Resume template for Portugal, following Portuguese CV habits

Leslie prints work experience straight after the profile and ahead of skills, so the hotels, team sizes and guest results come first, in the reverse chronological order EURES describes for Portugal. Its centred blue header adds one polished touch of colour, which fits hospitality without looking like a brochure.

Second choice: Meridian. Meridian puts skills and languages above the jobs; choose it if four languages and the systems you know are your strongest argument.

Leslie template details and test results

Leslie prints its sections in a fixed order, the same in the PDF and the Word file. Here is that order for this sample, and what to put in each section.

1. Professional Summary. The University of Lisbon law faculty's career toolkit puts a professional profile straight after personal data. Use it for your years, the size of the properties and the languages you serve guests in, all facts a manager can check in an interview.
2. Work Experience. EURES says a Portuguese CV is generally in reverse chronological order, so the current hotel comes first. State the property type and size in the first bullet, so a recruiter can compare it with their own.
3. Skills. The FDUL toolkit groups languages, IT tools and soft skills under skills. For front office work, name the property management and channel systems and give every language a level.
4. Education. The toolkit asks for course, institution and dates, plus key topics such as a dissertation where relevant. Leslie prints education after skills, which suits someone whose hotel experience carries the application.

The same content as the files above, so you can copy a line or compare it with your own.

Terms this kind of resume is usually searched for. Use the posting's exact wording, and only for work you have done.

• front office
• guest relations
• reception
• check-in and check-out
• upselling
• room revenue
• night audit
• complaint handling
• Opera PMS
• channel manager
• shift scheduling
• guest reviews
• Portuguese
• English
• Spanish

• Writing your full street address; EURES says the town and country are enough.
• Sending a long Europass printout to a hotel that asked for a CV. Técnico Lisboa's career centre recommends Europass only when the company requests it.
• Attaching copies of diplomas to the first application; EURES says they are not required until you are actually recruited.
• Listing languages without levels. In guest-facing work, a level for each one tells the manager which guests you can look after alone.

We exported this sample with Resumity's PDF exporter in Chrome on 2026-10-29 and read the file back with three open-source text extractors. This shows whether software that turns a PDF into text can recover it; it is not a test of any commercial applicant tracking system. How we test templates.

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We opened every page below on that date. Pay, rules and requirements change, so check the source before you rely on a detail.

1. EURES (European Labour Authority): Living and working conditions: Portugal (Applying for a job) (A Portuguese CV is generally in reverse chronological order and has one or two pages; including a photograph is often appreciated; give town and country of residence, not the full address; if you do not speak Portuguese you can write the CV in English; copies of certificates are not required until recruitment; cover letters are short and increasingly replaced by the email body.)
2. Instituto Superior Técnico (University of Lisbon), Career Center: CV Advisor (The CV should not exceed two pages; do not use the Europass template unless the company requests it; highlight the skills and experience most relevant to the opportunity.)
3. Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa: Toolkit Profissional (Prefer one page (two at most with a lot of relevant experience); professional photo with a neutral background, chest up; full name, email, mobile and LinkedIn; structure: personal data, profile, education, experience, skills; skills include languages, IT tools and soft skills; education lists courses, institutions, dates and dissertations; Europass useful for international applications.)