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How to tailor a CV without making things up
Match real evidence to the role, not a keyword score.
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Tailor your CV to a job
One CV rarely fits every vacancy. These guides show how to tailor your CV or resume to a job description: read the job ad, match your real evidence to it, and keep your file readable by the tools employers use, without keyword tricks.
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Tailoring a CV with evidence: a worked example
Follow one fictional application from job advert to finished CV, using a requirements-and-evidence map.
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ATS-friendly CVs: practical checks without the myths
Understand resume parsing, choose a readable file and use relevant language without chasing unsupported scores or keyword tricks.
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Mirror the job advert, honestly
Read the advert twice, mark the skills it asks for, and use its words only where they are true: match the job, never copy it or claim a skill you lack.
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Keep one master CV, then tailor copies
Keep one long master CV with every role and result, then copy it for each application and send the short version that matches the job.
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