You can't scan a resume into Dilly

Dilly only reads text PDFs. If you printed your resume to PDF from Word, Google Docs, or Pages, that is a text PDF and Dilly can read it. If you scanned a paper copy with a phone or printer, that's an image, and Dilly cannot pull words out of a scanned image. Re-export from the original file (or paste the text in) and try the upload again.

Try paste-as-text

If the PDF will not parse, copy the text and paste it into the resume import text box. Plain text always works.

Keep file size reasonable

Under 5MB is safe. Above that, compress or save as a smaller PDF first.

Avoid very columnar templates

Two-column resumes can scramble in extraction. Try a single-column version for the upload, then keep your visual one separately.

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