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Practical guides to job-hunting in Germany.
ATS-Friendly Resume for the German Job Market More German companies scan applications with ATS software before a human sees them. What formatting survives the parser, what silently disappears — and how to test yours. Read more → DIN 5008 Cover Letter Format: The German Business-Letter Standard DIN 5008 defines how a German business letter looks — including your cover letter. Margins, address block, subject line, structure: the complete layout. Read more → Explaining Resume Gaps in Germany — Honestly and Without Panic When a gap in your CV actually needs explaining on the German market, phrasings that work, and why covering it up is the only real mistake. Read more → Resume Length in Germany: One Page or Two? The one-page rule is American. In Germany, two pages is the standard — here's the rule of thumb by experience level, and what actually makes a CV too long. Read more → Resume Photo in Germany: Required or Not? Since the AGG anti-discrimination act, no German employer may demand a photo — yet it remains customary. When a photo helps, when to skip it, and what a good one looks like. Read more → Salary Expectations in a German Cover Letter: What to Write German job ads often demand a Gehaltsvorstellung — a stated salary expectation. How to pick the number, where it goes in the letter, and phrasings that work. Read more →