Guides

The questions people ask us most, answered properly. No account needed, and nothing here is a sales pitch with a headline on it.

• What is an ATS, and how does it read your CV?An ATS turns your CV into database fields before anyone reads it. What it can and cannot parse, where CVs actually break, and how to check your own file for free.
• CV or resume: what is the difference?In the UK, Europe and Türkiye they are the same document. In the US they are two. What each word means, what the other markets call it, and which one to send.
• Writing a CV with AI: what it can do, and what it must notAI is good at reframing what you already did in the words a posting uses. It must never invent a company, a title, a date or a number. Where the line sits, and how to stay on the right side of it.
• Should you put a photo on your CV?Common in Türkiye, Germany and France · deliberately avoided in the US, the UK and Canada. Where a photo helps, where it gets your application set aside, and what a usable one looks like.
• Lebenslauf: how to write a CV for GermanyThe tabular German CV, section by section: which personal details still belong on it, what recruiters expect from Berufserfahrung and Kenntnisse, and how the Anschreiben and Anlagen fit around it.
• How to write an English CVWrite it in English rather than translating it. Structure, achievement bullets, the personal details to leave out, and the small conventions that make a CV read as local.
• ATS-friendly CV: templates and how to write oneHow to make an ATS-friendly CV: one column, familiar headings, real text. Free ATS-friendly resume templates you can download with no watermark.
• How to tailor your CV to a job descriptionStep by step: read the posting, match its keywords, rewrite your summary and bullets for it, and keep a separate CV for each job without inventing anything.
• The best CV builders: a 2026 comparisonWe compared popular CV and resume builders on pricing model, free downloads, tailoring to a job posting, language support and whether the AI invents anything.
• Letterin vs Zety: which one fits you?Looking for a Zety alternative? We compared the two resume builders on free downloads, renewal after the trial, tailoring to a job posting and language support.
• Letterin vs Enhancv: which one fits you?Looking for an Enhancv alternative? We compared the two resume builders on free use, DOCX support, tailoring to a job posting, AI approval and language support.
• Letterin vs Resume.io: which one fits you?Looking for a Resume.io alternative? We compared the two resume builders on renewal after the trial, free downloads, tailoring to a job posting and languages.