How to Get Your Resume Past Gupy (Brazilian ATS Guide)

Correction, 17 October 2026. Earlier versions of this article said Gupy is used by most large Brazilian employers, named specific companies as Gupy users, and said its parser is tuned for Portuguese with pre-mapped headings. We had no source for those claims, so we have removed them. The format advice now rests on how parsing generally works and on matching the language of the posting.

If you're applying to jobs in Brazil, there's a good chance your currículo goes through Gupy. Built in Brazil, Gupy is a widely used local applicant tracking system, and it's built for a Portuguese-speaking market. Gupy doesn't publish how its parser works, so here's what generally happens to your currículo and how to get through cleanly.

Key takeaways

Gupy is widely used in Brazil. Like any ATS, it turns your currículo into a candidate profile that recruiters search.
Match the language of the vaga. For Brazilian-domestic roles posted in Portuguese, use a Portuguese currículo with standard Portuguese headings; recruiters will search in Portuguese.
The format rules are universal: single column, real text, standard headings, no tables, graphics, or header-only contact details.
Match the vaga's exact keywords so recruiter searches surface you from a large pool.
A photo won't help you parse. Even where photos are cultural in Brazil, the image carries no readable text, keep your real information as plain text.

What Gupy does with your currículo

Like any ATS, Gupy parses your file into structured text and builds a searchable candidate record (the general mechanics are in what an ATS is and how it reads your resume). Because popular roles in Brazil draw very high applicant volumes, recruiters rely heavily on searching and filtering that database. If your name, titles, dates, or skills didn't extract cleanly, the search that should have found you never does. For the wider Brazilian picture, see our Brazil currículo format guide.

Use standard Portuguese headings

Parsers generally map sections by recognising familiar headings, and on a Portuguese currículo the familiar headings are Portuguese ones. Use the standard labels:

Resumo Profissional (professional summary)
Experiência Profissional (work experience)
Formação Acadêmica (education)
Habilidades Técnicas (technical skills)

For Brazilian-domestic roles, a Portuguese-language currículo with these headings also matches the words a recruiter will search for. If you're applying to a multinational or an explicitly English-language role, English is fine, but match the language of the posting.

What breaks in Gupy (and every other ATS)

Two-column layouts, can be read across the page and scramble your history (why two columns break).
Header/footer-only contact details, may be skipped (do ATS read headers and footers).
Tables, graphics, icons, and photos of text, carry no readable content.
Non-standard headings, use the standard labels so content maps to the right fields.

The format that gets through Gupy

Single column, top to bottom.
Plain-text name and contact in the body of page one.
Standard Portuguese headings (Resumo, Experiência, Formação, Habilidades) for Brazilian roles.
Real, selectable text in a clean PDF or .docx, never a scanned image.
Skills as plain text, mirroring the posting's terms (how to list skills).

It's the same core format that works for every system, see how to pass the ATS for the full method, applied here with Portuguese headings.

Then be findable in the pool

At high-volume Gupy employers, being readable gets you in; being relevant gets you found. Mirror the specific vaga's exact skills and tools in your bullets and skills section, honestly. According to Gupy, its platform is used by thousands of Brazilian companies to manage recruitment at scale, so getting both the format and the keywords right is what separates you from the pile (more on ranking in how ATS scoring works).

Check what Gupy would see

You can't tell whether your currículo parses cleanly by looking at it. Verify it before you apply: the free copy-paste test gives a quick read, and a free ATS scan shows the exact text pulled from your file, with no invented score and no signup. Then read our Brazil currículo format guide for the full local playbook.

Frequently asked questions

What is Gupy and who uses it?

Gupy is a Brazilian applicant tracking system, widely used by employers in Brazil. When you apply through it, your currículo is parsed into a searchable candidate database before a recruiter reviews it. Gupy's own site describes the companies that use it.

Should my currículo be in Portuguese or English for Gupy?

For Brazilian-domestic roles, a Portuguese-language currículo with standard headings (Resumo Profissional, Experiência Profissional, Formação Acadêmica, Habilidades Técnicas) is the natural choice, because it matches the posting and the words recruiters will search for. For multinationals or explicitly English-language roles, English is fine, match the language of the job posting.

What format works best for Gupy?

A single-column layout with a plain-text name and contact in the body, standard section headings, real selectable text (clean PDF or .docx, not an image), and skills as plain text. Avoid two-column layouts, tables, graphics, and header-only contact details, which can scramble or drop content during parsing.

Does a photo help my currículo on Gupy?

No, at least not for parsing. Even though photos are culturally common on Brazilian currículos, an image carries no readable text, so it does nothing for the ATS and can complicate the layout. Keep all your real information, name, contact, titles, dates, as plain selectable text so the parser captures it.