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Screen CVs against the role — not into ChatGPT

ChatGPT is a general assistant. Screenswize is recruiter software for explainable CV screening: vacancy context, batch uploads, evidence, credits, and a privacy path that does not send original CVs to OpenAI.

Side-by-side for recruiting teams

NeedChatGPT pasteScreenswize
Role-specific rankingDepends on the prompt you typedVacancy-defined requirements every time
Evidence you can showFree-form chat textMatched requirements, gaps, CV evidence
Original CV filesOften pasted or uploaded into chatNever sent to OpenAI — cleaned text only
Batch screeningManual, chat-by-chatUpload PDF/DOCX batches per vacancy
Spend controlHard to attribute to recruiting volume10 free, then clear monthly + top-ups
Who decides the hireYou (hopefully)Always you — no auto-hire / auto-reject

Why “just use ChatGPT” falls short for CV screening

Consumer chat products are excellent for drafting and brainstorming. They are a weak fit when candidate personal information, consistent scoring, and hiring-manager scrutiny are involved. Prompts drift between teammates. Outputs are hard to file against a vacancy. Pasting full CVs can put identifiers into a general AI product that was not designed as your recruiting system of record.

Screenswize keeps the useful part of AI — language understanding against a job brief — inside a recruiter product. Identifying details are removed before analysis. Only cleaned, job-relevant text is sent for screening. Original PDF or DOCX files stay out of the OpenAI path. See our privacy commitments for the full story.

Explainability beats a clever paragraph

Hiring managers rarely want a witty chatbot summary. They want to know whether the candidate meets the must-haves, where experience is thin, and what evidence supports the score. Screenswize is built for that conversation. It is AI CV screening with evidence, not a black-box reject button.

POPIA-aware process for South Africa

South African recruiting teams need to think carefully about personal information. Screenswize is designed to support POPIA-aware handling: minimise retention of original CVs, clean identifiers before AI analysis, and keep humans responsible for decisions. Chat paste workflows make those controls harder to prove. Built for recruiters who need speed and accountability together.

Pricing that maps to screens, not chat tokens

Start with 10 free CV screens. Then R399.99/month for 100 screens, with top-ups of R249.99/50 and R49.99/10. That is recruiting volume pricing — see Screenswize pricing — not an opaque consumer AI subscription shared across the company.

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