A career guide you fill in
How to write a CV for the German job market
A fillable guide across 26 pages: you set your target market, rebuild your CV section by section for German employers, and write bullet points to the result formula, with a translation table for degrees and grades.
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Where you are
What's holding you up
You apply in Germany with the CV that always worked at home, and nothing comes back.
For you if you are applying to German employers, whether you already live here or are moving for the role.
The build
How you work through it.
Not a loose pile of pages to skim. The order is built on purpose, each part sits on the one before it, and you end up with a finished result instead of a list of good advice.
Set your target market
Four sets of rules for Germany, the UK, the US and the Netherlands. You record which length, spelling and convention apply to the role you are actually going for.
Rebuild the CV section by section
The eight places where an application crosses badly between the two markets, each with what comes out and what stays in.
Write lines to the result formula
Verb, thing, number, context. Plus 42 verbs sorted by effect and nine burnt-out words you stop using.
Translate degrees, grades and references
A table sets the wording for German degrees, state examinations, dual vocational training and grade scales. Plus how to handle an Arbeitszeugnis and reference contacts.
What is inside
Applying in Germany
16 €- Eight places a translated application gives itself away
- Conventions in Germany, the UK, the US, the Netherlands
- Translation traps around job titles and grades
- A complete cover letter written out in full
One-off, no subscriptionInstant downloadInvoice incl. 19% VAT
A look inside
Real pages, not mockups.
Three pages from the guide, exactly as they reach you after the purchase.
The download
One purchase, two languages, two ways to work.
Both versions
The download holds two folders, one English, one German. You pay once and decide yourself which language you work in.
Real form fields
You type straight into the PDF on your computer and save as you go. Printing works too, it just is not necessary.
Worksheets included
If you would rather write in Word, use the worksheets that come with it.
What the price is measured against
An application that reads like a translation drops out in the first screen, before anyone reaches your experience.
Who is behind it
Written from the hiring manager's side.
I am Nick, over 7 years in HR teams from start-up to corporate, most recently as Head of People. Everything in this guide is something I have used, asked or decided myself.
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What buyers want to know first.
My German is not fluent. Can I even apply here?
In many roles yes, and the workbook is built for exactly that case. It shows what a German employer expects to see in an application, which parts of your international CV work against you here, and where a job title or a degree must not be translated word for word. Language requirements themselves depend on the role, not on your documents.
Is this in English or in German?
Both. The download holds two folders, one with the English and one with the German version. You pay once and decide yourself which language you work in, which helps when a German employer asks for documents in German.
Do I have to print this out?
No. The PDF has real form fields, you type straight into it on your computer and save as you go. If you prefer Word, use the worksheets that come with it. Printing works too, it is just not necessary.
How does buying work, and is it safe?
Payment runs through Stripe, the same payment provider Amazon and Zalando use. I never see your card details. Right after payment you get the download link on the confirmation page and by email, plus an invoice showing German VAT. Checkout, download and confirmation email are all in English.
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Applying in Germany
Your international CV becomes a German application, without reading like a translation.
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