Is the converter really free?

Yes. Uploading your PDF and seeing what an ATS can't read is free with no account. The converted resume, the editor, template switching and the PDF download come with a free Dopplio account: no card, no trial deadline.

Can I convert a PDF resume to ATS format?

Yes, PDF is the only format we accept. Export your resume from Word, Google Docs or Canva as a text PDF and upload it. A scanned PDF or a photo of a resume has no text to extract, so it can't be converted.

Will it change what my resume says?

No. The converter keeps your titles, dates, bullets and skills exactly as you wrote them. It changes the layout, the section headings and where your contact details sit, which is what the software misreads, not your wording.

Is this the same as Dopplio's ATS checker?

No. The ATS checker compares your resume against a specific job posting and tells you which keywords are missing. The converter needs no posting: it takes the resume you already have and rebuilds it in a format any ATS reads in full. The usual order is convert first, then check against the job you're applying to.

What is the score I see before converting?

It measures how much of your resume an ATS actually extracts: whether it finds the standard sections, where your contact details are, whether dates parse, and which layout elements break. 70 and up reads cleanly; below 40, parts of the resume disappear. It is not a score against a job posting; the checker does that.

Does it work for a CV?

Yes. CV or resume, the software reads them the same way. If you're in a market that says CV, nothing changes: upload the PDF and convert it.

What happens to my original resume?

It stays in your library, untouched. The ATS-format version is a separate document you can edit, publish and download. You can keep both.

Can I pick a different template?

Yes. The converted resume opens with a template picker. All of them are built for parsers; premium ones preview for free and apply on paid plans.

What file type should I upload?

A text PDF exported from your word processor, up to 10 MB. Scanned documents and photos of a resume don't extract, so they score as blank and can't be converted.

Convert your resume to ATS format, free

Upload your PDF and get the same content in a single column any ATS reads in full.Upload your PDF. See which parts an ATS can't read and get the same content, word for word, in a single column any applicant tracking system extracts in full.

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Original

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In ATS formatSample. Yours keeps your content

Sample resume in the Modern template: one column with standard section headings, as Dopplio renders it

What we check

Standard section headings
Contact details the parser can find
One date format throughout
Single column, no tables
Real text, not images
A LinkedIn profile

How we convert your resume to ATS format

It doesn't rewrite a word. It fixes what applicant tracking software trips on and keeps everything else.

Step 1
Reads it the way an ATS would
Your PDF becomes plain text, exactly as a tracking system extracts it. You see how much survived and what got lost.
Step 2
Rebuilds it in one column
Your content top to bottom, in the order the software reads, under standard headings: Experience, Education, Skills.
Step 3
Puts details where the software looks
Email and phone leave the header and move into the body. Dates get one format. Bullets stay bullets.
Step 4
Lets you edit and download
The result opens next to your original in your free account. Change anything, pick another template, download the PDF.

What the converted resume looks like

Every layout the converter offers follows the same four rules. This is the default one.

Converted to ATS format

Alex Moreau

alex.moreau@email.com · (415) 555-0132 · San Francisco, CA

Summary

Product-minded software engineer with 4+ years building web apps used by millions.

Experience

Software Engineer, Northwind Labs2022 to present

• Led the onboarding redesign, lifting activation 23%.

• Shipped real-time collaboration used by 40k teams.

Junior Developer, Bright Analytics2020 to 2022

• Built internal dashboards that cut reporting time in half.

Education

B.S. Computer Science, UC Berkeley2016 to 2020

Skills

TypeScript · Python · Go · SQL · React · AWS

Languages

English, native · French, B2

One column
Top to bottom, in the order the software reads. No sidebars, tables or text boxes.
Standard headings
Summary, Experience, Education, Skills. The names every parser looks for.
Contact details in the body
Email and phone sit under your name, not in a header, footer or image.
One date format
Every role and degree written the same way, so timelines parse.

The problems it fixes

Multi-column layouts

Why it fails: Extraction runs one column at a time: text comes out interleaved, bullets attach to the wrong roles.

What the converter does: Lays your content out in one column.

Tables and text boxes

Why it fails: Cells are read in an order you don't control; skills grids and date columns scramble.

What the converter does: Turns them into plain text and bullets.

Creative section headings

Why it fails: Parsers navigate by Experience, Education, Skills: renamed sections go missing.

What the converter does: Uses the standard names parsers expect.

Contact details in headers or images

Why it fails: Many parsers skip header and footer regions; anything inside an image doesn't exist.

What the converter does: Moves your email and phone into the body.

Inconsistent dates

Why it fails: Mixing 2023-01 with March 2024 breaks the timeline or drops whole roles.

What the converter does: Writes every date the same way.

Image-only text

Why it fails: Skill bars, logos and scanned pages are images: to the software they don't exist.

What the converter does: Keeps everything as real text.

Frequently asked questions

After converting

A resume in ATS format is the base. Two places to go from here.

Open the ATS checker

Score it against a real job

The free ATS checker crosses your resume with a posting: keyword coverage, missing terms and the rubric behind the number.

Open the ATS checker

Open the builder

Start from scratch instead

The free builder starts you in the same single-column format, section by section, with a live preview.