“biodata”
For a job, say “CV” (most of the world) or “résumé” (the US and Canada). Outside South Asia, “biodata” sounds like biological or personal data.
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Understood across India
Please send your biodata.
Travels further
- Please send your CV.
- Please send your résumé.
Why it lands differently
In India, biodata can mean a job document or the profile families share for an arranged marriage. Recruiters abroad don't use the word, and a reader may expect a medical form. “CV” and “résumé” are what people search for and what hiring systems ask for.
When it's fine
In Indian government forms and in family contexts, where biodata is the usual word.
Try it out loud
Read each line, say a version that travels out loud, then open it to compare. Any version that's clear to a listener abroad counts.
I've attached my biodata for your reference.
I've attached my CV.
Please update your biodata on the portal.
Please update your CV on the portal.
Can you forward his biodata to the panel?
Can you send his résumé to the panel?
Practise saying it, not just reading it
Loista gives you a realistic speaking prompt and specific feedback on your answer, then a retry focused on one thing, so you can hear whether it landed.
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