The clearer your CV, the more confident your match.
Our engine reads your CV to find your occupation code. The more real signal it has — actual duties, clear dates, recognisable role names — the more confident and accurate your result. Here's how to give it the best possible read, in five minutes.
We show you a readability score.
Before we even rank your codes, we tell you how much signal your CV gave us to work with. A scanned image with no extractable text scores low; a clear, duty-rich CV scores high.
If your readability is low, that's your cue: tidy the CV using the tips below and re-run it. A few minutes of cleanup often turns a hesitant match into a confident one.
Why this matters. Accuracy is higher for well-structured CVs — the correct code appears in our top results far more often when the CV is clean. So the readability score isn't a grade on you, it's a measure of how much the engine had to go on. You control it.
Give the engine real signal.
ANZSCO codes are defined by what you do, not by your job title. These tips help the engine see your actual work.
Describe duties, not just titles
Do: “Managed a 6-person kitchen, costed menus, ordered stock.” Not: just “Kitchen Manager”. Codes are built from tasks.
Use recognisable role names
If your title is creative (“Growth Ninja”), also give the plain one (“Digital Marketing Specialist”). The engine matches against official names.
Quantify and date your experience
Years in each role, team size, scope, seniority. “3 years, led 4 engineers” tells the engine far more than “experienced developer”.
List your qualifications explicitly
Degree, field, institution, year. Several occupations hinge on a specific qualification — say it plainly so it isn't missed.
Use a text PDF, not a scan
An image-only or scanned CV has no extractable text. Export from your word processor as a normal PDF or DOCX so the words come through.
One clear role per block
Don't blend three jobs into one bullet soup. Separate roles, each with its own duties, so the engine can read each one cleanly.
What happens to your CV.
Fair question — here's the honest answer, in plain words.
● Stored privately, for you
Your CV is kept on your own account so you can re-open or re-run your result. It's never shared, and a share link is only ever created if you ask for one.
● Never used to train models
We extract your duties and experience to match against occupation descriptions. We don't train AI on your file, and our processors are bound by the same rule.
● Yours to delete
Delete your CV and results whenever you like. We tell you clearly where your data is stored and processed in our privacy notice.