Journal

Notes on CVs, careers & finding your way

Practical thinking on how hiring really works, what a CV is for, and how to write about your work without shrinking it.

Careers · 22 April 2026

Writing a CV for a career change

When your experience is in one field and your target is in another, the CV has to do translation work. Here's how to do it without pretending to be someone you're not.

Hiring · 9 March 2026

The first six seconds

What a reader actually takes in on the first pass of your CV — and how to make those few seconds land in your favour.

Writing · 18 February 2026

Your CV is an argument, not an inventory

The most common CV mistake isn't a typo or a font. It's treating the page as a list of everything you've done instead of a case for what you should do next.