GUIDES & IDEAS

The Howeyah Blog

Practical guides on personal branding, .cv domains, and turning your CV into a website — for fresh graduates, freelancers, and anyone applying for their next role.

What Not to Put on Your CV Online: Privacy Tips for Job Seekers

Phone number, national ID, date of birth, home address: what belongs on your CV and what to remove before it goes online. Practical tips for protecting your data and spotting fake job offers while you search.

How to Apply for Jobs in Saudi Arabia and the UAE from Abroad: A CV Guide

A practical guide for candidates from Egypt and the wider region applying to jobs in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar and Kuwait: what Gulf recruiters look for, how to write your CV, and how a link with your name helps.

CV for Fresh Graduates With No Experience: How to Stand Out From Day One

A fresh graduate with no work experience? A practical guide to writing a strong CV without experience: what to write instead, how to present your graduation project and internships, and how to build a professional presence online.

PDF Resume to Website: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide

Have a CV as a PDF and want a web page that reads well on a phone? How to prepare the file so it's read correctly, what carries over and what to remove, and how to review the result before it goes public.

Arabic and English CV: How to Build One Bilingual Career Page

Should your CV be in Arabic or English? When one language is enough, when you need both, how to translate job titles properly, and how to build a single page where readers pick their language.

Freelancer Portfolio Website: How to Show Your Work in One Link That Wins Clients

A guide for freelancers to building a portfolio page that converts: what to include, how to write about each project, the mistakes that cost you clients, and why one link with your name beats a dozen scattered profiles.

How to Turn Your CV Into a Website (No Coding, Step by Step)

A practical guide to turning your CV into a personal website on a link with your name: what to prepare, how to write each section so it reads well on a phone, and the mistakes that make a CV site look weaker than the PDF.

Personal Website vs LinkedIn: Which Is Better for Your Professional Image?

Is LinkedIn enough, or do you need a personal website with your name? A practical comparison of ownership, control, search visibility and first impressions with recruiters, and when you need both.

What Is a .cv Domain? A Simple Guide to the Extension Built for Your Career

Is .cv a real domain or a typo for .com? What the .cv extension is, where it comes from, how registration and renewal work, and how it compares with .com and .me for a personal CV site.

Should You Buy Your Name as a Domain? Why Your Name Should Be Your Website

Why it's worth registering your own name as a domain before someone else does, how to choose the right spelling (especially for Arabic names), and what to do if your name is already taken.