Debola Ogunmolu's first sweep of the CV took less than two minutes. Her voice was intentional, like someone who had been doing this for a long time. "The summary is very strong and specific," she said, adding that "you've already established a niche from the summary—you're not just a content writer, you're a tech content writer."
For the last few years, she has been the Recruitment Lead at The People Practice, a boutique upstart full-suite talent manager that offers everything from recruitment services to human resource consulting to less buzzy West African companies.
"When I speak to people I train on CV writing, I always say there is a difference between 'I am a recruiter at The People Practice ' and 'I am a recruiter at The People Practice who handled 68 projects on this topic and this topic,'" she said. "Numbers show impact, and that's what differentiates you from every other candidate with the same job title."
We are talking about my new recruitment credentials—my new CV and LinkedIn account that I asked Claude, the Anthropic chatbot (and if you're reading this, you’ve probably seen talking head videos on how to use them to make your life better), to make. Debola is telling me what my chances are of being selected for one of her clients.
“Recruiters who are sorting through dozens, sometimes hundreds, of applications are essentially running a pattern-matching exercise. The faster your document confirms you fit the pattern they're hunting for, the longer they'll look,” she said.
But a crisp identity alone won't carry you. What separates the shortlisted from the rest, Debola explained, is proof.
