Quality Candidate Presentation used to be a nice-to-have.
Now it’s Critical.
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CVs dropping key information
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Formatting breaking unexpectedly
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Editing becoming slow and stressful
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Anonymisation behaving inconsistently
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Consultants losing confidence and returning to manual work
Across the market, the same frustrations come up again and again when adopting CV formatting tools:
HireAra is built to remove that risk with
Stable Formatting
Reliable Anonymisation
CRM-native workflows that Scale
Quick Comparison
Assist CV is a good fit if:
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You want a basic workaround to manually formatting CVs
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Looking for a cheap bare bones fix
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You don’t want your consultants workflow to be in the CRM
HireAra is built for:
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Teams that need formatting to be seamlessly reliable
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Agencies scaling across consultants, brands, clients, or regions
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CRM-native workflows (e.g. Vincere, ARCRM, Salesforce + Bullhorn + more)
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Transformation tools that remove admin: rewrite, anonymise, translate, improve style (and more)
Most comparison pages talk about templates and features.
The real difference is whether the tool:
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accelerates submissions, or
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becomes another workflow your team has to “manage”
And when adoption collapses, leadership ends up paying for a platform consultants avoid.
If your current tool is creating rework, uncertainty, or consultant pushback, HireAra is typically the better fit.
When a CV tool loses trust, adoption collapses.
Why make the switch from Assist CV to HireAra
Features | HireAra | Assist CV |
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Primary Focus | Dedicated CV formatting & Candidate Presentation Platform | CV assistance feature within a video-first recruitment suite |
Product Depth | Purpose-built for CV quality, consistency, and automation | Designed to support Odro’s wider candidate engagement workflows |
Editing Experience | Advanced, recruiter-friendly editing with AI-assisted content refinement. | Basic editing functionality. |
AI & Automation | Built with Gen-AI at the core. AI embedded throughout CV editing & content creation process. | Limited AI focused on assistance rather than end-to-end process. |
Parsing & Data Handling | Uses multi-CV parsing engine, including Market Leading providers as well our custom built model for best in market data quality. | Single parser, struggles with non-standard CV styles, Pdf & Images. |
Candidate Presentation | Built specifically for high quality, client-ready candidate profiles | Presentation is secondary to video content |
CRM & ATS Integrations | Deep, native integrations with leading recruitment CRMs | Primarily operates within the Odro ecosystem |
Recruiter Time Savings | Significant reduction in manual CV editing and reformatting | Moderate time savings as part of a broader workflow |
Scalability for Agencies | Designed for high-volume, multi-regional teams, down to low volume exec roles. | Small teams looking for cheap alternative. |
Product Maturity | Mature, specialist platform refined over multiple years | Evolving feature set within a broader product roadmap |
Best For | Agencies that care deeply about CV quality, consistency, and speed | Agencies prioritising video screening and engagement |
Video | ✅ Designed for high-volume teams (10–300+) | ✅ Native video tool |
Onboarding | ✅ Guided rollout + template migration (same-day go-live positioning) | ✅ Self-serve |
Analytics & tracking | ✅ Engagement analytics & visibility | ❌ Not a core capability |
BD assist | ✅ Email sequences, LinkedIn posts, cold call scripts | ❌ Not a focus |
HireAra Delivers Beyond
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Dedicated CV formatting & candidate presentation platform
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Purpose-built for CV quality, consistency, and automation
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Advanced, recruiter-friendly editing with AI-assisted content refinement.
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Built with Gen-AI at the core. AI embedded throughout CV editing & content creation process.
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Uses multi-CV parsing engine, including Market Leading providers as well our custom built model for best in market data quality.
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Built specifically for high quality, client-ready candidate profiles.
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Deep, native integrations with leading recruitment CRMs
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Significant reduction in manual CV editing and reformatting
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Designed for high-volume, multi-regional teams, down to low volume exec roles.
