A CV that reads as normal in one market can read as wrong in another. These 11 formats match what employers in that market actually expect - the sections they look for, the details they commonly include, and the ones they would rather you left off.
Every format is free, ATS-parse-tested, and switchable at any time without losing your content.
Europass CV · CEFR grid · Often requested by EU institutions & programmes
The EU institutional CV format with CEFR language grid. Use this when a posting specifically asks for Europass — for private-sector EU roles, Classic or Minimal usually performs better.
Lebenslauf · Tabular layout · Photo optional
The tabular Lebenslauf layout common in Germany - dates on the left, with a photo slot and an optional Geburtsdatum line.
Job markets: Germany · Switzerland · Austria
Profielschets first · No BSN · Photo and age optional
The Dutch CV is short, factual and light on personal data. This layout opens with a profielschets and leaves off your BSN, which employers may not ask for when you apply, plus photo and date of birth, which are optional.
Job markets: Netherlands
1-2 pages · Photo slot top-right · Loisirs section
The French CV format - an optional photo slot top-right and a Loisirs section. Aim for one page early in your career, two if you are senior.
Job markets: France
Personal Profile · Key Skills · References footer
UK-format CV - Personal Profile at top, Key Skills section, References footer, and no photo or date of birth.
Job markets: United Kingdom
Formal one-column · Links up front · References section
Singapore CV in a clean, formal one-column layout, with your links up front and a references section - for local and regional roles.
UAE · Photo slot · Optional date of birth
Gulf-region CV format - a photo slot top-right and an optional date of birth line in the header.
Job markets: United Arab Emirates · Saudi Arabia · Qatar
履歴書 · Grid form · Japanese hiring standard
The 履歴書 (rirekisho) grid-table format widely used in Japanese job applications - with bilingual section labels.
Bio-Data · Career Objective · Declaration footer
The Indian Bio-Data format - Career Objective at top, Hobbies section, and a signed Declaration footer.
이력서 · Standardized grid · Korean hiring standard
The 이력서 (iryeokseo) standardized grid form, a widely used CV format in South Korea.
No photo · No date of birth · Named referees
Australian CV following local convention - no photo, no date of birth, and named referees with contact details.
Job markets: Australia · New Zealand
Not every market needs its own format. Where a country's CV is structurally the same as a standard reverse-chronological resume, we point you at Classic or Minimal rather than publishing a relabelled duplicate.
For some markets, substantially. A German Lebenslauf is tabular and often includes a photo and date of birth, though neither is required. A Japanese rirekisho is a fixed grid form. An Australian CV usually leaves off a photo and date of birth. Others differ far less - an Irish or Canadian CV is close to a standard reverse-chronological resume, which is why we do not publish a separate template for every country. Where the format genuinely differs, we ship a template for it.
Use Classic or Minimal. Both are reverse-chronological, ATS-safe and accepted across markets that have no distinctive local format. Adding a country label to a template that is structurally identical would not change what a recruiter receives.
It depends on the employer, not the country. International and tech employers in Germany, the Netherlands and the Nordics typically hire in English. Domestic employers, public sector roles and smaller companies usually expect the local language. If the job posting is written in the local language, that is your answer.
Yes. All 11 country formats (Europass plus ten countries) and the 3 ATS templates are on the free plan, which includes 2 resumes, unlimited PDF downloads and tracking for 50 job applications. Pro adds 14 more templates and unlimited AI tailoring and cover letters.
Yes. Every template is parse-tested: we render it to PDF and check that a parser reads each field back in order. Exported PDFs are real text, never images.
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