Instead of typing out every role by hand, you can upload your CV and let Katara fill in your work experience. Katara reads the experience section of the file and shows you what it found. Nothing is saved until you review the roles and confirm.
Where to find it
You can import your CV in two places:
- During onboarding, on the Experience step.
- On your profile, in the Experience section. Click Import from CV.
What files you can use
The upload box tells you which files it accepts. Usually that's a PDF or DOCX file up to 5MB. If the box says PDF, DOCX, or a scan or photo, up to 5MB, you can also upload a PNG or JPEG image of your CV.
Documents longer than 30 pages can't be imported. Password-protected or damaged files can't be opened either.
Import your CV
- Click Import from CV.
- Click Choose a CV and pick your file. Katara shows Reading your CV… while it works.
- Review each role Katara found. See the next section for what to check.
- Untick Include this role for any role you don't want on your profile.
- Click the import button to add the selected roles. Its label shows how many roles will be added, for example Import 3 roles.
If you picked the wrong file, click Choose a different file to start again.
What gets filled in
Katara only reads your work experience. For each role it tries to fill in:
- Title
- Company
- Location
- Employment type
- Location type
- Start date and End date
- Current position
- Description
Your name, skills, education and other sections of your CV are not imported. Add those from your profile.
If Katara couldn't work out a dropdown value, it shows Not detected. Bullet points in a role's description are kept as a bulleted list.
What to check before you import
CVs come in many layouts, so always read each role before importing.
- Highlighted fields. When Katara isn't sure about a field, it highlights it and the role shows Some fields were unclear. Check the highlighted ones. Correct these first.
- Dates. Check start and end dates carefully. If you tick Current position, the end date is cleared.
- Dropdowns. Set Employment type and Location type if they show Not detected.
- Duplicates. Importing adds new roles. It doesn't replace roles already on your profile, so untick any you've already added.
You can edit or delete any role from your profile after importing.
If the import doesn't work
- We read the file but couldn't find an experience section. Katara could open the file but found no roles. Add your roles manually instead.
- We couldn't read any text from that file. The file may be a scan or an image. Try a PDF or DOCX with selectable text.
- We can only read PDF and DOCX files. Save your CV in one of these formats and try again.
- That file is larger than 5MB. Export a smaller version, for example without images.