You know you could do the job. You're just not getting the chance to prove it.
A recruiter skims your CV for about seven seconds. If your best work isn't obvious in that time, it doesn't matter how good it is.
The CV Edit is a complete CV writing service, not a tidy-up. Not a new font - a rebuild of how your experience reads, so the person skimming it stops.
Four things, over and over.
"Responsible for managing social media accounts" tells a recruiter what your job description said. "Grew social following from 2k to 18k in nine months" tells them what you did. One of these gets you an interview.
Your best work is on page two, paragraph four. Nobody reads that far on the first pass.
Applicant tracking systems analyse your CV and sort it into fields before a recruiter reads it. Tables, columns and text boxes often don't survive. Your experience arrives garbled, and a recruiter with seconds to spare doesn't untangle it. And it is not the only place you get screened - most recruiters will look you up on LinkedIn before they call.
The same CV sent to forty jobs is a CV written for none of them. A recruiter isn't asking whether you're good - they're asking whether you're right for this role. A general CV can't answer that.
Getting to interview and stalling there is a different problem - that one is The Interview Edit.
Email me and tell me the kind of roles you're going for and when you're free. I'll reply within 24 hours.
A free 20-minute call to understand your experience, your background and the roles you're going for. If it's a fit, I'll send your payment link and a short form to upload your CV.
Returned within 3–5 days of the call, with written feedback explaining every change I've made and why.
Go through it and request any changes. One revision included as standard, two with The Full Edit.
I'm a qualified Careers Adviser and a former recruiter, so I've seen the hiring process from both sides. I've been a hiring manager, I've trained hiring managers, and I've reviewed hundreds of CVs.
I know what makes a recruiter lean in, and what makes them move on.
My job isn't to change who you are. It's to make sure your value is impossible to miss.
"I couldn't recommend Caitlin enough. I sent her my CV and, within 48 hours, she completely transformed it, making it look far more professional, polished and well structured. She didn't just improve the format either, she included really helpful prompts, advice and suggestions on what else I could add to strengthen the content."
"She helped me put my experience into words in a way I struggled to do on my own. What felt really daunting at the start ended up feeling so much more simple and doable."
"She helped me redesign my CV, explaining what employers actually want to read. She gave me the confidence and the skills to move on from a job that wasn't for me."
If you've got experience and your applications aren't converting into interviews, yes. If you're a university student or graduated within the last three years, your university careers service offers this for free - use it while you can, you've already paid for it!
Yes, and it's where a rewrite makes the most difference. A career change means reframing your experience around transferable skills rather than job titles. That's precisely the work.
Yes, ideally. Even a rough or outdated one gives me the raw material. If you're starting from nothing, email me first and we'll work out the best approach.
Applicant tracking systems analyse your CV and sort it into structured fields before a recruiter reads it. Formatting like tables and columns often doesn't survive, so your experience arrives garbled. Some systems also score and rank, but most recruiters use it as guidance and check for themselves.
All of them. The principles of a strong CV translate across every sector.