First release · delivered 16 September

Your CV is losing you interviews. Find out where.

For senior managers, directors & executives

I'm Maria Hvorostovsky, an executive headhunter. The CV Health Check scores your CV out of 100 against the method I distilled from 21 years of placing senior executives.

$49· Delivered Wednesday 16 September

First-release pricing. Orders close Monday 14 September, and both prices rise after that.

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Maria Hvorostovsky, executive headhunter

The people deciding whether you make the shortlist do not read your CV. They scan it.

Headhunters and hiring managers give it 8 seconds, sometimes less. They decide fast, and they decide on things nobody ever tells you, because nobody is paid to tell you.

I know, because I have spent my career as one of the people deciding.

Most CV services tune your CV to pass software. This one is built for the 8 seconds a human gives it.
The method

Write a CV like a CEO

This is the method. The CV Health Check scores you against it.

01

Purpose

A CV is a hook, not a record. It needs one thing it is arguing for. Most have either none or too many.

02

Structure

Two pages. No decoration. A fixed order that follows the scanning eye.

03

Evidence

The part that makes or breaks a CV. Accomplished X, measured by Y, by doing Z. Duties score nothing.

Numbers that measure size are weaker than numbers that measure change.

"$600k in revenue." "A team of 40." "1,600 outreach touches." Each tells a reader how big the thing was. None tells them whether anything got better. One before-and-after number is worth three static ones, and this is where impressive CVs lose the most ground.

What arrives in your inbox

Two options

Both scored against the method.

The Health Check
$49
Later releases: $99
  • Your score out of 100, against the method
  • What is working, and what is costing you interviews
  • A ranked list of what to fix first, in plain language
  • The questions. The specific gaps only you can answer, each one a point left on the table.
  • A PDF, delivered Wednesday 16 September
Start the Health Check →
Everything, done for you
The Rewrite, including the Health Check
$149
Later releases: $249
  • Everything in the Health Check
  • Your CV rebuilt against the method, returned as an editable Word document
  • Every change traceable to something already on your page
Take the full Rewrite →

Nothing invented. No number, no achievement. Where proof is missing, a bracketed question sits in its place. Answer it and the document gets stronger.

It will never invent a number, or an achievement, on your behalf.

A tool that invents a plausible percentage destroys you in the first interview. Where the evidence is missing, it leaves you a question instead.

Your line Responsible for the turnaround of the group's international division.
Duties. Scores nothing.
Rewritten Cut $35m of cost in two years and merged four separate businesses into one global team, taking the division from [ADD: what was operating margin when you arrived?] to [ADD: and where was it two years later?].
Evidence, source, change. Where proof is missing, it asks.
Maria Hvorostovsky
Whose eye is on your CV

Maria Hvorostovsky

Executive headhunter · host of Anatomy of a Leader

I'm a UK executive headhunter and the host of the Anatomy of a Leader podcast. I have seen thousands of CVs, and I know which ones will get the call. This is my eye, written down: my criteria, my standards, applied consistently to every CV that comes through.

Twenty-one years placing directors and C-suite across retail, consumer, technology and professional services.

8 sec
What your CV gets before the decision is made
100
Points on the scorecard
16 Sept
Every report delivered by

About this first release

This is the first release, and the price reflects that.

You are buying an early version at an early price. In exchange I will ask for your honest reaction afterwards, once, briefly. If what comes back is not useful, say so and I will refund you in full. Keep the documents either way.

Questions

Before you buy

Is a person actually looking at this?
Not line by line, no, and that is deliberate. This is my method codified: my criteria, my scoring, my standards, applied consistently rather than depending on how much time I have in a given week. It is why this costs $49 rather than the several hundred a written service costs. If you'd like me to personally review your CV, email me for a quote.
Why is the first-release price $49?
You are buying an early version at an early price, and your honest reaction is part of what I am asking for. Orders close Monday 14 September. After that the Health Check is $99, and $249 with the rewrite.
When do I get it back?
Everything in this release is delivered on Wednesday 16 September.
What happens to my CV?
Stored securely, used only to produce your review, never shared with anyone, and deleted automatically after 30 days, or immediately if you reply to any email and ask.
What if my numbers are confidential?
Replace them. Use a multiple, a range or a bracket, such as "grew revenue 3x" or "a team of 40+", and the scoring works on the shape of the evidence, not the secret. Restore the real figures privately once the review is back.
What format do I get back?
The Health Check as a PDF to read. The Rewrite, if you add it, as an editable Word document. The bracketed questions are yours to fill in.
First release.

Find out which line is costing you the interview.

$49, scored out of 100, delivered Wednesday 16 September.

Start the Health Check →

Orders close Monday 14 September.

Not useful? Full refund, and you keep the documents.