Read.cv shut down in May 2025. If it was your professional home, the awkward part is not choosing another website builder. It is working out what to move, where to find it, and how to avoid losing the links people already use.
This checklist keeps the migration small. You can rebuild the useful parts of your profile first and polish it later.
Before you rebuild: collect your source material
There is no live Read.cv profile to import directly now, so start with the copies of your work that still exist elsewhere.
Look for:
- Your latest CV or résumé, ideally as a PDF
- Project descriptions in Notion, Google Docs, or a personal notes app
- Screenshots of your old Read.cv profile
- Portfolio images in Figma, Dropbox, Google Drive, or an old website folder
- Your LinkedIn experience and education sections
- Links to GitHub, Dribbble, Behance, writing, talks, and other published work
- The short bio you use on social profiles or conference pages
Do not wait until you find everything. A current CV usually contains enough information to publish a solid first version.
Step 1: decide what deserves to survive
Read.cv worked because it was selective. Preserve that quality instead of copying every line you can find.
For each role or project, ask:
- Does this support the work I want next?
- Can I explain what I contributed?
- Is there a result, artifact, or useful detail that proves it?
Keep the strongest material. Archive the rest in your private notes in case you need it later.
Step 2: rebuild the essential profile structure
A useful first version needs only five parts:
- Introduction: your name, role, location if relevant, and one clear sentence about your work
- Experience: company, role, dates, and a short description of your contribution
- Selected projects: two to five examples with context, your role, and the outcome
- Links: the places where someone can verify or explore your work
- Contact: one obvious way to reach you
Education, talks, awards, writing, and side projects can follow. Publish the core before expanding it.
If you want to keep the quiet visual character of your old profile, use our guide to recreating the Read.cv portfolio style.
Step 3: turn CV bullets into portfolio proof
CV bullets are compressed for recruiters and applicant tracking systems. A web profile has room for just enough context to make the work memorable.
Turn this:
Redesigned onboarding and improved activation by 18%.
Into this:
I redesigned the onboarding path for new teams, simplifying setup from seven decisions to three. Working with product and engineering, I tested the new flow and helped increase activation by 18%.
You do not need a long case study for every item. Add the problem, your contribution, and the result. When the work is public, link to it.
Step 4: choose a durable URL
Your new address should be easy to say, type, and keep.
The fastest option is a profile URL provided by your portfolio service. A custom domain gives you more control because you can point it somewhere else if your tools change again.
Whichever you choose:
- Use your name or a consistent professional handle
- Avoid a URL tied to a temporary job title
- Use HTTPS
- Put the URL in one canonical format everywhere
The lesson from Read.cv is not that every hosted service will disappear. It is that your contact points should be easy to update when one does.
Step 5: replace the old link everywhere
Search for your old Read.cv URL in the places most likely to send opportunities:
- LinkedIn contact information and featured links
- GitHub profile and repository bios
- Email signature
- CV or résumé header
- Social bios
- Speaker profiles and event pages
- Freelance marketplace profiles
- Job application templates
- Personal domain redirects
Search your inbox for the old URL too. That often reveals accounts and documents you have forgotten.
Step 6: check the new profile like a visitor
Before sharing it, open the page in a private browser window and on your phone.
Check that:
- The page works without signing in
- Your name, current role, and contact route are immediately clear
- Dates and links are correct
- Images have useful context and load quickly
- The page is readable on a small screen
- Your PDF download, if offered, contains the latest information
- The browser title and search preview describe you accurately
Ask one trusted person to scan it for 30 seconds, then tell you what they remember. Their answer is a better test than another hour adjusting font sizes.
The fastest migration route
Curvit is a Read.cv alternative built around the same useful constraint: your work should be the focus.
Upload your existing CV and Curvit turns it into a live professional profile. You can then edit the copy, add projects and links, choose a layout, and export an ATS-ready PDF from the same information.
There is no direct Read.cv import because the original service is no longer available. Starting from your CV is the practical shortcut—it rebuilds the structure in seconds, leaving you to make the final version feel like yours.
Upload your CV and rebuild your profile. The basic profile is free and you do not need a credit card.
Read.cv migration checklist
- Gather your latest CV, project copy, images, and professional links
- Choose the experience and projects that support your next move
- Publish an introduction, experience, selected work, links, and contact route
- Add context and outcomes to your strongest CV bullets
- Choose a memorable profile URL or custom domain
- Replace the old Read.cv link across every profile and document
- Test the page signed out and on mobile
- Ask someone to scan it and report what stands out
Your first version does not need to recreate every pixel of the profile you lost. It needs to put your best work back at a URL you are happy to share.