015: Want that startup job? Let your CV tell a story
Inner Work with Steli Efti
English - December 21, 2019 04:33 - 9 minutes - 22.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPerforming Arts Arts Society & Culture Personal Journals Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Thousands of people apply to join my our startup every month. Lots of “why you should hire me”-style pitches coming my way. Once you’re on the receiving end of screening job applications, you realize: CVs suck. Almost nobody is good at writing CVs—even badass marketers and great sales people are surprisingly bad at it.
I’m pretty sure I missed out on hiring some amazing talent, just because the CVs they sent me unsold me on learning more about them:
A list of places they studied and worked at, that doesn’t tell a story, doesn’t convey a compelling message, doesn’t give me any sense for why this person is the right fit for the role. So yes, thank you, but no.
In this episode of the podcast, I share why you need to make your CV tell a story, and how to do it well.
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