CV Writing for the MENA Tech Market

About this course

MENA tech recruiters scan a CV for 7 seconds. If it doesn't pass that scan, it doesn't matter how good you are. We work through the proven structure — header, summary, experience, education, skills — with real examples (sanitized) from successful Vodafone, Talabat, and Aramco hires. We rewrite your CV across the course; you finish with one English version, one Arabic version, both recruiter-tested.

What you'll cover

• 1

  How recruiters actually read CVs (the 7-second scan)

  What they look for. What they ignore. The eye-tracking studies.

• 2

  The header and summary that earn the rest of the read

  The 3-line summary. What to put, what to delete. Photo: yes/no in MENA.

• 3

  Experience — bullets that show impact

  Action verbs. Numbers. The before/after rewrite of 5 weak bullets.

• 4

  Education, skills, and certifications

  What MENA tech values. AWS, Azure, PMP signal more than degrees in some roles.

• 5

  ATS — beating the resume robot

  Keywords without keyword stuffing. Format that parses cleanly.

• 6

  Bilingual EN+AR strategy

  When to send which. The Gulf-specific Arabic CV expectations.

• 7

  Live CV review — yours, in front of the group

  The instructor + peers tear it apart, kindly. Walk out with a clean v2.

Skills you'll build

• CV writing
• resume
• MENA jobs
• ATS
• bilingual CV
• career
• job search
• Gulf jobs