Compress a PDF for a Job Application
Job portals usually cap resume and document uploads at 500 KB, 1 MB or 2 MB. Compress your PDF to fit while keeping it readable — the tool is pre-armed to a target and runs entirely in your browser, so your CV isn't uploaded anywhere.
The requirement
- Common limits
- 500 KB, 1 MB or 2 MB
- Best for
- Resume/CV, certificates, ID scans
- Keep readable
- Text stays legible at 500 KB+
- Format
These are typical published values and can change from year to year and from one portal to another. Always confirm the exact requirement in the official notification or upload portal before you submit — the official source takes precedence over anything here.
Step by step
- 1Check the portal's exact size limit (e.g. under 1 MB).
- 2Open the pre-armed compressor for that target and drop in your PDF.
- 3Download the compressed file and upload it to the application.
The free tools you need
Need something else? Try our free PDF compressor or merge PDF files. You can also browse all free PDF tools — everything runs in your browser, with nothing uploaded.
Frequently asked questions
Use the pre-armed compressor at your portal's limit (e.g. 500 KB or 1 MB); it tunes quality to fit while keeping text readable.
Yes. At 500 KB and above, text-based resumes stay crisp; only very image-heavy PDFs lose visible detail.
No — compression runs entirely in your browser, so your documents never leave your device.