The old resume sitting on your phone

Almost everyone has one: a resume written two or three years ago, saved as a PDF in a WhatsApp chat, an email or the downloads folder. It still has your name, your phone number, the school you attended and your older jobs. What it lacks is the current job, the course you finished, the new phone number. So when an opening appears, you open an editor and start from scratch, typing what was already written.

You don't have to anymore. Monta meu currículo? has an Import a CV button: upload the file (or paste the text) and the builder opens pre-filled with everything it could recognise. Your job becomes reviewing and updating.

What importing does (and what it doesn't)

Importing reads the text of your file and tries to place each piece in the right spot of the builder:

• Contact details: name, email, phone, city and state, LinkedIn and age, if written.
• Job title and objective: the line right under your name and the text of the "Objective" or "Summary" section.
• Experience: job title, company, period (start, end or "present") and the description of what you did — whenever there is a date nearby.
• Education, courses, skills and languages: each section goes to its own step of the wizard.

What it doesn't do is guess. If the file has no date for a job, that experience is not added on its own; if the company name sits on an odd line, it may end up in the description. That is why the builder opens on the first step with a reminder: check every step. Fixing two fields is far quicker than typing twenty.

Step by step on your phone

1. Open montameucurriculo.com and, on the home page, tap Import a CV.

2. Choose Upload a file (PDF, Word, text). Your phone opens its file picker: look in downloads, WhatsApp or Google Drive.

3. Select the file and wait a moment. The builder opens on "Personal details" with the fields filled in.

4. Go through the nine steps and check what was recognised. Update what changed: new job, completed course, phone number.

5. On the last screen, download as PDF (to send) or Word (if the employer asks for an editable file).

If your resume is not in a file but on LinkedIn, in an email or in a message, use the second menu option: Paste text. Copy the content, paste it into the box and tap Import. The result is the same.

Which files work

• PDF with text — the most common kind, produced by Word, Google Docs, Canva or the site itself.
• Word (.docx), LibreOffice (.odt), RTF and TXT.
• Pasted text from anywhere.

Two cases need one extra step. A photo of your resume or a scanned PDF (the image of a sheet of paper) has no text inside; the site tells you and opens the box for you to paste the text — if you have the original file, use that instead. A legacy Word file (.doc), from Office 2003, needs to be saved as .docx or PDF first. On a phone, the Word app does that under "Save as".

What to review before downloading

Importing gets most things right, but three points deserve a look:

• Experience dates: check the start and end month and year, and mark "current job" on the one you hold now.
• Job title vs company: in some layouts both sit on the same line; make sure they didn't swap places.
• What stayed blank: skills and languages are sometimes written in a way the site doesn't recognise. Fill them in on the spot.

Use the review to improve what was weak. If your job descriptions are a list of duties, turn them into results — our complete guide to writing a resume shows how section by section.

Your data stays with you

Importing does not mean uploading. The file is opened and read inside your browser, on your device — the same place where the site already keeps the resumes you create. Nothing goes to any server, there is no sign-up, and nobody on our team sees your resume. When you close the page, the original file is still exactly where it was.

Conclusion

An old resume is not junk: it is 80% of the work already done. Import it, update the 20% that changed and download a clean version with a layout that passes applicant tracking systems. It takes less time than finding the old file in a WhatsApp chat.

Go to montameucurriculo.com, tap Import a CV and bring yours. It is free, works on your phone and asks for no registration — see the free resume builder page for what else it does.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need my resume as a PDF to import it?

No. Besides PDF, the site reads Word (.docx), ODT, RTF and TXT. And if your resume only exists on LinkedIn or in a message, you can paste the text directly.

Does importing work with a photo of my resume?

Not yet. A photo or a scanned PDF has no text inside, only an image. In that case the site opens the paste-text box: type or paste the content and carry on as usual.

What happens if the site doesn't recognise something?

The field stays blank and you fill it in during the review. Importing never invents data: if it did not find the date of a job, for example, that experience is not added on its own.

Is my resume sent anywhere when I import it?

No. The file is read on your own device by the browser, and the result is saved only there — like any resume created on the site.

Can I import a resume made in Canva?

Yes, as long as it was exported as a PDF with text, which is Canva's default. Two-column layouts may shuffle the order of a few lines; check the experience step during the review.