Strategy
How to improve your CV: the ten-point review
You do not need a new CV. You need to find the five things in this one that are costing you interviews.
30 October 20268 min read
Guides
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Why your CV is not getting interviews
A quiet inbox is a diagnostic, not a verdict on your career. Here is how to find the real cause.
30 October 20268 min read
Job search
How to write a CV when you are changing career
You are not starting from zero — you are translating. The structure that makes a recruiter see the overlap.
30 October 20268 min read
Examples
CV examples by role: managers, sales, finance, health, teaching and trades
The right language changes by field. Worked examples for managers, sales, finance, healthcare, teaching, engineering, IT and trades.
30 October 20269 min read
AI tools
AI CV improvers: what they actually do, and how to choose one
Every tool promises a better CV. Few tell you what it changed inside yours — or whether it invented something you will be asked about in the interview.
29 October 20267 min read
Strategy
Ten CV mistakes that get applications rejected
None of these are about talent. All of them are about being read correctly.
28 October 20267 min read
Service
What CV help costs in 2026, and when it is worth paying for
CV help ranges from free to several hundred pounds for the same document. Here is what each price actually buys.
27 October 20266 min read
Strategy
How to tailor your CV to a job advert in 20 minutes
Five passes over one advert. Twenty minutes. A far better chance of being shortlisted.
26 October 20266 min read
AI tools
Using ChatGPT to improve your CV: prompts that work, and where it fails
ChatGPT is a good editor and a bad author. Give it your material, not a blank page, and it gets noticeably better.
26 October 20267 min read
ATS
ATS keywords: how to optimise your CV for the screening software
An ATS is not a judge. It is a search engine, and your CV either contains the words the recruiter is searching for or it does not.
25 October 20266 min read
Writing
How to write a CV personal statement (with examples)
Four lines that say who you are, what you are good at, and why this job. Most statements do none of the three.
24 October 20266 min read
Format
How to format a CV: layout, fonts and structure that read well
Good CV formatting is invisible. Bad formatting is the first thing a recruiter notices, and the reason they stop reading.
24 October 20267 min read
Writing
How to write a CV: structure, length and what to include
A CV is not a life story in order. It is an argument that you can do this job, arranged for someone reading quickly.
23 October 20268 min read
Writing
CV bullet points that show impact, not duties
The single change that lifts most CVs: stop describing the job, start describing what you did inside it.
22 October 20267 min read
Examples
CV examples and templates by level, and how to use them properly
A template gives you a shape. It cannot give you content, and content is what gets you the interview.
22 October 20267 min read
Examples
How to write a CV with no experience
You almost certainly have more evidence than you think. It is just not filed under 'work'.
21 October 20267 min read
Format
The CV format that gets past applicant tracking systems
If a system cannot read your CV, no human ever will. What to change in the first five minutes.
20 October 20266 min read
Writing
How to write a CV skills section (and which skills actually matter)
A skills section is a promise that you can be tested on everything in it. Keep it short enough to keep that promise.
19 October 20266 min read
Writing
How to write work experience on a CV, including gaps
Each role needs four things: what it was, where, when, and what changed because you were there.
18 October 20267 min read
Examples
Resume vs CV: what the difference is, and how to improve either
CV and resume are the same document with different conventions. Getting the conventions wrong signals you have not applied to this market before.
17 October 20266 min read
Strategy
How to make your CV stand out to employers
Standing out is not about colour, fonts or a clever tagline. It is about being the only CV that could have been written by you.
16 October 20266 min read