Resume rules in Myanmar
What employers in Myanmar expect on a အဖြေရေးစာ (Resume/CV), what the law lets them ask for, and where the two disagree.
Call it a CV for Myanmar, a resume for Myanmar, or အဖြေရေးစာ: it's the same document. Employers there usually want it written in Burmese and/or English.
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.
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What the law says: Employment and Skill Development Law (2013) prohibits gender discrimination in hiring and compensation
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Foreign nationals face restrictions; only Myanmar citizens can be hired for unskilled work
What the law says: Employment and Skill Development Law prohibits discrimination based on nationality; Myanmar Investment Law requires hiring locals for management and unskilled roles
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The rest of the entry
- Local name of the document
- အဖြေရေးစာ (Resume/CV)
- Language to submit in
- Burmese and/or English
- Officially prescribed form
- None (formal written employment contract required)
- Religion, ethnicity or caste
- Employment and Skill Development Law prohibits discrimination based on race and religion
- Health, disability or pregnancy
- Not found (disability not explicitly mentioned in employment law)
- Other customary attachments
- For foreign employees: educational documentation, work permit, health certificate, police clearance
- Employer may not ask for
- Nationality, race, religion, status, birth, gender, age
- Named statutes
- Employment and Skill Development Law (Law No. 29 of 2013); Myanmar Investment Law; Special Economic Zones Law
- Anti-discrimination statutes
- Employment and Skill Development Law (No. 29 of 2013)
- Local language source
- Burmese (partial search attempted)
Where this came from
Looked up 2026-08-15. Independently checked 2026-08-15. High confidence. Result of that check: Confirmed.
Notes: Employment law prohibits discrimination on multiple grounds. All employment contracts must be in writing. Foreign nationals face hiring restrictions. Only Myanmar citizens can perform unskilled work.
Researched with AI assistants working from a written checklist, then independently checked. How we researched this