Duplicating a CV
Making a full copy, what comes with it, and why this is the main way to keep several versions.
Creates a full copy of this CV, including its layout and theme. The original is left unchanged.
What comes with the copy
Everything: content, section order, layout and theme. It is a real copy, not a link, so editing one never touches the other.
You name the copy at the point of duplicating. The default is "{name} (copy)", which is fine for
a moment and terrible a month later. Name it after the difference: "Anna, data engineering".
Why this is the main workflow
Because one person needs several CVs, and the differences are usually small:
- A different emphasis: the same history, with Projects first for a hands-on role and Experience first for a lead role.
- A different language: an English and a German version of the same career.
- With and without a photo, for markets that expect the opposite.
- Anonymized, for an agency.
Duplicate, adjust the one thing, done.
Keeping them straight
The CV list shows them per employee, so the names are what tell them apart. A person with four CVs called "CV", "CV (copy)", "CV (copy) (copy)" and "final" has a problem that no feature can fix.
Updating several at once
There is no such thing. Duplicates are independent, so a new job added to one is not added to the others.
That is the trade for having genuinely separate documents. When something changes that belongs on all of them, it is worth updating them in one sitting rather than discovering the drift later.