106 guides · 15 countries · sourced and dated
Career advice for your exact situation.
Pick where you are going and what you need. Each guide gives the steps in order, the official rules with sources, and a plan the coach can tailor to you.
KaizenCV career guides are step-by-step plans for specific situations: finding a job in 15 countries as a foreigner, with each country’s work visas, CV format, post-study permits and refugee rules; changing careers; and getting hired or back on track after a gap or layoff. Every figure links to its official source and the date it was checked.
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Moving abroad for work
7 guides- How to find a job abroad: a step-by-step planPick a country you can get into, match a visa route, find employers who sponsor, adapt your CV and avoid visa-job scams. A plan built on official sources.
- CV format by country: what employers expect in 15 countriesPhoto or no photo, date of birth, length, Europass and references: CV conventions by region from official job-portal guidance, with before/after examples.
- Jobs abroad for English speakers: where you can work without the local languageWhere English works as a working language, which sectors hire in English, what teaching English abroad involves, and when the local language still decides.
- Post-study work visas compared: where international students can stay and workHow long graduates can stay and work after studying in 13 countries, the condition that matters in each, and how to turn a student job into a work visa.
- How to find a job as a refugee in a new countryWhen asylum seekers and refugees may work in 9 countries, how to get qualifications recognised without papers, and how to write a CV with gaps.
- How to get your foreign qualifications recognised abroadRegulated or not? Who assesses foreign degrees in Germany, the UK, Canada, the US, Australia, New Zealand and Denmark — with costs, timelines and CV wording.
- Moving abroad with your partner: how to find work as an accompanying spouseWhich partner visas allow work in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, Canada, Australia and the US, and how to rebuild your career after the move.
Changing careers
8 guides- How to change careers: the transferable-skills methodA step-by-step career change method: pick a realistic target, audit your skills against real postings, close only the gaps that matter, rewrite your CV.
- Jobs for former teachers: where teaching skills transfer and how to make the moveJobs for former teachers — instructional design, corporate training, EdTech, HR — what each needs and how to turn classroom work into business language.
- Career change for nurses: non-bedside roles that use your clinical experienceNon-bedside jobs for nurses — clinical research, informatics, case management, education, industry — what each needs and how to rewrite bedside experience.
- Leaving retail: office and career-track jobs your retail experience qualifies you forLeaving retail? The office jobs retail experience qualifies you for — customer success, B2B sales, operations, HR, admin — and how to quantify your work.
- How to get into tech with no tech backgroundRealistic ways into tech without a tech background: IT support, QA, data, UX and customer success — the certifications postings name and what to skip.
- Changing careers at 40 or 50: a realistic planChanging careers at 40 or 50: your protection against age bias, planning the money and timeline, how far back your CV should go, and retraining options.
- Leaving hospitality: jobs your restaurant and hotel experience qualifies you forLeaving hospitality? The jobs restaurant and hotel experience qualifies you for — events, customer success, sales, operations, HR — and how to quantify it.
- Career change from sales: where sales experience transfersLeaving sales? Where sales experience transfers — customer success, account management, marketing, recruiting, RevOps, product — and how to reframe quota.
Getting hired
6 guides- How to get your first job after graduationWhen to start, which entry-level jobs, graduate schemes and internships to target, a CV with little experience, networking, interviews and a 90-day search plan.
- How to get a job with no experienceWhich jobs hire without experience, what counts as experience when you have never had a job, and how to write the CV, cover letter and interview answers.
- How to find a remote job (and avoid remote job scams)Where real remote jobs are, what “remote in the US only” means, tax and visa rules for working abroad, a remote-ready CV, and the red flags of remote job scams.
- How to look for a new job while you are still employedLook for a new job without your employer finding out: LinkedIn settings, interview scheduling, references, notice periods, counter-offers and resigning well.
- How to negotiate salary: scripts for the offer, the raise and the counter-offerResearch a fair range, answer “what are your salary expectations?”, counter an offer, negotiate the package and ask for a raise — with word-for-word scripts.
- How to get promoted: a 6-month planA 6-month plan to get promoted: learn the next level’s criteria, make your impact visible, keep a brag document, find a sponsor and ask with a clear script.
Getting back on track
2 guides- How to explain a career gap on your CV, cover letter and in interviewsThe exact CV line, cover-letter sentence and interview answer for a career gap — by reason: caregiving, health, layoff, relocation, study or burnout.
- Laid off? What to do in the first 30 daysA week-by-week plan for the first 30 days after a layoff: paperwork, money, your story, CV and applications — and what changes on a work visa.
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