CV Analyz Blog
Practical guides to write a resume that beats ATS systems and reaches the recruiter.
Employment Gaps on a CV: How to Explain Them Without Losing the Interview
A gap is not a disqualification — hiding it is. How to present a career break honestly, where to put it, the one-sentence explanations that work, and how to answer the follow-up question in the interview.
CV for the UK and Ireland: Format, References and What to Leave Out
What a British CV expects and what it bans: two pages, no photo, no date of birth, a personal statement, references on request — plus the right-to-work and spelling details that mark out a local application.
Canadian Resume Format: How to Present Foreign Experience and Credentials
How to write a Canadian resume as a newcomer or from abroad: the expected format, no photo or personal details, how to present foreign degrees and experience, credential assessment and the keywords employers screen for.
Should You Put a Photo on Your CV? The Rule Country by Country
Where a CV photo is expected, where it is actively discouraged, and why. Plus what makes a professional headshot work, and the technical mistake that makes a photo break your CV in an ATS.
AI CV Analysis: How It Reads Your Resume and Scores It Out of 100
What AI CV analysis actually does: how your file is parsed, what a score out of 100 measures, which weaknesses it finds that you cannot see yourself, and how to act on the report instead of just reading it.
CV Scanner: What an ATS Actually Sees When It Scans Your Resume
A CV scanner does not read your layout — it extracts text. See exactly what survives the scan, what gets lost in columns, tables, headers and images, and how to test your own file before you apply.
How to Improve My CV: Turning an Analysis Report Into a Stronger Resume
A practical order of work for improving your CV: fix what blocks the machine, then the structure, then rewrite duties into results. With before-and-after examples and the mistakes that make a rewrite worse.
PDF or Word? The Best CV File Format for ATS (and What Breaks It)
Which file format to send your CV in, why a text-based PDF is the safe default, when Word is the better answer, and the file mistakes — scans, images, unusual fonts, huge files — that make a CV unreadable.
The Interview Questions Hidden in Your CV — and How to Prepare for Them
Every line of your CV is a question waiting to be asked. Learn to read your own CV like an interviewer, find the lines that invite trouble, and prepare evidence-based answers for each one.