 3Puts what the employer wants first

An example for a Chef de Partie job. Your result depends on your experience and the job.

An example CV for Sione Latu, a line cook, being tailored for a Chef de Partie job. SmartCVs reads the job ad, then rewrites the summary in the ad's words, turns 'in charge of the grill' into 'ran the grill section', sharpens the food safety line and reorders the skills. The match rises from 54%, worth a go, to 82%, a strong match, and nothing is invented.

What you get

Everything you need to land the interview.

Apply with a CV that answers the job ad

SmartCVs reads what the job asks for and shows which parts your CV answers and which it misses. Then it rewrites your CV around them, from your real experience, and drafts a cover letter that makes the same case.

Tailored CVsCover letters
A radar chart of what a Software Developer job asks for across skills, experience, qualifications, domain knowledge, working with people and availability. On its own the CV answers 54%, weakest on skills and domain knowledge. Tailored, it answers 82%, with skills rising from 35% to 75%.

  • Get found by recruiters

    See your LinkedIn profile the way a recruiter does, what's holding it back, and rewrites for your headline and About section.

    LinkedIn optimizer

  • Find the jobs that fit you

    Ask the Career Coach which jobs suit you. It searches thousands of live New Zealand jobs for the ones that fit your experience, then helps you prepare for the interview.

    Career Coach

  • Send a job ad from any site

    Highlight the ad on SEEK, LinkedIn or any job site, right-click, and it's in SmartCVs, ready to tailor.

    Browser extension

  • Know where every application stands

    Every job you've applied for on one board, from to apply to offer, with its CV and cover letter attached.

    Job tracker

You stay in control

Every word on your CV is still yours.

  • Nothing invented

    Your real experience, reworded for the job. If a rewrite adds a number your record doesn't have, it's thrown out and we tell you.

  • See every change

    Each tailored CV lists what we changed and why. Edit anything before you send it.

  • Your data is never sold

    And the AI we use keeps nothing: your CV isn't stored by it or used to train it.

  • Leave whenever you like

    Close your account any time, and ask us to erase everything in it.

Read our privacy policyHow we keep your data safe

Reviews

Job seekers, in their own words.

From people who used SmartCVs and agreed to share how it went.

Career Coach

I came from Colombo with 9 years in banking and kept getting rejected without interviews. The AI coach pointed out my CV was written like a Sri Lankan CV, too long and listing duties instead of results. Rewrote it with SmartCVs, applied to 6 roles, got 3 interviews. Started at an insurance company last week. Thank you so much.

3 interviews from 6 applications, now in insurance

Nadeesha WickramasingheAuckland, NZ

Pricing

Free to check. Pro when you're applying seriously.

Free to start, no card needed. Cancel Pro any time.

Free

US$0

forever

Start today, no card needed

Free includes:

  • 3 job scans a week
  • A tailored CV and cover letter for every scan
  • Job tracker
  • One LinkedIn review: your score and every problem it finds
  • Career Coach: 2 messages to try it

Best value

Pro, quarterly

US$15

per month

Billed as US$45 every 3 months

Save 25% on monthly

Get Pro quarterly

Everything in Free, plus:

  • Unlimited job scans
  • The full LinkedIn optimizer, with ready-to-paste rewrites
  • Unlimited Career Coach: New Zealand jobs that fit you, and interview practice
  • Browser extension: send a job from any site
  • As many CVs of your own as you like
  • Priority support

Pro, monthly

US$20

per month

Billed as US$20 every month

Get Pro monthly

Everything in Free, plus:

  • Unlimited job scans
  • The full LinkedIn optimizer, with ready-to-paste rewrites
  • Unlimited Career Coach: New Zealand jobs that fit you, and interview practice
  • Browser extension: send a job from any site
  • As many CVs of your own as you like
  • Priority support

Prices in USD. Cancel any time. Secure payment by Stripe.

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FAQ

Questions, answered.

Something else on your mind? Email support@smartcvs.ai and a person will reply.

Is SmartCVs free?

Yes. The free plan gives you 3 job scans a week, each with a tailored CV and a matching cover letter, plus the job tracker. Pro removes the weekly limit and adds the full LinkedIn optimizer, the browser extension and the Career Coach without limits.

Will employers know I used AI?

There's no watermark or SmartCVs label on your CV or cover letter. Everything in them is your own experience, and you can edit any line so it sounds like you before you send it.

Does it make things up?

No. It rewords and reorders what's already in your profile. It has no way to add an employer you never worked for, and if a rewrite adds a number your record doesn't have, it's thrown out. Every CV comes with a list of what changed.

Is my data safe?

Your CV stays private to your account and we never sell your data. The AI we use runs with zero data retention, so it doesn't keep your CV or train on it. You can close your account at any time, and ask us to erase everything in it.

How we keep your data safe
Can I use a PDF or Word file?

Yes. Start from your current CV as a PDF, a Word document (.docx) or even a photo of it. Every tailored CV and cover letter downloads as PDF or Word.

Does it work in my country?

Yes. SmartCVs tailors your CV to whatever job ad you give it, from any job site in any country. It's built in New Zealand, and CVs come out on A4, the page size used in New Zealand, Australia, the UK and most of the world.

CV or resume, which do I need?

For most jobs they're the same thing: a short document that sells you for one role. New Zealand, Australia, the UK and most countries call it a CV. The US and Canada call it a resume, and use "CV" for a longer academic record. Whichever you call it, SmartCVs makes the short, tailored kind employers ask for.

Can I cancel Pro any time?

Yes. Pro is paid monthly or quarterly with no lock-in. Cancel from your account whenever you like and you keep Pro until the end of the period you've paid for.

Make your next application the one that gets read.

Upload your CV and see what's holding it back. Then tailor it to the job in one click.

Free. No signup. PDF or Word.

Questions first? Email support@smartcvs.ai.