Guides to CVs, applications and interviews
Practical, honest advice for every step of the job search, from your first CV to the salary negotiation. With examples you can adapt.
CV
How to Write a CV: A Step-by-Step Guide
Learn how to write a CV that gets read: structure, personal profile, work experience and skills explained step by step, with realistic examples.
Read the guide →Write a CV with AI: Method, Tool and Free Options
Write a CV with AI: the five-step method, what AI cannot do, how to write a CV for free, and how to avoid a CV that sounds like everyone else's.
Read the guide →CV Examples: 6 Realistic Samples for Every Stage
CV examples for graduates, experienced professionals, skilled trades, healthcare, students and managers, with notes on why each one works. See them all.
Read the guide →CV Personal Statement: 9 Examples and a Template
CV personal statement examples for 9 roles, a simple four-part template and the mistakes to avoid. Write a profile that gets the rest of your CV read.
Read the guide →Skills for a CV: Hard and Soft Skills + Examples
Skills for a CV: which hard and soft skills to list, how to show IT and language levels, and how to prove them. Includes skill lists for 6 roles.
Read the guide →How to Write a CV With No Experience (With Examples)
Writing a CV with no experience? Learn what to include as a student, school leaver or graduate, with example sections you can adapt in minutes.
Read the guide →ATS-Friendly CV: How to Get Read and Found
What makes an ATS-friendly CV? Learn what applicant tracking systems really do, plus the layout, keywords and file format that get your CV found.
Read the guide →CV Photo and Personal Details: What to Include
Should your CV have a photo? Learn when a CV photo helps, what a good one looks like and which personal details to leave out. Read the checklist.
Read the guide →How to Explain Employment Gaps on Your CV
Employment gaps on your CV from unemployment, illness, parental leave or travel? Learn to explain them honestly, with example wording you can use.
Read the guide →Danish CV Format: How to Apply for Jobs in Denmark
The Danish CV format explained for internationals: structure, length, tone, language and getting foreign qualifications recognised. See examples.
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Applications and cover letters
How to Write a Cover Letter: Structure and Examples
Learn how to write a cover letter that gets read: a clear structure, the right length, strong opening lines and the clichés to cut. See examples.
Read the guide →Cover Letter Examples: 5 Short Letters That Work
Read 5 complete cover letter examples for graduates, student jobs, developers, office roles and career changers – with notes on why each one works.
Read the guide →Speculative Application: How to Write One + Example
How to write a speculative (unsolicited) application that gets read: research, the right contact, calling first, structure and a full example.
Read the guide →How to Tailor Your CV to a Job Description
Learn how to tailor your CV to a job description: read the ad, pull out requirements and keywords, and mirror them honestly. With a worked example.
Read the guide →ChatGPT for Cover Letters and CVs: Use AI Well
Can you use ChatGPT for a cover letter or CV? Yes. Get prompts that work, the mistakes to avoid and how to make AI writing sound like you.
Read the guide →Career Change CV and Cover Letter: A Complete Guide
Changing careers? Find your transferable skills, build a skills-based or hybrid CV and explain the switch in your cover letter. With real examples.
Read the guide →The Danish job market in numbers: pay, employment and unemployment
Median hourly pay for ten occupation groups, which groups grow and shrink, employment by region and seasonally adjusted unemployment – every figure cited with its source and period.
Read the guide →Which jobs are growing in Denmark? Occupation groups rising and falling
See the change in the number of full-time employees behind the pay statistics, by occupation group. Statistics Denmark, table LONS20, 2020 to 2025. Every figure with its source and period.
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Interviews and career
Job Interview Questions and Answers (with Examples)
Common job interview questions and answers with examples: tell me about yourself, strengths, weaknesses, STAR and salary. Plus the best questions to ask.
Read the guide →How to Prepare for a Job Interview: A Checklist
How to prepare for a job interview: research, practice, video interviews, personality tests, cases and second interviews. Get the full checklist here.
Read the guide →Salary Negotiation: How to Ask for What You're Worth
Salary negotiation made practical: research your market rate, answer salary expectations and negotiate the full package. Scripts included.
Read the guide →LinkedIn Profile Tips: Get Found by Recruiters
LinkedIn profile tips for your headline, photo, About section, experience and skills, with examples you can adapt to get more recruiter messages.
Read the guide →Salary by occupation in Denmark: what does a job function pay?
Median hourly pay for ten occupation groups in Denmark from 2020 to 2025. Every figure is from Statistics Denmark, table LONS20, with its source and period.
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