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Who you're becoming

Your CV isn't who you were. It's who you're becoming.

Hiring isn't about your past. It's about the future version of you, the one the market actually buys. We help you discover that version through your STORYs, then put it on the page that takes you there.

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The shift

Your attention belongs on who you're becoming.

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Most CVs point here
Who you've been
Your CV should point here
Who you're becoming
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People don't hire your past. They hire the future version of you, the one already growing into the next role before you've had it. The one your evidence points to, not back from. Most CVs do the opposite. They turn you into a museum of past roles. Backward-facing. Easy to dismiss. The job of a real CV is to make the future version of you visible. Your STORYs are the evidence. The CV is the vehicle.

What a CV means today

Most CVs are a buffet. Yours should be a Michelin Star menu.

A buffet CV dumps everything you've ever done onto a page. Comprehensive. Exhausting. Forgettable. A Michelin Star CV makes you stand out. Your best STORYs, presented with intent. The signature moves. The judgement. What you actually bring to the table. That's what stops decision-makers scrolling. That's what gets you in the room.

A buffet CV
  • Everything you've ever done, dumped on a page
  • Tasks, dates, tools, tactics
  • "I did this, then I did that"
  • Comprehensive, not curated
  • Read in six seconds, forgotten in six more
A Michelin Star CV
  • Your best STORYs, presented with intent
  • The signature moves and the judgement
  • What you bring that no one else does
  • Curated, not comprehensive
  • Read in six seconds, remembered
This conversation is for you if
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You've been at this level longer than feels right, and you can't quite name why you're stuck.
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Your CV reads like a list of tasks. It doesn't sound like the person you actually are at work.
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You catch yourself saying "I just" or "I only" when you describe what you do.
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You're applying to senior roles and hearing nothing back, and you can't tell whether it's the CV, the market, or you.
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You already know who you're becoming. You just can't make the words land for someone else.
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You need a clear brand and a clear next move. Not just a tidier CV.
What this looks like

Real clients. Same shift, every time. The market hears them differently.

She was told "next year" for three years.
AVP at State Street, doing VP-level risk work. Her CV listed tasks, not judgement. We rebuilt her STORYs until they matched the work. BlackRock offered six weeks later.
Outcome ยฃ85K → ยฃ128K
He was sure his evidence was "just hospitality."
Restaurant owner of 12 years, convinced the charity sector wouldn't take him seriously. Same evidence, shaped into STORYs about leadership and operational scale. He became CEO of a national charity.
Outcome Owner → CEO
She thought maternity had "gapped" her career.
Senior marketer returning after 18 months out. Telling herself the gap would block any move. We built the STORYs that proved otherwise. Promoted to Account Director within four months of returning.
Outcome Returner → Director
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Earth shattering.
Mit's reaction to the CV and Strategy Deck we built from this exact model.
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What clients say

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A note from Aneal

People aren't buying an old version of you. They're buying the next one.

I've sat with hundreds of people at career thresholds. The pattern is the same every time. They walk in trying to defend who they've been, the buffet of past roles, all the things they've done. Then I ask them a different question: who are you becoming?

That question opens something. They start describing themselves in present tense. Their judgement. Their leadership without the formal authority. The strategic thinking they take for granted. The version of them already growing into the next role. That's the version the market actually wants to hire. By discovering your STORYs, we write the next step. The CV is what takes you there.

1:1 coaching for this process is ยฃ899. I can only do so many sessions a week. So I made it accessible. Same framework. Same questions I ask in person. The price tag of in-person, gone.

Does it replace a coach? No. Does it replace coaching? Definitely not. But it gets you to a stronger version of your own story than you would write on your own. That's what changes outcomes.

Aneal Birdi, founder of CareerVive

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