What actually gets a CV filtered out, and how to fix it

Many employers use applicant-tracking systems to collect and search CVs, and recruiters often spend only a short time on each one. A good candidate can still be missed if the CV is hard to read, missing the right words or written as a list of duties.

Keep the layout simple

• One column, standard headings: Profile, Experience, Education, Skills
• Real text, not text inside images or complex tables
• Consistent dates such as “Jan 2021 – Present”
• A PDF or Word file, as the employer asks

Use the words in the job post

If the role asks for S&OP, ERP experience or vendor management, and you have done those things, use those words. Don’t add skills you don’t have; you will be asked about them.

Write results, not duties

Leave out what invites bias

For international roles, and increasingly for local ones, leave out date of birth, marital status, state of origin, religion and photos. They aren’t needed to judge your work and can count against you.

Career Studio reviews your CV against a job post, asks for the numbers it can’t find and rewrites it in the format your target country expects. Anything you don’t answer stays marked for you to fill; it never guesses.

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