Career situations
Sometimes the problem is not the job. It is the situation.
A career change, a gap, a first job or a move abroad each raise a specific objection in the reader's mind. These pages deal with the objection rather than pretending it is not there.
Chanuka Jeewantha
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Read all reviewsChanging career
A career-change CV has one job: make the change look deliberate rather than desperate.
Read the guidance →Returning after a career break
A break is not the problem. An unexplained gap that the reader has to speculate about is the problem.
Read the guidance →Applying for a first job
With no formal experience, the CV has to be built from everything else you have actually done. There is usually more of it than people think.
Read the guidance →Applying for jobs abroad
The most common reason a strong overseas application fails is not the candidate. It is a CV written for the wrong country.
Read the guidance →After redundancy
Redundancy is a business decision, not a performance one, and the CV should reflect that without making a point of it.
Read the guidance →Applying for a promotion
A promotion CV is not a longer version of your current CV. It is evidence that you are already doing parts of the next job.
Read the guidance →Applying below your level
When you apply below your level, the employer's worry is not whether you can do the job. It is whether you will stay.
Read the guidance →Moving from freelance to permanent
A freelance career often looks weaker on a CV than it was in practice. The work was real; the format makes it look scattered.
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