Start with the job offer
Identify the responsibilities, outcomes and criteria that genuinely shape the role before changing your CV.
Read when to tailor your CV (French)Tailor your CV
Tailor your CV to a job offer — without inventing experience
Start with the role’s responsibilities and criteria, find the facts in your background that address them, then make that evidence easier to read.
Tailoring does not mean adding a skill you do not have or copying every word from the job offer.
A defensible revision
Three principles for tailoring your CV accurately
Useful tailoring connects the employer’s stated need with your real experience. It does not turn a possibility into a proven skill.
Rewrite from evidence
Connect each statement to an experience, action, result or skill that you can explain.
Keep the boundary visible
If a requirement does not match your background, name the gap instead of hiding it behind vague wording.
From the role to your CV
A four-pass revision method
Work on one area at a time so the document stays coherent and factual.
Identify the requirements that genuinely structure the role.
Find the evidence in your background that addresses them.
Rewrite the relevant experience with precise verbs and useful context.
Review the whole CV and remove any statement you could not defend in a conversation.
Evidence check
From fact to wording: verify every change
Wording can move closer to the job offer and remain accurate if you can trace it back to the fact that supports it. Work with three columns: background fact, available evidence and possible wording.
| Background fact | Available evidence | Possible wording |
|---|---|---|
| Tracked customer requests in a spreadsheet each week. | Tracking file and team meeting notes. | Tracked customer requests in a spreadsheet each week. |
| Helped welcome two new colleagues. | Onboarding checklist and shared schedule. | Contributed to onboarding two new colleagues using a shared checklist. |
Avoid : Writing ‘managed commercial performance’ on the basis of simple request tracking adds a level of responsibility that the evidence does not support.
No-invention checklist
- I can name the original situation or experience.
- I distinguish my own action from the team’s work.
- The result is observed, documented or clearly presented as an estimate.
- I keep the gap visible when my background does not cover a requirement.
The goal is not to repeat every word in the offer. It is to make your real evidence easier to find and understand.
Source : Europass, create your CV
Before you rewrite
Compare your CV with the job offer first.
The comparison helps you separate evidence that is already visible, evidence that needs clarification and genuine gaps that should stay visible.
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