CV

What a European CV usually includes

Conventions vary by country, but a standard European CV runs 1-2 pages with:

• Header: name, contact, sometimes a photo (still expected in DACH, frowned on in UK).
• Profile / summary: 2-3 lines on what kind of role the candidate is looking for.
• Work history: reverse-chronological. Company, role, dates, 3-5 bullets per role.
• Education: institution, degree, year.
• Skills, languages, sometimes references: tail sections.

CV vs. resume

A CV in Europe ≈ a resume in the US. The vocabulary mainly differs by geography:

• In the EU, candidates write a CV for any role.
• In the US, candidates write a resume for industry roles and a CV for academic/research roles (which are then long, 4-10 pages).

For European SMB hiring, “CV” is the right canonical word.

What recruiters actually read

A first CV pass is 30-60 seconds. The reader looks at the most recent role, then jumps to the relevant past role. Everything else is reference material. A CV that fails this 30-second test usually fails because it buries the lede or is over-designed.

Where Join fits

Join parses the uploaded CV into structured fields on the candidate record so reviewers can scan the highlights without opening the PDF. See the features page.