Resume rules in Chad
What employers in Chad expect on a Curriculum Vitae, what the law lets them ask for, and where the two disagree.
Call it a CV for Chad or a resume for Chad: it's the same document.
This is research, not legal advice. Employment and data protection law changes, state and provincial rules matter in federal countries, and practice varies by industry and seniority. Each entry shows when it was looked up and how confident we are. Where nothing reliable was published it says Not found rather than a guess.
Law and practice, side by side
The label on the right is what local hiring expects. The two lines under it are the law and the habit, which often disagree.
Photo: Not found
Not specified in sources
What the law says: Not found in legal sources
Date of birth: Not found
Not found
Marital status: Not found
Not found
Sex or gender: Optional
Optional
What the law says: Equality before the law; women can be employed in same jobs as men (Constitution/Labour Code)
Nationality: Expected
Expected for foreign applicants
What the law says: Work authorization must be documented
National ID number: Not found
Not found
The rest of the entry
- Local name of the document
- Curriculum Vitae
- Language to submit in
- French, Arabic (official languages); English accepted in some international companies
- Signature and date
- Not typically required
- Religion, ethnicity or caste
- Constitution states equality irrespective of race, religion, political opinion; no discrimination permitted
- Health, disability or pregnancy
- Discrimination prohibited under labour law
- Other customary attachments
- Proof of work authorization (visa/permit); passport or national ID
- Employer may not ask for
- Race, religion, political opinion, social status (per Constitution); age-based discrimination in hiring
- Named statutes
- Labour Code of 1967 (revised 2018); Constitution provisions on equality
- Data protection regime
- Law No. 007/PR/2015 (2015) - Personal Data Protection Law; ANSICE established 2015, operational 2020; broad processing framework with data subject rights
- Anti-discrimination statutes
- Labour Code provisions; Constitution Article on equality; prohibits anti-union discrimination
- Local language source
- English only
Where this came from
Looked up 2026-08-15. Independently checked 2026-08-15. Medium confidence. Result of that check: Corrected.
Notes: Limited specific CV guidance found. Labour Code of 1967 (revised 2018) provides anti-discrimination framework but specific CV requirements not documented. No dedicated data protection authority or law identified. Workers can file discrimination complaints with labor inspectorate or labor court.
Researched with AI assistants working from a written checklist, then independently checked. How we researched this