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Recruiters in Dubai spend 6 seconds per CV. Ours are built to survive that — ATS-clean, visa-ready, and designed for the Gulf market. Free to build. No sign-up.

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SARAH AL-RASHIDI

Senior Marketing Manager

Dubai, UAE sarah.r@email.com +971 50 000 0000

Residence VisaUAE Driving Licence

Experience

Senior Marketing Manager

2021 – Present

Emirates Group · Dubai

· Led GCC digital campaigns reaching 2.1M users, +45% YoY engagement
· Cut CPA 32% via paid-search restructure
· Managed AED 4.2M annual marketing budget across 6 markets

Education

BBA, Marketing

2016

American University of Sharjah

Skills

Digital MarketingGoogle AdsHubSpotBrand StrategyGA4Arabic

Templates

Templates designed for UAE recruiters — not US LinkedIn influencers.

Every template is ATS-parseable, Gulf-appropriate (photo field optional, visa status supported), and reviewed by recruiters hiring in the region.

Free

Omar Al-Hashimi

Senior Finance Manager

Dubai, UAE · omar.h@email.ae · +971 50 4·· ····

Experience

Senior Finance Manager

Emirates NBD · Dubai

2021 — Present

·Led AED 120M budget across 4 GCC entities
·Cut monthly close cycle from 9 to 5 days

Education

CFA Charterholder · 2019

BSc Finance — AUS

Skills

IFRSSAPFP&APower BI

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Classic

ATS-safe

Best for banking, DIFC, finance & corporate roles

ATS-safePhoto optional

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Free

Layla Khoury

Chief Operating Officer

Abu Dhabi · 18+ years · GCC & MENA

Profile

Operations leader scaling regional businesses across UAE, KSA & Egypt. P&L ownership of $80M+.

Leadership

Chief Operating Officer

Aldar Properties · Abu Dhabi

2020 — Now

·Restructured 350-person operations org
·Delivered 22% YoY EBITDA growth

Board

Non-Exec Director · DIFC Fintech Forum

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Executive

ATS-safe

Senior & C-suite roles in Dubai and Abu Dhabi

ATS-safeSingle column

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Free

Aisha Al-Mansouri

Marketing Graduate

Sharjah · UAE National · Visa-ready

Education

BBA Marketing — Distinction

American University of Sharjah

2024

·GPA 3.78 · Dean's List 6 semesters

Internship

Marketing Intern

Majid Al Futtaim · Dubai

Summer '23

·Ran 3 social campaigns for Carrefour UAE

Skills

ArabicEnglishGA4Canva

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Graduate

ATS-safe

Fresh graduates and first-job applicants in the UAE

ATS-safePhoto optional

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Why most CVs fail in the UAE.

It\u2019s rarely about your experience. It\u2019s about how your CV is read — first by software, then by a recruiter with 40 other tabs open.

The ATS filter eats 75% before anyone reads them.

ENOC, Emaar, Majid Al Futtaim, ADCB — every major UAE employer screens with software first. Fancy columns, headers, and icons break the parser. Your CV never reaches a human.

Generic templates scream “expat import”.

Gulf recruiters spot a Canva/Word template in one glance. Missing visa status, no nationality, no Emirates ID mention — it signals you don’t understand the market.

Walls of text lose the 6-second scan.

UAE recruiters average 6.2 seconds on a first pass. If your impact isn’t scannable in bullet points with numbers, you’re filtered out before your degree is read.

MakeMyCV solves all three — automatically.

ATS-parseable structure. UAE-native fields. Recruiter-scannable layout. You fill it in. We handle the rest.

Built around how UAE hiring actually works.

Every feature exists because a recruiter, HR manager, or job seeker told us it mattered.

ATS-parseable by default

Tested against the same parsers used by UAE banks, telcos, and DIFC firms. No broken columns. No lost formatting.

UAE-specific fields

Nationality, visa status, Emirates ID, driving licence, languages — all built-in, all optional.

Instant PDF export

One click, clean PDF. No watermark. No paywall. Send it as soon as it downloads.

Live preview as you type

No “hit save to see it”. See every change the moment you type it.

AI rewriter

Turns “responsible for managing team” into “Led 8-person operations team, reduced fulfilment time 22%”. Free, rate-limited per IP.

Your data stays in your browser

No accounts, no uploads, no databases. Close the tab, it’s gone.

From blank page to PDF in 5 minutes.

No account. No credit card. No \u201Cupgrade to continue\u201D popup at step 3.

~2 min

Fill in your details.

Paste from your old CV, or start fresh. We guide you field by field — visa status, experience, skills.

~1 min

Pick a template.

Classic, Modern, Executive, Graduate. Switch any time — your data stays.

~30 sec

Download & apply.

Export as PDF or DOCX. Clean, no watermark, ready to send.

Start building — Free

No credit card. No account. Your data never leaves your browser.

Proof

Trusted by UAE job seekers who got hired.

CVs built this year

UAE companies users have applied to

0.0s

avg. recruiter scan time — we\u2019re built for it

< 0 min

median time to first download

Based on anonymised builder analytics, Jan–Dec 2025.

“I applied to 40 jobs with my old CV — 1 callback. Rebuilt it on MakeMyCV, applied to 12 — 4 interviews in 10 days.”

Rawan H.

Senior Accountant · Abu Dhabi

Hired at a DIFC audit firm, Feb 2026

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Your next UAE job starts with the right CV.

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Land the UAE job.Start with a CV recruiters actually open.

Templates designed for UAE recruiters — not US LinkedIn influencers.

Omar Al-Hashimi

Classic

Layla Khoury

Executive

Aisha Al-Mansouri

Graduate

Why most CVs fail in the UAE.

The ATS filter eats 75% before anyone reads them.

Generic templates scream “expat import”.

Walls of text lose the 6-second scan.

Built around how UAE hiring actually works.

ATS-parseable by default

UAE-specific fields

Instant PDF export

Live preview as you type

AI rewriter

Your data stays in your browser

From blank page to PDF in 5 minutes.

Fill in your details.

Pick a template.

Download & apply.

Trusted by UAE job seekers who got hired.

Your next UAE job starts with the right CV.

Templates designed for UAE recruiters — not US LinkedIn influencers.

Omar Al-Hashimi

Classic

Layla Khoury

Executive

Aisha Al-Mansouri

Graduate

Why most CVs fail in the UAE.

The ATS filter eats 75% before anyone reads them.

Generic templates scream “expat import”.

Walls of text lose the 6-second scan.

Built around how UAE hiring actually works.

ATS-parseable by default

UAE-specific fields

Instant PDF export

Live preview as you type

AI rewriter

Your data stays in your browser

From blank page to PDF in 5 minutes.

Fill in your details.

Pick a template.

Download & apply.

Trusted by UAE job seekers who got hired.

Your next UAE job starts with the right CV.

Land the UAE job.
Start with a CV recruiters actually open.