Consultant
Resolve the candidate record
Check uncertain fields against the attached source, correct the structured record and choose how much — if any — prose should change.
CV formatting software for recruitment agenciesA submission workflow the whole desk can trust.
ConnectIQ is recruitment CV formatting software: consultants turn a candidate's own CV into a branded client submission, check every fact against the original, anonymise it when the client asks, and export PDF or Word.
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One record, three owners
Designed around the decisions your team already makes.
Operations
Set presentation once
Own approved templates, organisation colours and logo placement centrally instead of copying yesterday's Word file.
Compliance
Keep evidence inspectable
Use explicit anonymisation controls and deterministic rewrite guards. Export from the reviewed record, with the source still available.
The operational controls
Less formatting theatre. More control.
The product is deliberately explicit about what is ready, what needs checking and what each plan permits.
- Source-linked review
- Download the original at any point and inspect alternative parser readings.
- Team brand system
- Apply approved colours, logo, type and section order from reusable templates.
- Blind-CV controls
- Mask identity, contact, employer and reference fields at render and export time.
- Safe rewrite levels
- Format-only through full prose rewrite, with factual structure restored.
- Parallel intake
- Agency teams submit 20 CVs at once, Scale 50, with every job tracked individually.
- Two output formats
- Generate PDF and DOCX from the exact same saved final record.
Recruitment CV formatting, step by step
From the CV the candidate sent to the one your client opens.
The same four steps for every candidate, so a shortlist of six reads like one document set rather than six different CVs.
01
Upload the candidate's CV
PDF or Word, in whatever layout the candidate used, including the ones that arrive as one block of text. Agency plans take a whole shortlist in one batch.
02
Check the record
Every extracted value links to where it came from on the original page. Uncertain fields are left blank, not guessed, so the review is where it matters.
03
Apply your agency CV template
Your logo, colours and section order, set once. Choose how much the AI may tidy the prose; employers, titles, dates and figures stay as written.
04
Send it to the client
Export PDF and Word from the same approved version, or share a branded link with an expiry date. Anonymise first when the client wants blind CVs.
Your corporate CV template, rebuilt once
Most agency and corporate CV templates are a layout family plus a dozen decisions: fonts, colours, heading style, where the logo sits and the order of sections. Build yours in the browser from those choices, with no setup fee and no charge for changing it, and every candidate profile renders from it.
Software, not a CV formatting service
Outsourced CV formatting services rebuild each CV by hand and send it back hours later. ConnectIQ is self-serve software: your consultant has a branded, checkable candidate CV in seconds, so the submission goes out while the client is still on the phone.
Works alongside Bullhorn, JobAdder and Vincere
ConnectIQ does not replace your recruitment CRM or ATS, and it does not integrate with them yet. You export the formatted CV as PDF or Word and attach it to the candidate record, the same way you attach any document today.
Start at the size of your desk
Starter begins at £15/month for 100 reviewed CVs.
Move to Agency when you need bulk upload, every rewrite mode and 250 conversions a month.
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Questions agencies ask
CV formatting software for agencies, answered.
The quickest answer to most of these is your own messiest CV: the first conversion is free, with no card.
Test a real CVWhat is the best CV formatting software for recruitment agencies?
The one that fits your desk's workflow and volume. Check how it handles messy CVs, whether it shows you what it was unsure about, how much the AI can change, whether you can build your own template, and the cost per CV at your real volume. Our comparison of every CV formatting tool prices each one per CV from its own pricing page, including where competitors beat us.
What software do recruitment agencies use?
Most run a recruitment CRM or ATS at the centre (Bullhorn, JobAdder, Vincere and others), job boards and sourcing tools feeding it, and specialist tools alongside, of which CV formatting is one. The recruitment agency software guide sets out each layer and what it costs.
Do recruiters really use an ATS?
Almost every agency of any size does, because that is where candidates, clients and placements are tracked. A CV formatting tool sits beside it: the formatted CV is exported as PDF or Word and attached to the candidate record.
How do recruitment agencies format candidate CVs for clients?
They rebuild the candidate's CV on the agency's own template: verify the facts, restructure so the current role and achievements are visible, remove what the client should not see, apply the branding and export a PDF. The full procedure is in how to format a candidate CV for client submission.
Is ConnectIQ a CV formatting service or CV formatting software?
Software. Your consultants upload a CV and have a branded, checkable document in seconds, with no outsourced team and no turnaround time. Outsourced CV formatting services, where a team reformats CVs for you by hand, suit agencies that want no involvement at all; they cost more per CV and you wait for each one.
Can we send anonymised or blind CVs?
Yes, from the Starter plan. Name, contact details, employer names, age and references can be removed at render time, inside the prose as well as the headers, and a check lists anything that still looks identifying before a link is shared. It is checked redaction, not a compliance certificate. See blind CV software.
Can we keep our corporate CV template?
Yes. Most agency and corporate CV templates are reproduced with a dozen deliberate choices in the template builder: layout family, fonts, colours, heading style, logo slot and section order. There is no setup fee and no charge for changing it later.
What is the 7 second rule for a CV?
A finding from Ladders' eye-tracking research that recruiters spend about seven seconds (7.4 in the 2018 update) on a first scan. Your client does the same with your submissions, which is why every candidate should arrive in the same structure, with the current role, dates and availability always in the same place.