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Equip’s CV parsing turns an unstructured resume file into a structured candidate profile.

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Where Parsing Happens

For a candidate applying through your job post link, the flow looks like this:
1

Upload a resume

The candidate starts the application and uploads their resume.
2

Wait for parsing

Parsing typically takes 30 to 45 seconds.
3

Review and submit

The candidate corrects anything the parser got wrong, completes any remaining fields, and submits.
Candidates added through Bulk CV Import are marked as email not verified and do not receive stage-change emails until their email ID is verified.

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Extracted Fields

The extracted values appear on the Candidate Profile. They also power dashboard filters, Candidate Search, Talent Rediscovery, and the Job Fit Score.

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Normalization

After extraction, Equip normalizes each value against its canonical databases of skills, roles, cities, companies, and educational institutions. This means “JS”, “Javascript”, and “JavaScript” resolve to one skill, so filters, search, and fit scoring treat them identically.
Institution matching is country-aware, which avoids mixing up similarly named institutions in different regions.

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Parsing Failures

See Bulk CV Import for the failure reasons and how to fix them.
Failed Items list for a bulk CV import with three files. One is missing an email, one is missing a name, and one failed parsing because the CV content could not be read

Failed files in a bulk import, each with the reason it could not become an application

Application-form and bulk-import uploads must be PDF files of 10 MB or less. Other formats are rejected before parsing begins.
If a candidate’s resume changes later, a recruiter can replace it from the candidate profile. Replacement uploads accept PDF, DOC, and DOCX files up to 10 MB.