Korean CV templates

Send a Korean CV when the job ad asks for Korean, when the role reports directly to a Korean manager, or when you apply as an interpreter or translator. Electronics and components industrial parks in the north and garment and footwear plants in the south hire the most. Representative offices, construction firms, cosmetics brands and Korean restaurants in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City also often require Korean.

For worker or technician roles that do not need Korean, a Vietnamese CV is enough. If you speak conversational Korean, list it in the language section of your Vietnamese CV; it still counts in your favour.

A 이력서 is a Korean-style résumé: information is laid out as a list, without long paragraphs. Save the story about yourself for the 자기소개서.

TOPIK has two tests: TOPIK I for levels 1 and 2, TOPIK II for levels 3 to 6. Give the exact level and year, for example "TOPIK II 5급 (2025)". Interpreter roles usually need level 5 or 6; office roles working with Korean managers usually ask for level 4 or above. If you have not taken the test, do not call yourself "fluent"; describe what you have done in Korean instead, such as "Weekly translation of production process documents".

Korean CV bullets usually end with a noun rather than a full sentence. Keep them short, include figures, and only write what you can explain again in the interview.

Many Korean companies ask for a 이력서 together with a 자기소개서. It is a one to two page essay, similar to a cover letter but with familiar parts. Write it for each company; do not reuse one version everywhere.

1. 성장과정Background: pick one or two details related to the job rather than your whole life story.
2. 성격의 장단점Strengths and weaknesses: name a real weakness and how you are working on it.
3. 지원동기Motivation: why this company and this role.
4. 입사 후 포부Plans after joining: what you want to achieve in one to three years.

If the company does not ask for a 자기소개서, a two or three sentence summary in the CV plus a short cover letter is enough.

• Machine-translating the whole CV and sending it, leaving wrong honorifics or wrong industry terms.
• Writing "advanced TOPIK" without the exact level and test year.
• Section names in Vietnamese and content in Korean in a CV that is not bilingual.
• Using a selfie, a busy background or a photo cropped from a group shot.
• Leaving Vietnamese out of the language section when applying as an interpreter.

In plants with Korean managers, a CV usually passes two readers: Vietnamese HR screens it first, then the Korean manager interviews. A bilingual CV works for both. The Việc Hot CV editor supports 17 languages, including Korean, and a bilingual mode where section names show both languages, for example "Kinh nghiệm làm việc / 경력 사항" when Vietnamese is the primary language and "경력 사항 / Kinh nghiệm làm việc" when Korean is. This group has 8 templates; each comes with 10 layouts, 36 backgrounds and 69 fonts.

1. 1
   Pick a template and language

   Choose a template on this page and the new CV is already set to Korean. Turn on Vietnamese as the second language if you want a bilingual version.

2. 2
   Fill in and edit

   Fill it from your Việc Hot profile, then rewrite the text in Korean and add your TOPIK level to the language section.

3. 3
   Download and send

   Download a PDF for email, click "Download Word" when the company asks for a .docx file (the Word file uses one column and keeps your photo, with section names in the primary language only), or share a link. To keep bilingual section names and the full design, send the PDF.

To check whether your CV matches the ad, paste the ad into the job matching tool before you send it.