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International resume and CV writing

Applying across borders fails on two things that have nothing to do with ability. The format is wrong for the destination — a photograph where it is unlawful to ask, or none where it is expected — and the experience is unreadable, because an employer in Toronto has no idea what a well-known Indian employer, qualification or grading scale actually means. Both are fixable, and both are usually why strong candidates hear nothing.

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What you receive

The handover

Finished files

Production-ready output in the format your printer, platform or workshop actually needs — press PDF, editable source, CAD file, font binary or deck, as the work requires.

Editable sources

The working files, not just the export, so your team can change the work later without coming back to us.

Full rights

Copyright transfers to you on final payment. Nothing we make for you is resold or reused elsewhere.

Two revision rounds

Included in the quoted price. Corrections are logged against the draft rather than argued over on a call.

How it works

Five steps, and you approve the first three

01 · Brief

You tell us what the finished thing has to do, and send whatever material you already have.

02 · Scope & price

A written scope, a fixed figure and a delivery date, usually within one working day.

03 · Structure

You sign off the architecture before production starts, so nothing large is built on a wrong assumption.

04 · Production

Work arrives in stages as it finishes, not all at the end, with two revision rounds included.

05 · Handover

Files, sources and rights in your hands, and the invoice closed.

Related in this division

Often commissioned together

In detail

International resume writing — how we produce it

We need the destination before we start, because there is no such thing as an international format. There are national conventions, and writing to a generic one produces a document that is slightly wrong everywhere.

The translation work is the substance. Fifteen years of strong experience at employers a foreign reader has never heard of, described in terms specific to your home market, reads as an unknown quantity. One clause of context per employer changes that entirely.

Fixed price agreed in writing, five to seven working days, one revision round. Language versions by native writers are quoted separately where the destination needs one.

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What changes when you apply abroad

Format for the destination, translated for the reader

The destination’s format, exactly

One page in the US, two in the UK and Canada, two or three in Australia, two with a photograph in the Gulf. Each is a convention the reader applies without thinking about it.

Personal details by local law

Photograph, date of birth, marital status and nationality are expected in some markets and unlawful to request in others. Getting this wrong marks you as unfamiliar before your experience is read.

Employers explained

“A top-three Indian private bank, 90,000 staff” means something in Melbourne; the bank’s name alone may not. One clause per employer solves this.

Qualifications in local terms

Degrees, grading scales and professional bodies rendered into their local equivalent, with the original named. A first-class B.Tech needs a line of context in North America.

Work authorisation stated

Visa status, eligibility or sponsorship requirement, stated plainly near the top. Employers screen on this early and ambiguity is read as a problem.

Spelling, dates and units

British or American spelling, date order, currency and measurement units set to the destination. Small things, noticed immediately, cumulatively decisive.

International applications usually also take the LinkedIn rewrite, since overseas recruiters check the profile before responding to a candidate applying from abroad.

What you receive

The international package

  • Resume or CV in the destination market’s exact convention
  • Personal details included or omitted according to local law and practice
  • Employers and qualifications explained for an unfamiliar reader
  • Work authorisation stated clearly near the top
  • Spelling, dates, currency and units set to the destination
  • A cover letter addressing relocation and availability

Five to seven working days, one revision round. Tell us the destination country and we write to it rather than to a general international template.

Questions we are asked

Frequently asked

Is there a standard international CV format?

No. There are national conventions, and a document written to a generic international template is slightly wrong in every market.

Should I include a photograph?

It depends entirely on the destination. Expected in the Gulf and much of continental Europe; inappropriate in the US, UK, Canada and Australia.

How do I present an employer nobody abroad knows?

With one clause of context — sector, scale, position in market. It costs eight words and changes the reading completely.

Should I mention that I need sponsorship?

Yes, plainly and near the top. Employers screen on authorisation early, and discovering it late wastes everyone’s time including yours.

Do you translate the CV as well?

Yes, into any of a hundred-plus languages, written by a native speaker rather than machine translated. Quoted separately.

Questions

Before you commission

How much does thesis to book conversion cost?

Prices are fixed in writing before work begins. Scope, language count and turnaround move the figure; volume across a programme brings it down. Send the brief and you have a number within a working day.

How long does it take?

Most single deliverables run three to fourteen weeks depending on length and complexity. Programmes are staged so early parts reach you while later parts are still in production. You get a date with the quote.

Who does the work?

A specialist from our thesis to book team, with an editor and a production person on the same project. Everyone is bound by the same confidentiality terms.

Do I own the result?

Yes. Full copyright transfer, editable sources and production-ready files on final payment. Nothing is resold or reused.

Can it be produced in other languages?

Yes — any of a hundred-plus languages, typeset in the same studio so layout and page numbers match across editions.

Do you work with clients outside India?

Yes. Publishers, institutions and founders in the United States, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Canada, Australia and Japan. Work is delivered by email and shared drive and quoted in US dollars.

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Approvals

You sign off before we build

Structure agreed before production starts, so nothing large rests on an unchecked assumption.

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Scale

Seven countries, a hundred cities

Delivered by email and shared drive, quoted in US dollars, scheduled against your time zone.

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Languages

A hundred-plus languages

Translation and typesetting in one studio, so layout matches across editions.

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Rights

You own everything

Full copyright transfer, editable sources and production files on final payment.

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Confidentiality

NDA before anything is sent

Most of our work carries the client’s name, not ours.

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The agency

Fifteen years in production

Writers, translators, designers and typesetters on the same project, in the same building.

What it costs

Published prices, and the LinkedIn profile is free

Most resume services will not quote until you have sent your document and had a conversation. Content Factory publishes the range: ₹2,500 to ₹10,000, decided by your profession and the seniority of the role you are applying for — a graduate resume sits at the bottom of that range and a chief executive package at the top. The figure is fixed in writing before any work starts.

Who it is for Price Turnaround LinkedIn profile
Fresher and graduate
first job, campus placement, internship
from ₹2,5003–4 working daysFree
Experienced professional
two to ten years, any sector
₹4,000 – ₹6,0003–5 working daysFree
Senior and specialist
manager, consultant, doctor, academic, engineer
₹6,000 – ₹8,0005–7 working daysFree
Executive and C-suite
CEO, CFO, CTO, director, board roles
up to ₹10,0007–10 working daysFree
ATS optimisation of your existing resumeQuoted on the document2–4 working days—
Cover letter, added to any packageQuotedwith the resume—

The LinkedIn profile rewrite is included at no charge with every resume. Most services charge separately for it, which makes no sense — a recruiter reads the resume and the profile within minutes of each other, and any disagreement between the two counts against you. Content Factory writes both from one agreed position so they never contradict.

Where exactly you fall in the range depends on your profession and the level you are targeting, not on how long the document is. Send the resume you have now and you will have the figure the same working day — and if it needs nothing, we will tell you that instead.

Send a brief

Tell us what you need made

Send the brief and we reply with a scope, a fixed price and a date — usually within one working day. Whole programmes are quoted the same way as single titles.

A written scope, fixed price and date, usually within one working day.
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