<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>The Cvizo blog</title><description>Guides on writing a CV, getting through an ATS and running your own job search.</description><link>https://cvizo.com</link><language>en</language><item><title>Duties or achievements: how to describe experience on a CV</title><link>https://cvizo.com/en/blog/achievements-not-duties-on-a-cv</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cvizo.com/en/blog/achievements-not-duties-on-a-cv</guid><description>Why a list of duties tells a recruiter nothing about you, how to turn it into achievements even in jobs without numbers, and how to test each line.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>cv</category><category>hiring</category></item><item><title>How to tailor a CV to one job posting in twenty minutes</title><link>https://cvizo.com/en/blog/how-to-tailor-a-cv-to-a-job-posting</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cvizo.com/en/blog/how-to-tailor-a-cv-to-a-job-posting</guid><description>How to read a posting the way the person who wrote it does, what to change in your CV for one role, and the parts you never touch.</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>cv</category><category>ats</category><category>job-search</category></item><item><title>Personal information on a CV: what to include, what to skip</title><link>https://cvizo.com/en/blog/personal-information-on-a-cv</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cvizo.com/en/blog/personal-information-on-a-cv</guid><description>A photo helps you in Warsaw and hurts you in Chicago. Which personal fields are expected, which are liabilities, and one question to run over every line.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>cv</category><category>job-search</category><category>process</category></item><item><title>How to write a CV that gets through an ATS to a human</title><link>https://cvizo.com/en/blog/how-to-write-a-cv-that-gets-through-an-ats</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cvizo.com/en/blog/how-to-write-a-cv-that-gets-through-an-ats</guid><description>What an applicant tracking system actually reads in your CV, which formatting choices cost you the rejection, and how to test your own file in two minutes.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>cv</category><category>ats</category><category>job-search</category></item><item><title>How long should a CV be, and why page two is usually wasted</title><link>https://cvizo.com/en/blog/how-long-should-a-cv-be</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cvizo.com/en/blog/how-long-should-a-cv-be</guid><description>Length follows from what you put on the page. What a recruiter reads in the first pass, when two pages are earned, and a test that tells you what to cut.</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>cv</category><category>job-search</category></item><item><title>Salary expectations: when to name a number, and which one</title><link>https://cvizo.com/en/blog/salary-expectations</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cvizo.com/en/blog/salary-expectations</guid><description>A range is read as its bottom figure. What the recruiter knows before they ask, why they may not be allowed to ask what you earn now, and how to set the floor.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>job-search</category><category>hiring</category><category>process</category></item><item><title>Writing a first CV when you have no experience to put on it</title><link>https://cvizo.com/en/blog/cv-with-no-experience</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cvizo.com/en/blog/cv-with-no-experience</guid><description>You have no employment history but you do have evidence. What counts, what order to put it in, and the test that finds the lines saying nothing.</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>cv</category><category>job-search</category></item><item><title>How long tech hiring takes and what to do when it goes quiet</title><link>https://cvizo.com/en/blog/how-long-does-tech-hiring-take</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cvizo.com/en/blog/how-long-does-tech-hiring-take</guid><description>Realistic lengths for each stage, the right moment to follow up, and why silence almost never means what you think it means.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>hiring</category><category>process</category><category>job-search</category></item><item><title>Employment gap on a CV: how to stop it being the question</title><link>https://cvizo.com/en/blog/employment-gap-on-a-cv</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cvizo.com/en/blog/employment-gap-on-a-cv</guid><description>The recruiter counts the years and finds it anyway. One line closes the subject; leaving it blank turns it into guesswork you do not control.</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>cv</category><category>job-search</category><category>hiring</category></item><item><title>The thank-you email after an interview: what to write</title><link>https://cvizo.com/en/blog/thank-you-email-after-an-interview</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cvizo.com/en/blog/thank-you-email-after-an-interview</guid><description>Gratitude changes nothing. One fact you did not get to say sometimes does. Plus the market split that decides whether skipping it is even noticed.</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>job-search</category><category>hiring</category><category>process</category></item><item><title>The cover letter in 2026: when it helps, when it wastes time</title><link>https://cvizo.com/en/blog/the-cover-letter-in-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://cvizo.com/en/blog/the-cover-letter-in-2026</guid><description>Three situations where a cover letter actually changes a decision, and one test that tells you whether you are writing something nobody will read.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>cv</category><category>cover-letter</category><category>job-search</category></item></channel></rss>