A South African CV has one job: to get you shortlisted. Most recruiters spend well under a minute on a first read, and many CVs are screened by software before a person sees them. So the format matters as much as the content. This guide shows you how to write a CV in...
Introduction More South African employers and recruitment agencies now use some form of AI or Applicant Tracking System (ATS) in their hiring process, from large corporates to recruitment consultancies handling high applicant volumes. For job seekers, that raises a...
Introduction More South African job seekers are turning to AI tools, ChatGPT, Canva’s CV builder, LinkedIn’s AI writing prompts, to draft or polish a CV in minutes. Used well, these tools can genuinely help. Used carelessly, they can quietly work against the person...
Introduction — Why your finance CV needs to do more than list duties A strong finance CV should do more than show where you have worked and what tasks you were responsible for. In finance, recruiters and hiring managers are looking for evidence of accuracy, technical...
A managing director CV should do more than sound senior. It should show that you have led a business, division or country operation with real commercial accountability. That means making it easy for the reader to see the scale of your remit, the decisions you were...
If you’re applying for senior leadership roles, your CV has one job: prove strategic impact fast. Executive shortlists don’t get built on responsibility lists, they get built on outcomes: growth, turnaround, transformation, governance, risk, and stakeholder influence....
