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I'm seeking a software solution to extract data from résumé/CV in various format (PDF, Microsoft Word, etc.).

What I need is :

  1. extracting name, surname, email, phone numbers, segmented postal address (street, zipcode, etc.) into a exploitable structured output
  2. a free software solution
  3. extracting other typical résumé entries (previous jobs title, etc)
  4. a solution which directly integrate the previous results into OpenERP (note that OpenERP is now known as odoo).

Ideally it would integrate seamlessly with OpenERP, but any solution that would provide a key/value output would be enough as I can develop the integration glue myself. It just should let me obtain results on a Linux server, so a Linux compatible software would be better but even a web service with a reasonable response time for an interactive usage may be fine.

From my own research Open Applicant could have been a good candidate as it provided "resume parsing" and was free software. But unfortunately it looks like it disappeared from the web.

Non-free softwares that may do the job include DaXtra Parser, ResumeGrabber, Rchilli Resume Parser, Automated Hr Software Resume Parser.

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Given that the tone of your question suggests some programming experience I would suggest that this could probably be achieved in python by:

  1. Converting each CV to a common format, such as markdown or plain text:
  2. Either: select relevant data using a set of python regular expressions using re/regex this will probably give you the quickest results but possible not the most comprehensive or:

  3. Parse and analyse using the nltk - this is possibly the more powerful solution but will take a lot of time and effort to implement.

    • extracting name, surname, email, phone numbers, segmented postal address (street, zipcode, etc.) into a exploitable structured output - Yes A good set of regular expressions should be sufficient for this.
    • Free - Yes apart from development costs
    • extracting other typical résumé entries - Depends on the effort that you put in and will probably require the nltk solution.
    • Integrate with OpenERP - since you can output in whatever format you need I would say yes or you could use an OpenERP Client.
    • Run on a Linux server - definitely.
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I came across one more resume parsing company www.candidatezap.com they claim able to upload resumes to many ATS / CRM without a coding / programming and no need to integration.

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    Hello! Could you please expand your answer to make it self-containing? Try to structure it so that it answer the 4 points in the OP question!
    – VicAche
    Commented Apr 9, 2017 at 7:51
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Here is a free Resume / CV parsing api service you can use, pretty simple to integrate with your applications or websites. Has some sample .net code integration on the website

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  • Looks like that link is now dead :-(
    – Mawg
    Commented Apr 12, 2018 at 13:24
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If you're looking for a free resume parser, check out https://affinda.com/resume-parser/

The output is in XLS, JSON and XML formats. This solution was built using the latest advancements in Natural Language Processing, to ensure it can handle the broadest set of resume formats.

You would need to develop the described integration yourself, and it should be straightforward given the output can be in a JSON file.

Fields include name, location, phone, email, websites, work experience (job, employer, location, dates), education (institution, degree, location, dates), skills and more.

Hopefully this helps!

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    Sounds an interesting solution but not free as in free software. Rather the opposite actually, as it seems a cloud only only solution.
    – psychoslave
    Commented Dec 11, 2020 at 7:46
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Our CV parsing software helps you to extract details from resumes. Usually, it supports all formats of resumes/CVs.

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  • Could you give some e details. For instance, what is the output format? XML? Can It write straight to my database? Also, what's the pricing (not necessary to answer the question, but nice to know). I guess it supports Linux as the OP asked. Windows too?
    – Mawg
    Commented Feb 12, 2019 at 11:35
  • Also, is there an example output file anywhere on your website, so that we can see exactly what it looks like?
    – Mawg
    Commented Feb 12, 2019 at 11:37
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    The output is available in XML and JSON formats. It will help to store straight in your database, CRM or ATS. To serve better please provide your details here. (rchilli.com/contacts).
    – Lovepreet Dhaliwal
    Commented Feb 21, 2019 at 5:09
  • If you had posted details here, you could have helped many people and gotten many enquirers. As it is, I would like such a service, but am not going to enquire if you don't give any detail here
    – Mawg
    Commented May 29, 2021 at 10:17

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