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Mature, specialist platform refined over multiple years
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Agencies that care deeply about CV quality, consistency, and speed
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CV assistance feature within a video-first recruitment suite
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Designed to support Odro’s wider candidate engagement workflows
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Editing Experience : Basic editing functionality.
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Limited AI focused on assistance rather than end-to-end process.
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Single parser, struggles with non-standard CV styles, Pdf & Images.
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Presentation is secondary to video content
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Primarily operates within the Odro ecosystem
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Moderate time savings as part of a broader workflow
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Small teams looking for cheap alternative.
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Evolving feature set within a broader product roadmap
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Best for Agencies prioritising video screening and engagement
Product Overviews
Assist CV (Odro):
Assist CV is part of Odro’s wider candidate engagement platform and has developed quickly as a supporting CV feature. Teams tend to value it for:
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A modern, visually polished interface
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Native video capability, which suits certain retained or presentation-led workflows
As part of a broader suite, Assist CV works best when CVs are one element within a video-first recruitment process.
Where HireAra Goes Further:
to make first impression with HireAra formatted CVs
HireAra is purpose-built around CV quality and candidate presentation at scale - focusing on the areas that drive long-term adoption and daily recruiter usage:
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Consistent, reliable output under real-world agency workloads
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True transformation tooling, not just parsing or reformatting
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CRM-native workflows across multiple recruitment systems, not a standalone product
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Stronger candidate presentation outcomes, combining speed, brand consistency, and client-ready quality
For teams where the way they present candidates is a critical commercial asset not just a supporting feature. HireAra is designed to go deeper and scale more predictably
Research-backed “presentation drives credibility”
Why presentation isn’t cosmetic.
It is commercial
You don’t get minutes to make a first impression. You get seconds.
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In credibility research, design look is one of the most influential factors people mention when judging trust.
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People form aesthetic impressions extremely quickly (milliseconds).
HireAra proof:
“Same candidate, same info - just better presentation → 20% more interviews booked.”
How HireAra works?
From upload to client-ready in minutes
Upload → Choose Template → Proofread → Win
STEP 1
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STEP 3
STEP 4
Upload
Any Format: Word, PDF, LinkedIn profile
Choose Template
Generative AI formatting, your brand applied
Proof Read
Easily editable. Then download PDF or share trackable link.
Win
20% higher CV send conversion
While competitors spend 45 minutes in Word, you're already following up on interested clients
Assist CV:
Pricing isn’t publicly listed (often sold per-seat). That can work well at small size, but becomes harder to justify as teams scale and usage varies.
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Scales poorly becomes inefficient as team size increases.
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Isn’t tied to usage / value the tool brings.
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Penalised for having all recruiters onboarded.
HireAra:
HireAra pricing is transparent and built to align to outcomes and usage.
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We don't give away licences, we partner to drive ROI. Commercials are based on the number of candidates you send out, closer to value.
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Our onboarding and rollout is best-in-class: deep CRM integration support, candidate enablement training, and business development masterclasses especially for winning jobs through spec CVs.
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Everyone gets access to the platform. Allowing you to raise the quality of presentation across the whole business.
Pricing
Final takeaway
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Content integrity (no missing sections)
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Template stability (edits don’t collapse layouts)
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Dependable anonymisation (clean, readable results)
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CRM-native workflows (built to scale, not workaround)
The outcome:
faster submissions, fewer errors, and higher consultant
adoption because the process gets easier, not riskier.
If your current tool feels more stressful than helpful, you’ve probably outgrown it.
While feature lists help, but the real question is simpler:
Does the tool hold up under pressure or does it add friction?
When a CV workflow becomes unreliable (missing sections, broken formatting, stressful edits, inconsistent anonymisation), adoption doesn’t fade. It collapses.
Consultants stop trusting the output, and the “CV platform” turns into manual work with extra steps.
so teams can move fast without double-checking everything:
HireAra treats CV formatting as infrastructure,
Want to see HireAra in action?
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(parse → transform → anonymise → export → CRM sync)