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Organize Job-Hunting Documents as PDF

Prepare all your job-search documents — resume, CV, ID photo — without leaving your browser. Remove photo backgrounds with AI, convert to PDF, merge, and compress, all without uploading to any external service.

5 files → 1 PDF

Separate documents merged into one PDF for submission

Why This Takes Longer Than It Should

Job hunting means sending the same documents in slightly different shapes over and over. One company wants the résumé and work history as a single PDF, the next wants them separate, the third caps uploads at 2 MB. Your originals are a mix of Word files and phone photos, so you re-convert every time — and every round distributes another copy of your address, phone number, date of birth, and photo.

What's Actually At Risk Here

  • ✓A résumé concentrates your address, birth date, and photograph onto one page. That is not a file to hand to a free conversion site.
  • ✓If you're job hunting while employed, discretion matters too. In-browser processing leaves no upload log anywhere.
  • ✓Rebuilding the file for each application still leaves the original on your machine — no stale copies scattered across cloud services.

4 Steps to Get It Done

Click any tool name below to go directly to that tool.

  1. 1
    Background Removal

    AI automatically removes the background from your ID photo to create a clean portrait

  2. 2
    Image to PDF

    Convert your ID photo or handwritten document images to PDF

  3. 3
    Merge PDF

    Combine resume, CV, and certificate PDFs into a single file

  4. 4
    Compress PDF

    Compress to a suitable size for email or applicant tracking system uploads

Where People Get Tripped Up

These catch people out even when the steps are followed correctly. Skimming them first saves a redo.

  • Employers usually specify a filename format such as "Resume_Name.pdf" — don't forget to rename after merging.
  • Compressing too aggressively makes the ID photo look blocky. Check how the photo renders before compressing the whole file.
  • Phone-shot documents usually come out slightly rotated. Straightening and cropping before converting to PDF makes a large difference in print.

Frequently Asked Questions

How accurate is the background removal for ID photos?
The AI model (u2netp) runs in your browser and accurately recognizes faces and person outlines. Results are best with evenly lit photos.
Can I use this for ATS (applicant tracking system) uploads?
Yes. Use the Compress PDF tool to meet the file size limits of most applicant tracking systems.

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