No real delivery experience yet — how do I write the CV?

List the routes you ran in earlier work (internal deliveries, driving for a shop, helping family with deliveries), your vehicle and licence, the areas you know and the hours you can run, with the unit, dates and main task. Do not present it as commercial route work — recruiters check before assigning routes.

I can do both food delivery and parcels — how do I write the CV?

Pick your single strongest delivery type for the role line, and list the other as separate one-line tasks. Do not write “can deliver everything” — recruiters need a specific goods type and the work attached to it to assign routes.

How long should a delivery CV be?

One to two pages is enough. Recruiters read the route, area, goods, app, vehicle and hours sections closely; pages three and four of a CV for a common role are usually skipped.

Should I put my expected income in the CV?

No. The CV states the routes you can run, the goods and the hours; income is negotiated directly after the recruiter contacts you. An income figure in the CV can cost you the route if it does not yet match the route and real work.

I cannot work evening peaks and public holidays — should I still apply?

Yes — state the hours you can run right in the CV. Recruiters need to see exactly which hours you can run to assign routes; hiding hours you cannot run and being found out at rostering is the real weakness.

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CV for delivery staff, ride-hailing drivers and shippers: write it so recruiters call you

Keep it to 1–2 pages: one line with the delivery type, the area you know well and the way you work, the routes and areas you know, the goods and apps you ran, 3–5 things you did written as concrete action verbs, your vehicle plus papers and driving licence, and the hours you can run plus start date. Skip vague lines like “hard-working, happy to ride long distances” with no route, area, goods or peak hours attached.

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How delivery recruiters read a CV

Unlike office CVs, a delivery CV is read closely in exactly two places: the routes you can run and the hours you can run them. Recruiters look for four answers: do you meet the requirements for the route, which goods and apps can you handle, can you cover the team's peak hours, weekends and public holidays, and when can you start. Missing any one of the four usually puts the CV behind others, even if you know the roads well. So put the routes and areas right after the role line, then the goods and apps, then the places you ran, with vehicle, papers and hours at the end of the main part. The faster you answer the four questions, the more likely you get the call.

One role line: delivery type + area + way of working

Open the CV with exactly one line: the delivery type you want, the area you know well, and the way you work. Examples: “Food delivery rider, knows the inner-city districts, working lunch and evening peak shifts.” For bulky goods: “Bulky-goods delivery driver, knows provincial routes and industrial zones, working the team's fixed schedule.” For ride-hailing: “Ride-hailing driver, knows the city and the airport, working flexibly at morning, lunch and evening peaks.” One such line tells the recruiter at once whether you fit the route they need, instead of reading the whole CV only to learn you only know the city and cannot run provincial routes, or cannot work the team's evening peak. The most common mistake is writing it too generally (“applying for delivery”) or naming the delivery type without the area and hours — both force the recruiter to ask, and when hiring urgently, people who need asking are usually skipped first.

Routes, areas and apps: be specific

This section is mandatory for delivery CVs. State the routes and areas you ran (one line per area, with the road type: city, inter-district, provincial, industrial zone), the goods you delivered (food, groceries, parcels, bulky goods, chilled goods — one line per type, with the handling where relevant: keep chilled, protect from breakage, deliver at the booked time), and the apps and systems you used (delivery apps, ride-hailing apps, the company's order system — name the exact app you used, never just “delivery technology”). If you ran through an intermediary, name it and the routes you ran for it. Recruiters check the route before assigning orders; claiming an area you do not know gets you rejected at the trial run or on the first working day, however well the CV is written.

List what you can do, one task per line

The most important part is the list of things you can do, one line each, written with concrete action verbs. For food delivery: accept orders through the app, collect from the right pick-up point and deliver to the right address within the system's time window; check dishes and quantities before leaving the pick-up point by the app's process; handle late deliveries or address changes by contacting dispatch and the customer by process. For parcels: take the route and order drops by area to save time; collect cash or bank transfer for exactly the amount on the order and hand it in at the end of the shift; record failed deliveries and returns to the warehouse by the team's process. For ride-hailing: accept trips through the app and pick up passengers at the right point; follow the route the system suggests and tell the passenger about traffic or a route change; keep the vehicle clean and check fuel and papers before each shift. Claiming a task you never did to “make the CV look good” shows up at the trial run or on the first working day — and costs you the opportunity.

Places you ran: unit + dates + main task, no long descriptions

For each unit you ran for, three facts are enough: the company, app or delivery team name (no detailed address), the dates (month/year from–to), and one or two main tasks there. No long unit description, no list of every small route. Recruiters care whether you really ran that route — one line stating the main task answers that. If you ran for many short stints, do not hide them: list them all, one main task per unit. Short stints are not automatically a weakness when the routes and work are clear; hiding them and being found out is.

Vehicle, papers, hours and figures: only real, checkable numbers

Vehicle and papers are what set this CV apart — state the vehicle you have (motorbike, small truck, car — with year and inspection status if any), the driving licence you hold and its class (for example A1, B2), and whether your vehicle papers and insurance are still valid. If you run a company vehicle or a rented one, say so — recruiters need to assign routes to the real vehicle. State the hours you can run (morning, lunch and evening peaks, night shifts, weekends, public holidays) and the ones you cannot, so the recruiter does not learn the mismatch only when rostering. Figures only where real and checkable: orders delivered in a shift, the successful-delivery rate in a month, your average star rating on the app (if the app shows one). Never invent figures, and never present the whole team's numbers as your own — recruiters check before assigning routes, and an invented figure costs you the opportunity. If you have no figures yet because you are new or the app does not show them, write the work instead of a number: “accepted and delivered orders on the routes the system gave, collected exactly the amount on each order and handed it in at the end of the shift” — honest still beats a good-looking number that cannot be checked.

Contact details and next step

At the end, only three things are needed: full name, phone number, and the area you live in. No detailed home address, no hobbies, no elaborate portrait photo. Recruiters in this group mostly call or message — the phone number must be one you actually use and answer during office hours. Next, create an account and upload your CV so recruiters can find it: register as a candidate on timviecde.vn (/register). Note: with an unverified email you cannot upload a CV or receive selection emails — verify your email right after registering, before uploading.

Do this next

One role line: the delivery type you want + the area you know well + the way you work.
Routes and areas you know, goods and apps you ran, stated; 3–5 things you did, written as concrete action verbs.
Vehicle, papers and licence stated; hours you can run and start date stated.

Common questions

No real delivery experience yet — how do I write the CV?: List the routes you ran in earlier work (internal deliveries, driving for a shop, helping family with deliveries), your vehicle and licence, the areas you know and the hours you can run, with the unit, dates and main task. Do not present it as commercial route work — recruiters check before assigning routes.
I can do both food delivery and parcels — how do I write the CV?: Pick your single strongest delivery type for the role line, and list the other as separate one-line tasks. Do not write “can deliver everything” — recruiters need a specific goods type and the work attached to it to assign routes.
How long should a delivery CV be?: One to two pages is enough. Recruiters read the route, area, goods, app, vehicle and hours sections closely; pages three and four of a CV for a common role are usually skipped.
Should I put my expected income in the CV?: No. The CV states the routes you can run, the goods and the hours; income is negotiated directly after the recruiter contacts you. An income figure in the CV can cost you the route if it does not yet match the route and real work.
I cannot work evening peaks and public holidays — should I still apply?: Yes — state the hours you can run right in the CV. Recruiters need to see exactly which hours you can run to assign routes; hiding hours you cannot run and being found out at rostering is the real weakness.

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