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AI Resume Builder: Getting started
AI Resume Builder: Getting started
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Turn your candidates' original resumes into AI-powered customizable CVs in seconds. Say goodbye to manually formatting resumes and get ready to streamline and take your candidate submissions to the next level ๐Ÿš€

Follow the steps below to set up your AI-Powered Resume Builder.


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Introduction to AI Resume Builder ๐Ÿ’โ€โ™€๏ธ

Our AI Resume Builder allows you to fully reformat a candidate's original CV transforming it into an AI-Enhanced beautifully branded candidate profile in seconds.

With Candidately's AI-Powered Resume Builder, you can create candidate resume layouts that match your exact needs. Candidately will parse the resume and pre-fill the new candidate profile with their employment history, education, certificates, languages, and more. Plus, you can map any Bullhorn fields of your choice thanks to our field mapping functionalities! But that's not all, you can also enhance your profiles through our ChatGPT integration.

Additionally, with our Data Controls, you can easily anonymize your candidate's data, by removing contact details, hiding employer names, and more.

Last but not least, you can brand your PDFs with your company identity, header, footer, and color codes.

Using these AI-powered resumes ensures that all candidates you submit or market have a coherent and easy-to-review layout, and gives you reliable control of the data you reveal.


Watch our Step-by-Step Video Guide ๐Ÿ“น


Step-by-Step Guide โœ…

Get started with the AI Resume Builder, by following the steps below.


Step 1: Sync your Candidately and Bullhorn accounts

Navigate to Settings -> Integrations -> Bullhorn and click on the Sign in with Bullhorn button to sync all your relevant data between Bullhorn and Candidately.

Next, find the "Activate Shared Lists integration" section on your Bullhorn integration settings on Candidately and turn the switch on and start the sync.


Step 2: Set up Candidately as a custom tab on candidate records in Bullhorn

โ—๐Ÿ“šImportant resources

Read our step-by-step guide on how to add the Candidately custom tab to your Bullhorn candidate records by clicking here๐Ÿ‘ˆ


Step 3: Set up your desired PDF export settings and appearance

3.1. Set up your desired PDF export settings

Navigate to Settings -> Integrations -> Bullhorn -> Export candidate profile to Bullhorn. Select the file type that should be set when syncing a CV/resume to the candidate record in Bullhorn.

3.2. Set up your desired PDF export appearance

Navigate to Settings -> Candidate Settings -> PDF export appearance. Set up your desired resume header and footer, display or hide avatars and icons, and choose your color codes.


Step 4: Customize your Candidate Appearance

Head to Settings -> Candidate appearance to get started. Your Candidate Appearance determines the layout of the content your candidate profiles will have. They are fully customizable and you can create multiple appearances to match your team's different needs.

Candidate Appearances are customizable templates that allow you to rearrange all fields, both default and custom, into unique sections on the candidate profile and candidate internal review form. Additionally, they let you set up your desired visibility settings through the Data Controls section.

  • The Candidate Profile is where you'll control which sections show up upon exporting the CV/Resume.

  • The Candidate Form is where you can add all fields that you want to be able to update/edit manually.

  • Data Controls allow you to select your preferred primary and secondary display candidate names, as well as control the display of the names and locations of the previous workplaces and education facilities.

Candidate Appearances provide the flexibility to mix, match, remove, and move fields and sections, enabling you to create multiple fully customizable candidate layouts that meet your exact needs. Click here to learn more about Candidate Appearances.

Your account comes with a default appearance, we recommend that you customize it to make sure your AI resumes look just how you want them to!

4.1 Review your default appearance. Click on Edit to customize it.

4.2. Add new sections to your candidate appearance:

4.3 Add a section name. Example: Experience.

4.4 Add any fields of your choice such as Employment History, Education, Certificates, Languages, and more.

๐Ÿ’ก Need to create new fields?

Creating new fields in Candidately is very easy and straightforward!
โ€‹Click here to read our article on field management ๐Ÿ‘ˆ

๐Ÿ“š Additional resources

  • To learn more about how Candidately scans and maps the fields from your candidate's resume, read this article.

  • To learn about managing your Candidate Appearances, read this article.


Step 5: Add your new sections and fields to your Candidate form

Remember to add the same sections and fields you have added to the Candidate profile to the Candidate form. If you skip this step, you won't be able to edit the corresponding fields for any AI resume!
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โ€‹5.1 Add the new fields such as Email, Phone Number, Professional Summary, Employment History, and more to the section of your choice.


Step 6: Candidate Data Controls

Select the default Data Controls for your candidate appearance from the corresponding tab. You can select whether you want to hide or show the full name and job title, as well as control the names and locations of the previous workplaces and education facilities.

This is a great way of streamlining the creation of Spec CVs if needed.

๐Ÿ’กImportant:

These settings can also be changed on a candidate-by-candidate basis.


Step 7: Export your first AI-Powered Resume

7.1 Go to any of your candidate profiles: Pick your desired Candidate Appearances. Remember: the candidate appearance will determine the data layout on the resume.

7.2 Review and Edit: Review the profile on the left side of the screen, and make any neccessary edits on the right side by clicking the "Edit" button. In case you are missing fields, or would like to add any, repeat steps 3 and 4.

7.3 Export the AI resume!: Once you are happy with the information displayed in the candidate profile, click the export button at the top to download it as a PDF file, or save it back to Bullhorn. You are now the owner of a beautifully reformatted profile that your clients will love!

๐Ÿ“šAdditional resources

Learn more about editing and using your candidate profiles by clicking here.


๐ŸŽ‰ And you're done!

Your AI-powered Resumes are ready to shine. You're now fully equipped to present your candidates in the most professional and polished way possible.


You might want to know ๐Ÿ‘‡
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Import my Bullhorn fields automatically

If you would like to add additional information about the candidate from their Bullhorn record, such as their salary expectations, availability, or any other insights, simply create the corresponding custom fields, add those fields to your profile, and form under your desired Candidate Appearance, and set up your Custom Field mappings.

๐Ÿ“šRelated article:

To learn more about Custom Field Mapping from Bullhorn click here.

Learn how to create Custom Fields by clicking here.

The Candidate Database

Our Candidate Database stores all candidates you have ever created with Candidately. You can reuse all your candidate profiles for future submissions, and keep track of profile versions you have created.

๐Ÿ“š Related article:

To learn about the Candidate Database click here.

๐Ÿ‘‹ We are always here for you if you need us!

Remember, our whole team is around, almost 24/7 to support you! You can simply press the messenger button on the bottom right of this page to start chatting with us! Our team will be happy to assist you.

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