CVs & Job Search
It can be difficult to recognise what you’ve contributed, especially when it feels like something you just do. Explaining it to someone outside your workplace can be harder still.
We’ll help you identify the experience that’s relevant to the work you want, find the examples that support it and explain your contribution clearly. That gives you a stronger basis for your CV, applications and conversations with recruiters and employers.
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You can’t know who else has applied or what’s happening behind the scenes. But you can find out more about the role and make it easier for someone to understand what you’d bring.
We’ll help you identify suitable opportunities, work out who to speak with and prepare for those conversations. That might mean contacting a recruiter, approaching an employer or reconnecting with someone in your network. What you learn can help you decide whether to apply and what your application needs to show.
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Managing a team, leading a project or working with stakeholders tells an employer something about your responsibilities. Specific examples help recruiters and employers build a clearer picture of what you’ve actually done and contributed. They’re also the examples you’ll need to talk through in an interview, so it makes sense to introduce them in your CV.
We’ll explore what you’ve led, delivered or contributed to, the decisions you made, the problems you helped resolve and what happened as a result. We’ll also help you recognise relevant experience you may have overlooked.
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Employers need to understand how your experience fits the work they need done. We’ll help you identify the relevant examples and explain your contribution in language that makes sense to them, in your CV and in conversation.
If only the job ad made that clear. You can be left guessing what they really want beyond “good communication skills”, “a self-motivated attitude” and “the ability to work collaboratively”. We’ll help you read between the lines, identify what’s missing and work out what to ask a recruiter or employer.
We’ll work through your experience, choose examples that relate to what they need and make the connection clear. What did you lead or contribute to? What decisions did you make? What changed?
Those examples need to work in conversation too. We’ll help you explain the context, your contribution and what happened as a result, then practise answering follow-up questions.
You should recognise yourself in it and be able to explain the experience behind its claims. We’ll help you prepare for those conversations.
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You don’t have to fit neatly into a service or programme. We’ll tailor the support and where we start to your situation.
Some people begin with GHMM to work out what they want and need from work. Others have an application deadline approaching, so we tackle that first and come back to the bigger questions afterwards.
You may not need a full programme at all. An hour or two together can give you space to test your thinking, talk through an opportunity or get an objective perspective on a decision.
We’ll discuss what’s happening and agree what would be useful, whether that’s a conversation, help with a particular application or a programme we adapt as we go.
Talk to us about what you needClient experiences
“Ben quickly understood the breadth of my experience and produced an excellent CV and supporting application that captured my capabilities and achievements and presented them in a way that was relevant to the role.”
Pauline CleverDeputy Secretary, government
“What I particularly valued was the advice and coaching that went well beyond writing the documents. Ben helped me think through my motivations for each role, how to communicate them and how to approach recruiters, including the questions to ask to better understand what an organisation was looking for.”
Kylie McQuellinCEO
“After years of tweaking my own CV, I realised it no longer reflected my experience or today’s job market. I was underselling myself.”
Daile BramwellDirector, Corporate & Organisational Development
“Ben has a recruiter's eye for what is important, a way of engaging that challenges you to identify your achievements, and a thoroughly modern template that he helps you craft. I have had a very rewarding week working with Ben.”
Peter BullExecutive General Manager, NZTE
“Ben has supported me with my CVs for more than 10 years. He's helped me recognise strengths and capabilities I didn’t fully appreciate in myself, which significantly increased my confidence and changed the way I approached the job market. I became more confident applying for jobs, talking about my experience and the impact I've made, while understanding the value I could offer to prospective employers.
With Ben’s help I have consistently secured interviews, I’ve changed careers taking on new roles and responsibilities, and have significantly increased my income.
Over the years, he has also become a trusted sounding board for career decisions - someone I can go to for honest advice, guidance and to test my thinking when considering opportunities or next steps.”
Kaaryn DenholmSenior Privacy Advisor