Three Most Important Criteria
According to a recent survey of Latin American hiring managers, the most important criteria in job application documents are future performance, prestige, and date of birth, in that order. The reason that most HR professions chose the candidates’ future performance (based on past performance) as the most important criterion is because it can help the company fulfill its goals and objectives in the marketplace. 

The second most important criterion for managers was prestige. Prestige is an important criterion among these respondents because Latin cultures often are perceived as polychromic cultures in which “people are committed to human relationships, are more concerned with those who are closely related (family, friends, close business associates) than with privacy, and have strong tendency to build lifetime relationships."1 Latin managers know that when a candidate brings prestige to the company, this person has built lifelong social and business relationships that will help the company achieve its objectives. 

Age is an important criterion in Latin America, in that the managerial respondents regard youth as important --- young applicants are open to training, have a lot of energy when traveling, and have fewer health issues. Maturity is also an important criterion because mature candidates have experience and clearer vision in the marketplace.

Three Least Important Criteria
According to the survey results, photographs, country of birth, and marital status are of the least importance to managers when they review a CV or résumé. 

CV or Resume?
According to the survey results, managers in Latin America who work for a company with headquarters in the United States or Europe and/or the entire company has more than 1000 employees, prefer to review a résumé rather than a CV. Managers who work in a company with fewer than 1000 employees that is headquartered in Central or South America, prefer to review the more detailed biographical information of the candidate in the form of a CV.