How-tos

Getting a CV past the filters, and past the person after them.

Why Hassle exists
Six months of applying with no answers. You need to beat the machines to get a job these days. How I got a job in 1 week with a better CV.
Bullets that survive a phone call
How to write the lines under each job on a South African CV: the thing about CV writing that has actually been tested, what to write when your work was never measured, and which local job titles get misread.
Race, gender and disability on a South African CV
Whether to put your race, gender or disability on your CV, where employers are actually supposed to get that data, who counts as a designated group, and what the Employment Equity Act does and does not require.
Taking a South African CV overseas
Converting a South African CV for UK applications: what to strip, what the British version is supposed to contain, the qualification trap that catches nearly everyone, and the professional-body claim you should not make.
The gap in your CV
Retrenchment, a business that failed, family illness, a stretch of nothing. How to write the years honestly, what actually gets checked, and which famous statistics about career gaps are wrong.
Ten things that actually improve a South African CV
What genuinely helps a CV get read in South Africa: file format, layout, quantified achievements, NQF levels and what POPIA changed about personal details.