What International Employers Look for in a Sri Lankan Professional’s CV
A UK hiring manager opens a CV from a Colombo-based finance manager. Fourteen years of experience. Strong company names. A promotion every three or four years. On paper, exactly the profile they’re looking for. Ninety seconds later, the CV sits in the “maybe” pile, not because the candidate is weak, but because the hiring manager […]
Why Your CV Gets Rejected Before a Human Sees It
Thirty-one applications. Two replies. A mid-career operations manager tracked every one of them in a spreadsheet, certain the numbers would eventually turn. They didn’t. His experience was solid. His targets were realistic. The CV itself was the problem, and nobody had told him. This is the part of the job search that rarely gets explained […]
Executive CV vs Standard CV: The Differences That Actually Matter
A few years ago, you updated your CV by adding your most recent role to the top and changing a few dates. It worked. You got the interview, you got the job, and you moved on. That approach made sense then. It does not work anymore. Not because your experience has weakened. Because the document […]
How ATS Systems Filter Executive CVs
You spent three weeks tailoring your applications. Twenty roles. Senior positions, all well within your experience range. You hit submit and waited. Nothing. No rejections. No requests for interviews. Just silence. This is one of the most frustrating experiences a senior professional can have — and it happens more often than most executives realise. The […]
