International CV: adapt your CV country by country
A CV doesn't travel unchanged from one country to another. Photo or no photo, language, personal details, length, vocabulary: every market has its own rules, and many ATS abroad penalise a CV that ignores them.
Key takeaways
Translating your CV isn't enough. In English-speaking countries (the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada), you leave out the photo and personal details; in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, a photo is actually expected. Language, length and ATS vocabulary also vary by country. CVpass automatically adapts your CV to the standards of your target country and recalculates the ATS score accordingly.
CV standards by country (comparison table)
| Country | Language | Photo | Personal info | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇫🇷 France | French | Optional | Optional | 1 page |
| 🇺🇸 United States | English | No | No | 1 page |
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | English | No | No | 2 pages |
| 🇨🇦 Canada | English | No | No | 2 pages |
| 🇩🇪 Germany | German | Yes | Yes | 2 pages |
| 🇨🇭 Switzerland | German | Yes | Optional | 2 pages |
| 🇪🇸 Spain | Spanish | Optional | Optional | 2 pages |
| 🇮🇹 Italy | Italian | Optional | Optional | 2 pages |
| 🇵🇹 Portugal | Portuguese | Optional | Optional | 2 pages |
| 🇳🇱 Netherlands | Dutch | Optional | Optional | 2 pages |
| 🇧🇪 Belgium | French | Optional | Optional | 2 pages |
| 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | French | Optional | Optional | 2 pages |
Click a country to open its detailed guide.
CV guides by country
Each guide covers the local rules: language, photo, personal details, structure, date format and mistakes to avoid.
Adapt your CV to a country, automatically
Instead of memorizing each country's rules, let CVpass handle it for you. After uploading your CV, you pick the country you're applying to: the tool translates the document into the expected language, removes or keeps the photo and personal details according to local standards, and adapts the ATS vocabulary, date format and target length. The ATS score is recalculated using that country's criteria: the same CV won't get the same score for France and for the United States.
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