Each PDF becomes one application.
What you need
A PDF of a job posting, up to 12 MB.
A PDF with selectable text. Kattia reads the text in the file and doesn't read scanned images.
Import a PDF
Select + Add application at the top of the page. On a phone, select the + button.
In the New application window, drop your PDF onto the box that says "or drop PDF, CSV, or Excel files here". You can also select that box to choose a file. You can add several PDFs at once.
Select Add application.
Select Import to confirm.
Kattia reads each file, then adds an application with the company and the role. It saves the job description, and any company details it finds, in the application's notes. The new application goes to Applied, or to the stage whose + button you used to open the window.
If you import one PDF, the new card appears on your board. If you import several, Kattia lists them in an Applications added window. Kattia reads the files one at a time. If one file fails, Kattia stops there, and the files before it are already on your board.
Kattia doesn't check PDF imports for duplicates. If you upload the same posting twice, you get two applications, so delete the one you don't need.
Which PDFs work best
Works well:
PDFs saved from a company careers page.
PDFs with text you can select and copy.
May not work:
Scanned documents and images saved as PDF. Kattia doesn't run text recognition on them, and you see "Couldn't find any text in this file. Try another file, or paste the job text instead."
PDFs over 12 MB.
To check a PDF, try to select a line of text. If you can't, it's an image.
Free and Growth
PDF import works on both plans. Today every account has Growth, which has no limit on how many applications you hold. To compare the plans, see What is the difference between Free and Growth?.
If Kattia can't read your PDF
Paste the text of the posting into the box in the New application window and select Add application, then Add application again to confirm. Kattia creates the application from the pasted description.
Paste the link to the posting instead. See How do I add an application from a job link?.
Select Add details yourself to enter the company and role by hand.