Key takeaway
Be specific and honest about your occupation, tasks, dates, skills and language level. Adapt the emphasis to each vacancy without changing the facts.
Start with the vacancy, not the template
Read a few Latvia vacancies in your chosen field. Note recurring tasks, equipment, schedules, languages and documents. Use this as a checklist for your CV, not a list of keywords to copy mechanically.
If you are looking in two different occupations, prepare separate CVs with different emphasis. Warehouse work and customer service involve different tasks. A general-purpose CV can leave the employer searching for relevant information.
A clear structure
Begin with your name and a reliable way to contact you. Add your target occupation and a short summary of relevant experience, followed by work history, skills, languages, education and documents needed for the role. Check your phone number and email address.
Europass recommends relevant facts, tailoring your CV, clear writing and listing the latest experience first. These principles also work on CVHOLD: a form organises information, but you remain responsible for the content.
- Contact details and professional goal.
- Work experience with dates and tasks.
- Skills and honest language levels.
- Education, licences and certificates where relevant.
Describe experience you can discuss
For each job, include your role, dates and main tasks. Replace 'did everything in a warehouse' with actual operations: receiving goods, storage, order picking or using scanners. Use numbers only when they are real and understandable: which result, over what period, in which role?
Early-career candidates can describe placements, study projects or temporary jobs and clearly label what they were. Do not present training as employment. A short explanation can clarify a gap when useful, without disclosing unnecessary personal circumstances.
Example: specific tasks instead of a general statement
Before: 'Worked in a warehouse.' After: 'Picked orders using a scanner, checked quantities and labels, and handed completed orders over for dispatch.' Use this wording only if you actually performed these tasks.
Skills, languages and documents
Separate occupational skills from general qualities. An example can support 'reliable', but it cannot replace reading technical drawings or operating specific equipment. Describe your independence: familiar with a process, worked under supervision or performed tasks independently.
Language requirements in Latvia depend on the job. Read what the particular employer needs and state your level honestly. Do not claim fluency simply to apply. Check the exact names and validity of driving categories and certificates; avoid putting document numbers in public text unnecessarily.
Adapt without rewriting your entire history
Bring relevant tasks forward and remove details that obscure them. Terms from a vacancy are useful when they accurately describe your work. If the vacancy and CV are in different languages, clarify which version the employer prefers.
On CVHOLD, check your occupation, occupation-linked experience and current skills. Then read the vacancy's MatchScore explanation: it may reveal missing information. Never replace real ability with invented skills to increase a percentage.
Check before sending
Read the CV as an employer: can someone quickly identify your target role and relevant experience? Check spelling, employer names, dates and duplicate entries. If exporting a file, open it yourself and verify that the text is readable.
- The selected CV fits this occupation.
- Dates are consistent.
- You can discuss every claimed skill in an interview.
- Contacts work and unnecessary personal details are removed.
- You have read mandatory requirements before applying.
Sources and useful resources
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