Recruiters don’t read CVs the way you imagine.

We scan. The same way you’d scan a menu when you’re starving — eyes darting for keywords, metrics, or proof that this dish (or candidate) is worth ordering. If nothing stands out, or if a red flag pops up, that CV lands straight in the “no” pile.

Unfortunately, most CVs fail in predictable ways.

They’re too generic, too vague, too cluttered. They either try to tell everything and end up saying nothing, or undersell and vanish in the pile.

If you’ve been sending out applications and hearing silence, the problem isn’t always you — it’s how your CV speaks (or doesn’t) to recruiters.