What is International resume?

International resume

An international resume follows the conventions of the market you are targeting, not of the country you live in. In most English-speaking remote processes that means no photo, no date of birth, no marital status, single column, and quantified achievements rather than a list of duties.

Including a photo and personal details, standard in Spain and much of Latin America, reads in English-speaking markets as a bias risk, and some companies discard such applications by policy. The other substantive change is moving from describing responsibilities to demonstrating results with figures, timeframes and context.

Also called: resume, international CV, English CV

Related terms

ATSAn ATS is the software companies use to receive, filter and rank applications. It parses the CV, extracts structured fields and lets recruiters discard or prioritise against defined criteria. In international remote processes, with hundreds of applicants per opening, almost nobody reaches a human without passing through one.
International portfolioAn international portfolio is the public body of work that lets a recruiter abroad assess you without knowing your previous employers. It replaces local reputation, which does not travel, with verifiable evidence: projects explained with their context, your specific role and the measurable result they produced.
Total compensationTotal compensation is the complete package of an international remote role: base salary, variable pay, equity, learning and equipment budgets, time off and health cover. Comparing base salary alone across countries leads to the wrong conclusion almost every time.