Job search, CV and interview guides
Plain-English guides for every stage of a UK job hunt: finding the right roles, writing a CV that software and people both read, and walking into the interview prepared.
The essentials
Find the right roles, not just more of them
The hard part of a job hunt is rarely the applying. It is making sure the right role reaches you at all, while it is still open. Four habits that keep your pipeline full without wearing you down.
Write a CV that software and people both read
Before a human ever sees your CV, software usually does. These principles get you cleanly through the filter and then make a busy reader stop on your name.
Walk into the interview prepared
An interview rewards preparation more than talent. Four ways to turn what you already know into answers that land under pressure.
Run a calm, steady job search
A job hunt is a project that runs for weeks, and it is won on consistency more than intensity. Four habits that keep momentum without burning you out.
In depth
How to tailor your CV to a job description
A tailored CV is the same true career, told in the order this employer cares about. Five steps from reading the advert to sending a CV you can defend.
UK CV format: length, layout and what to leave off
A UK CV follows conventions that differ from a US résumé or a CV from elsewhere. How long it should be, what goes where, and what to leave off.
How to write an NHS supporting statement
On most NHS applications, the supporting information decides who is shortlisted. How to write it against the person specification, one criterion at a time.