An employer reviewing a stack of CVs spends an average of 7 to 10 seconds on the first pass. In that time, they are not reading — they are scanning. They are looking for signals: relevant experience, clear structure, evidence of output, and whether the document looks like it was written by someone who knows what they are doing. A CV that is cluttered, vague, or full of responsibilities without results will be passed over, regardless of how much work the person actually did. The secret to a CV that gets read is specificity. Not 'I managed a team' but 'I managed a 4-person team that delivered a student business competition affecting 300 participants.' Results, not responsibilities. Numbers, not adjectives.