How to write a CV in Chinese?

I can only answer a small part of this, and for Taiwan: everyone here needs to write an "autobiography", and it invariably begins with how old they are, where they're from, what a hard worker their father is, and what a good housewife their mother is. And how many brothers and sisters they have. Students always ask me to edit them and I get in a conundrum because the content reads like dreck to western eyes, but it seems to be what Taiwanese-bosses-testing-English-ability want. So I just check the grammar. When applying for jobs here, I submit the same resume as I would in the west (with a bit of Chinese added for names). It's never been a problem, but they probably give foreigners some leeway.

Joachim, check here first: http://chinesepod.com/lessons/%E4%B8%AD%E8%A5%BF%E6%96%B9%E7%AE%80%E5%8E%86%E7%9A%84%E4%B8%8D%E5%90%8C/ Accidentily I just found a Chinese CV on the desk when I tried to make room for the notebook this morning. It is rather detailed, wordy, and personal. Includes ethnicity, personality ("I love to work hard and communicate"), hobbies ("listen to music" - not very surprising for a graduated musician) and so on and so forth. Greetings from a totally overheated Beijing appartment.

Contents of this specific CV: The first row: full name (姓名) sex (性别) year and month of birth (出生年月) Second row: ethnicity (民族) place of birth (出生地) school in which degree was achieved (毕业学校) Third row: Degree/School record (学历) Major (专业) Time of graduation (毕业时间) The fourth row is on Personality (性格) The fourth is self-assessment with personal strengths (自我评价) Then a row on "job expectations" (求职意向) Eventually a big block on academic background (学习经历) then a row with rewards (获奖情况) followed by performance practice (艺术实践) --> this is for an artist, otherwise it would probably be practical experience for a normal job (实践经历) The CV concludes with contact details (联系方式) The contents in the larger fields 学习经历 and 艺术实践 are listed in chronological order. Hope that helps.