Why Your Hiring Data Belongs in a Spreadsheet
A folder of PDF CVs is an archive. You can open files, read them, and close them — but you can't sort by experience level, filter by skill, or rank by relevance. You can't share a "candidate database" without emailing thirty individual attachments. You can't compare two candidates side by side without toggling between windows.
A CSV transforms that same information into a database you can actually work with. Every candidate is a row. Every piece of information is a column. One file, shareable instantly, filterable in seconds, importable into any tool you use.
For a full explanation of the data extraction process that makes this possible, see our guide on how resume data extraction works. For a broader look at the CSV export feature specifically, see our detailed article on CV parser CSV export features.
What's Included in the CSV Export
| Column | What It Contains |
|---|---|
| Name | Candidate's full name as extracted from the CV |
| Primary contact email address | |
| Phone | Contact number if included in the CV |
| Current Title | Most recent job title from work history |
| Years of Experience | Calculated from work history dates |
| Top Skills | Comma-separated list from the CV's skills section |
| Education | Highest degree and institution name |
| Semantic Match Score | Percentage relevance to your job description |
| Summary | The candidate's own professional summary if present |
3 Ways Small Businesses Use the CSV Export
Collaborative Shortlisting
Import the CSV into a shared Google Sheet. Add columns for "Reviewer 1 Score," "Reviewer 2 Score," and "Notes." Share the sheet with everyone involved in the decision. Each person reviews the top-ranked candidates and adds their scores. Average the columns. Your shortlist is a formula away. No meetings required. No emailing PDFs back and forth.
Building a Talent Pool
Not every strong candidate gets the role. Keep a folder of CSV exports from past hiring rounds — one file per role. When a similar position opens in six months, search your stored candidate data before posting a new job. Your next best hire might already be in your talent pool, having applied before. Re-engage before spending anything on new sourcing.
Tracking Your Hiring Pipeline
Add a "Status" column to your spreadsheet with values like Applied, Screening, Phone Screen, Interview, Offer, and Hired. Update it as candidates progress. You've built a basic ATS in a spreadsheet — free, portable, and exactly as complex as you need it to be.
How to Export Candidate Data With Cv Bam Bam
Step 1 — Go to Cv Bam Bam
Navigate to /app. No account required. Opens directly in your browser.
Step 2 — Upload Your CVs
Batch upload all your PDF and Word CV files in one step. No need to upload individually.
Step 3 — Enter Your Job Description for Semantic Matching
Paste your job description. The AI uses it to score every candidate semantically — not just by keyword frequency, but by actual relevance to what the role requires.
Step 4 — Click Export to CSV
One click downloads all candidate data as a clean, properly formatted CSV file. All fields populated, all scores included.
Step 5 — Open in Excel or Google Sheets
Import the CSV with no special steps. Sort, filter, share, and build your shortlist from structured candidate data.
No More Manual Data Entry
The alternative to automated extraction is manual data entry: reading each CV, copying name and email into a spreadsheet, noting their job title and approximate years of experience, flagging their key skills. At five to eight minutes per candidate, thirty applications takes three to four hours — just to populate a spreadsheet, before you've made a single shortlisting decision.
With Cv Bam Bam, that same batch of thirty CVs is parsed, scored, and exported in under two minutes. The time saving is real, consistent, and significant — every hiring round.
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