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Beyond the Parse: 5 Pro-Tips to Make Your Candidate CVs Shine

Beyond the Parse: 5 Pro-Tips to Make Your Candidate CVs Shine

So, you've done it. You dragged that chaotic, 7-page resume into Tlntly, and in seconds, our AI handed you back a clean, structured, and professional profile.

Magic, right?

But parsing is just the beginning. The real power of Tlntly isn't just cleaning the data; it's giving you the tools to present it. A truly great candidate presentation tells a story, and you are the storyteller.

Here are 5 pro-tips to go from a parsed CV to a client-ready presentation that gets your candidate noticed.

1. Control the Narrative: Re-order, Hide, and Highlight

Your client has a specific job to fill. That means not all of your candidate's experience is equally important.

  • Re-order: Is the candidate's most relevant project buried on page three? Just grab it and drag it to the top of their "Experience" section. You can re-order any item in any section to put the most compelling information front-and-center.

  • Hide: Does that 3-month fast-food gig from 2010 distract from their 10 years as a Senior Developer? You don't have to delete it. Just toggle "Hide item." It's instantly gone from the PDF export but remains safely in your system.

  • Highlight: Hiring managers don't read; they scan. Your job is to make the "Aha!" moment impossible to miss. Did your candidate work at a direct competitor? Or do their skills from one job perfectly match the client's tech stack? Click on that experience and toggle "Highlight." Tlntly adds a "Most Relevant" badge to that item in the PDF. You're literally pointing the hiring manager to the exact reason they should hire this person.

2. Your Time or the Candidate's Time to Shine: Coverpage and Details

The coverpage is where you make your first impression. It's your chance to showcase either your agency's brand or let the candidate's expertise speak for itself.

  • Coverpage: Choose between showcasing your agency's branding or letting the candidate shine. The coverpage sets the tone for the entire presentation and gives you control over the narrative from the very first page.

  • Update Candidate Details: Don't forget to click the pencil icon to update your candidate's information. Add their availability, current notice period, salary expectations, and any other relevant details that aren't in the original CV. This ensures your client has all the information they need to make a decision without having to ask follow-up questions.

  • Generate a Hyper-Relevant "About Me": A generic summary is a waste of space. Tlntly's AI can write one that is specifically tailored to the job you're submitting for. Open the "About Me" section and click "Generate with AI." Paste the client's full job description into the box and hit "Generate." In seconds, the AI will read the candidate's entire parsed resume, compare it to the job's requirements, and write a compelling "About Me" summary that perfectly bridges the gap.

3. Fix "The Awkward Cut-Off": Force a Page Break

This one is a small detail that makes a huge difference.

  • Force Page Break: You know the feeling. You export the PDF, and a candidate's most impressive job title is sitting at the very bottom of page one, with the description starting on page two. It just looks sloppy.

  • Find the experience or education before it, open the settings, and toggle "Enforce page break." Tlntly will neatly push the next section to the top of a new page. It's clean, professional, and takes two seconds.

4. The "Magic Upload": Drag-and-Drop Anywhere

You don't need to be on a special "upload" screen to add a new candidate.

  • Drag Anywhere: Found a great CV? Just drag the file from your desktop and drop it anywhere on the Tlntly app.

  • The AI will immediately start parsing, create the candidate, and build their resume. It's the fastest way to get a candidate from your inbox into your system, ready to be edited.

5. (The Best "Tip"): You're Building This With Us

This isn't just a software tip; it's our promise to you.

  • We Work WITH Recruiters: We aren't a faceless corporation. Tlntly is built for and with recruiters. We know your frustrations because we hear them.

  • Real Priority Support: When you're on our PRO plan, "priority support" isn't a marketing buzzword. It means you get a direct line, yes, the actual phone number, of one of our developers.

  • Found a bug? Have an "I wish it could do this..." idea? You text us. We answer. We build. That's what we call a partnership.

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