A few years ago I moved from India to the Netherlands as a software engineer and cloud specialist. I had the experience, the skills, and the projects - and I was getting nowhere. Recruiters weren't even seeing my CV. An ATS was filtering me out before a human ever opened the file.
I learned the system the hard way: keyword density, file format quirks, columns that parsers can't read, summaries that say nothing, the way European recruiters read a CV completely differently from American ones. Once I figured it out, I started landing interviews. But I kept thinking about the people who shouldn't have to figure all of this out just to be considered - international applicants, career switchers, anyone whose resume was strong on paper but invisible to the system.
LumiCV is the tool I wish I'd had then - and over time it grew beyond resume tailoring. Today it covers the full job search: paste a job description and LumiCV tailors your CV, flags the skill gaps between your experience and the role, prepares you for the specific interview that follows, and tracks every application from apply to offer in one place. I built it with input from recruiters, hiring managers, and career coaches across the EU - because the lessons that got me hired weren't mine alone.
I write here about AI resumes, ATS systems, interview prep, and the parts of job searching that nobody enjoys - drawn from what I lived, what I learned, and what I see job seekers struggle with every week. If a post helps you land an interview, I'd love to hear about it. If something I wrote is wrong or doesn't match your experience, email me - that goes straight to me, not a support queue.
- Karthik Sekar, founder of LumiCV
