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Process Resumes from Google Drive to ClickUp using GPT-4o and Google Sheets

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Created by: Rahul Joshi || rahul08

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Process new resumes from Google Drive, extract structured candidate data with AI, save to Google Sheets, and auto-create a ClickUp hiring task. Gain a centralized, searchable candidate database and instant task kickoff—no manual data entry. 🚀

What This Template Does

  • Watches a Google Drive folder for new resume PDFs and triggers the workflow. 📂
  • Downloads the file and converts the PDF to clean, readable text. 📄
  • Analyzes resume text with an AI Resume Analyzer to extract structured candidate info (name, email, phone, experience, skills, education). 🤖
  • Cleans and validates the AI JSON output for reliability. 🧹
  • Appends or updates a candidate row in Google Sheets and creates a ClickUp hiring task. ✅

Key Benefits

  • Save hours with end-to-end, hands-off resume processing. ⏱️
  • Never miss a candidate—every upload triggers automatically. 🔔
  • Keep a single source of truth in Sheets, always up-to-date. 📊
  • Kickstart hiring instantly with auto-created ClickUp tasks. 🗂
  • Works with varied resume formats using AI extraction. 🧠

Features

  • Google Drive “Watch for New Resumes” trigger (every minute). ⏲
  • PDF-to-text extraction optimized for text-based PDFs. 📘
  • AI-powered resume parsing into standardized JSON fields. 🧩
  • JSON cleanup and validation for safe storage. 🧰
  • Google Sheets append-or-update for a central candidate database. 📑
  • ClickUp task creation with candidate-specific titles and assignment. 🎯

Requirements

  • n8n instance (cloud or self-hosted); recommended n8n version 1.106.3 or higher. 🔧
  • Google Drive access to a dedicated resumes folder (PDF resumes recommended). 📂
  • Google Sheets credential with edit access to the candidate database sheet. 📈
  • ClickUp workspace/project access to create tasks for hiring. 📌
  • AI service credentials for the Resume Analyzer step (add in n8n Credentials). 🤖

Target Audience

  • HR and Talent Acquisition teams needing faster screening. 👥
  • Recruiters and staffing agencies handling high volumes. 🏢
  • Startups and ops teams standardizing candidate intake. 🚀
  • No-code/low-code builders automating hiring workflows. 🧩

Step-by-Step Setup Instructions

  • Connect Google Drive, Google Sheets, ClickUp, and your AI service in n8n Credentials. 🔐
  • Set the Google Drive “watched” folder (e.g., Resume_store). 📁
  • Import the workflow, assign credentials to all nodes, and map your Sheets columns. 🗂️
  • Adjust the ClickUp task details (title pattern, assignee, list). 📝
  • Run once with a sample PDF to test, then enable scheduling (every 1 minute). ▶️
  • Optionally rename the email/task nodes for clarity (e.g., “Create Hiring Task in ClickUp”). ✍️