Resume rules in Turkmenistan
What employers in Turkmenistan expect on a Резюме (Русский) / Rezyume (Түркменский), what the law lets them ask for, and where the two disagree.
Call it a CV for Turkmenistan, a resume for Turkmenistan, or Резюме: 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
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Date of birth: Not found
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What the law says: Labour Code of Turkmenistan exists but does not specify CV photo requirements
Marital status: Not found
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What the law says: Labour Code prohibits discrimination but no specific CV regulation
Sex or gender: Not found
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What the law says: Labour Code prohibits gender discrimination
Nationality: Not found
Foreign workers treated same as citizens per Labour Code
What the law says: Labour Code restricts foreign worker rights/obligations
National ID number: Not found
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The rest of the entry
- Local name of the document
- Резюме (Русский) / Rezyume (Түркменский)
- Language to submit in
- Turkmen, Russian, English for international roles
- Typical length
- 1-2 pages
- Address detail expected
- Contact information required
- Officially prescribed form
- None officially prescribed
- Religion, ethnicity or caste
- Labour Code prohibits discrimination based on nationality and other grounds
- Other customary attachments
- Educational qualifications, professional certifications, medical certificates (HIV/TB) for work permits
- Employer may not ask for
- Labour Code prohibits discrimination based on race, nationality, gender, religion
- Named statutes
- Labour Code of Turkmenistan
- Anti-discrimination statutes
- Labour Code of Turkmenistan
- Local language source
- Russian
Where this came from
Looked up 2026-08-15. Independently checked 2026-08-15. Low confidence. Result of that check: Confirmed.
Notes: Labour Code exists but does not detail specific CV format requirements. Information primarily found in work permit and employment regulation context. No published guidance on photo, DOB, or personal data requirements for CVs in Turkmenistan. Limited publicly available detail on hiring practices.
Researched with AI assistants working from a written checklist, then independently checked. How we researched this