Free CV check for job seekers
Upload your CV and see what's holding it back. Then tailor it to any job in one click.
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 our own data, counted in September 2026.
Why your CV gets ignored
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.
How it works
Your first tailored CV takes about three minutes. Every one after that takes about one.
Import your current CV or your LinkedIn profile, or fill it in yourself. You check everything before it's saved.
Paste the job ad, or send it from any job site with the SmartCVs browser extension.
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.
Before and after
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.
An example for a Chef de Partie job. Your result depends on your experience and the job.
What you get
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.
See your LinkedIn profile the way a recruiter does, what's holding it back, and rewrites for your headline and About section.
Ask what they're likely to ask. The coach has read the job ad and your profile, so it knows where they'll push.
Highlight the ad on SEEK, LinkedIn or any job site, right-click, and it's in SmartCVs, ready to tailor.
Every job you've applied for on one board, from to apply to offer, with its CV and cover letter attached.
You stay in control
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.
Each tailored CV lists what we changed and why. Edit anything before you send it.
And the AI we use keeps nothing: your CV isn't stored by it or used to train it.
Close your account any time, and ask us to erase everything in it.
Pricing
Free to start, no card needed. Cancel Pro any time.
US$0
forever
Start today, no card needed
Free includes:
Best value
US$15
per month
Billed as US$45 every 3 months
Save 25% on monthly
Everything in Free, plus:
US$20
per month
Billed as US$20 every month
Everything in Free, plus:
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FAQ
Something else on your mind? Email support@smartcvs.ai and a person will reply.
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 unlimited interview coaching.
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.
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.
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 safeYes. 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
