Stiven Catalyst

Free tool · Career

CV Builder

A CV that looks like it was made by a designer, in the time it takes to type it. Add your photo, type a company's website and its logo appears, and watch every change on real A4 pages before you save the PDF.

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1 · Design
Colours

The headings follow the language of the CV, not of this page, so you can write a German CV from the Albanian page.

2 · Photo and contact

A friendly, professional portrait, head and shoulders, on a calm background. In Germany a photo is common; in the UK and the US leave it out.

Separate the parts with |.

3 · Key figures

Up to four numbers a recruiter sees first: years, people led, results, languages.

4 · Profile

3–5 sentences: who you are, where you work best, your strongest results, your languages.

One per line. Shown in a box next to the profile.

5 · Experience

Newest first. Split it into sections if you like, for example by country. Several roles at one company sit under one logo.

6 · Side activities optional
7 · Education and certificates
8 · Skills
9 · Languages

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In the print window choose “Save as PDF”, paper A4, margins “None” or “Default”, and switch on “Background graphics”.

A strong CV

Six seconds decide

Recruiters scan before they read. Make the first look count.

  • Results, not duties. “Responsible for the team” says little. “Led 12 people; complaints down by a third” says a lot.
  • One page per ten years. Recent roles get detail; older ones get a line or two.
  • Match the job ad. Use the same words for the skills the ad asks for, so screening software finds them.
  • Same format everywhere. Dates as MM.YYYY, cities after companies, one style for every bullet point.
  • Logos help the eye. A known company logo is recognised faster than its name. Type the website and it is added.
  • Keep a backup. Save the backup file after big changes; open it on any device to keep working.

Your CV stays in this browser; nothing is uploaded, and photos and logos you add are kept only on this device. Only when you type a company website, that address is sent to Google's icon service to fetch the logo.