Letters & CVs
Letters & CVs
CV (German style)
The tabular CV German employers expect: photo, place, date and signature. As PDF or PNG.
Design
Your details stay in this browser. “Back up data” saves them as a file, e.g. for another device.
What goes into a German CV
- A table, most recent first, one or two pages.
- Periods as month and year, e.g. “10/2023 – heute”. Briefly explain gaps of more than a few months (time abroad, job search, caring for someone).
- A photo is common but voluntary, and many employers deliberately do without one. If you add one, make it a recent, professional portrait.
- Date of birth, nationality and marital status are voluntary too. Many people now leave them out.
- Place, date and signature at the end are traditional. For online applications an inserted signature is fine.
“How a portal reads it” shows the text in exactly the order an application portal pulls it out of your PDF, and checks whether name, email, phone and dates are found.
With “Save as a version” you keep a separate version for each application, say with a different focus, and switch later with one click.
The PDF contains real, selectable text. Application portals that read CVs automatically handle it well, “Classic” best of all.