A CV That Fits The Job. Not A Template With Your Name In It.
Paste your current CV and the job advert. Answer a few short questions where we spot the gaps. Get back a CV rewritten to align with this specific role, in a design you choose. Downloads as Word and PDF.
Free, always No card. No subscription. No catch.
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About 10 minutes to fill in. Your rewritten CV is usually ready in under 2 minutes.
Real designs, not templates
A few of the layouts you can choose from, each rendered from a real CV and downloadable as Word or PDF.
What You Actually Get
Every CV is built fresh from your CV and the actual advert, not a generic layout everyone gets. Written in your own words where it matters, tailored to one role, checked for honesty before it reaches you.
A tailored rewrite. Your CV re-aligned to this specific advert, mirroring its language where you genuinely have the experience.
A gap check first. We compare the advert against your CV line by line and only ask about what's genuinely missing.
The seven stops, done properly. Header, personal statement, key skills with proof, career history, interests, education, and the skills-match answer key.
A personal statement that sounds like you. Built from your own words, never buzzword salad.
Key skills with receipts. Each skill paired with a short prove-it line: what you did, what happened.
A fabrication check. Every figure and claim is traced back to something you actually told us. Nothing invented, no inflated numbers.
21 designs, two styles. Sixteen editable Word/ATS layouts plus five premium designer PDFs, so two people using this never walk out with the same document.
Word and PDF. Plus an ATS-safe version for application portals, on request.
Before & After
Same person, two CVs. One is the generic, buzzword-stuffed version everyone ends up with. The other is rewritten to the advert from real facts, honesty-checked and properly designed. That is the difference.
Illustrative example. Your rewrite uses only your own facts, never invented ones.
How It Works
Paste your CV and the advert
Upload a file or paste the text, either works. The advert can be a link too.
Answer a few questions
We read both documents, spot where your CV is thin against the role, and only ask what's needed. Type it, or just talk and we'll transcribe it.
We rewrite, then check it
Section by section, in your own words. Then a fabrication check makes sure nothing was invented or inflated.
Choose a design, download
Pick from 21 designs across two styles, preview it, download as Word and PDF. ATS-safe version on request.
Free. Every CV, Every Time.
CV Rewrite used to cost a few pounds. Now it costs nothing, for everyone, every time. Tailor your CV to one job or to twenty. Sign in with your email so your work is there when you come back.
Every CV
Rewrite for as many roles as you're going for. No packs, no credits, no card details.
Designs
Every design and every format included: Word, PDF and the ATS-safe version.
Why free? Because a good CV shouldn't depend on what's in your bank account. Same as every guide, dispatch and Loudspeaker on The Com'mon People.
No Subscription. No Catch.
Most CV builders lock you into a monthly subscription, often after a cheap trial that quietly renews. We don't. Ours is free. That's it.
The Com'mon People
- Free, every CV, every time
- No subscription. Nothing auto-renews, ever
- No card details, ever
- Written to your exact job advert, in your own words
- Honesty check: nothing invented, no inflated numbers
- Word, PDF and an ATS-safe version all included
Typical CV subscriptions
- Around £15 to £30 a month, billed until you cancel
- Often a £2 "trial" that rolls into the full price
- Charged whether you used it that month or not
- Frequently generic templates, not advert-specific
- Little or no check on invented claims
- Some formats or features locked to higher tiers
The "typical" figures are the common range across popular résumé subscription tools in 2026. Other tools' prices change; ours is zero.
Questions
Is this actually AI, or a template with my name stuck in?
It's a real rewrite built from your specific CV and the actual advert each time, not a fixed template. We use AI to tidy grammar and sharpen your sentences, never to write your personal statement or career story in its own voice. If we can't ground something in what you told us, we say so plainly rather than filling it with filler.
Will it make things up to sound impressive?
No, and we built a hard check specifically to stop that. Every number, employer, title, qualification and skill in the finished CV has to trace back to something you actually provided. Anything that doesn't gets stripped out and shown to you as a question to answer, not quietly left in.
Is my data safe?
Uploaded files are deleted from our server as soon as the text has been pulled out. Same policy as the Interview Prep Report.
What's the ATS version?
Online application portals parse your CV with software before a human sees it. The ATS version strips your chosen design down to a single column with standard headings, no tables, no icons and no header or footer, so it parses cleanly. You get it from the same design you picked.
Is it really free?
Yes. Every CV, every design, every format, every time. No credits, no card, no trial that turns into a bill. The only thing The Com'mon People still charges for is an optional one-to-one coaching session with a real person.
Do I need an account?
Yes, a light one. You sign in with your email, we send you a link, no password to remember. That's how your work follows you between visits.
What if something's not right after I've downloaded?
You can tweak the Word file yourself, it's yours. If the service genuinely failed to give you a usable CV, get in touch and we'll put it right.
Why give it away?
Because The Com'mon People is built on mutual aid. Every guide, dispatch and Loudspeaker email is free, always, and now the tools that do the work for you are too.
Why People Use It
Honest by design
A hard fabrication check means nothing gets invented or inflated. Every claim traces back to something you told us.
Sounds like a person
The usual AI tells - "I was drawn to", "proven track record", "passionate about" - are banned. Plain English, in your voice.
No subscription trap
It's free. Nothing to buy, nothing to renew, nothing to cancel.
Why I built this
After nine years in recruitment, I found myself on the other side of the desk, job-hunting like everyone else.
So I built myself two small tools. One to rewrite my CV for the exact role I was going for, digging out the real things I'd done that made me right for it. And one to get me ready for the interview. A week later, I'd landed the job.
Turns out it isn't complicated. It just helps to have a hand. So we've put it on The Com'mon People, free for anyone who needs it.