Sign in first
Sign in to import your resume. On the draft page at youcanfind.me/resume the bar at the top reads "Already have a resume?", and "Import my resume" opens the sign-in dialog; once you're signed in, the same bar sits above the editor and opens the importer directly.
Anything you typed on the draft page before signing in comes into the editor with you.
Three ways in
Once you're in, "Import my resume" gives you three options:
- Upload a file — PDF or Word (.docx).
- Paste text — copy your resume from anywhere and paste it in.
- Paste a link — a publicly reachable URL we fetch the body text from.
Whichever route you take, the content gets split into work, education, and skills sections and filled into the editor.
Check the result afterwards
Importing reads and reorganizes the original rather than copying it across, so the result needs your eyes on it. Look closely at:
- Dates. Start and end months are the first thing to drift during format conversion.
- Multiple roles at one company. If you were promoted, the original may have written it as one entry or as two, and the split can land wrong.
- Where the bullet points went. Detail lines under a role sometimes end up in the summary instead.
- Anything missing. Complex PDF layouts — multiple columns, tables, graphical dividers — are where content gets dropped.
Imported content arrives as sections: an empty section of the same kind gets filled in, and everything else is added as a new section, so the entries you already wrote stay where they are. You can import first and then fill the gaps against the original.
That rule covers sections. Other fields follow their own rules — your name and one-line intro, for example, keep whatever you have already set.
Why PDFs sometimes import badly
A PDF describes where glyphs sit on a page. It does not record "this paragraph is work experience and that one is education." Recovering structure from a PDF means inferring it from position and wording, which goes wrong around multi-column layouts, tables, and dividers drawn as graphics.
Word files carry more structure, so they usually import better. Plain text pasted in is the most predictable of all, because you decide exactly which part to paste.
If a PDF imports poorly, copying its text and pasting that instead is often the faster fix.
After importing
Imported content behaves exactly like content you typed. Rewrite it, reorder it, delete sections you don't want, try a different layout and style.
Company and school logos resolve on their own. Type a name like "Stripe" or "Rhode Island School of Design" and if it's in our directory, the logo appears beside the entry. If it isn't, you can click the logo slot and paste a URL yourself.
Are there limits
Yes: each account has a daily number of imports, which exists to stop automated abuse. Building one resume comes nowhere near it.
If an import fails, the editor tells you why. Nothing you've already entered is lost, and you can switch to filling it in by hand.