See beyond the CV.
Start hiring for skills, not just past roles.
Decentering the CV and focusing on skills, character, and potential helps uncover talent, reduce bias, and make stronger, more aligned hiring decisions.
CVs Are So 1482.
The CV has been around since 1482—and it shows.
While it's served us well, today's hiring requires more.
CV Free helps you shift the focus from resumes to what truly matters—skills, character, and potential—while embracing better processes that help you find the right fit.
Find the best talent without relying on outdated CVs.
Go CV-Free in just three easy steps:
Step 1: Attract the Right Candidates
Decide how CV Free fits into your hiring process.
Highlight the skills and qualities that matter most to your team while maintaining the tools you already use.
Step 2: Screen Effectively
Combine your existing methods with new tools like interactive assessments to gain a deeper understanding of candidate potential.
Step 3: Evaluate & Communicate
Focus on abilities while keeping resumes as part of the conversation where needed. Align your team around a balanced, people-first hiring approach.
We Believe In...
Accessibility
Talent knows no boundaries. Decentering the CV helps you find the best fit for your team, no matter where candidates are or how they present themselves on paper.
Diversity
Reduce hiring biases and create a more inclusive process. By shifting focus from resumes to skills, you can open doors to talent from diverse backgrounds.
Equity
Move beyond keyword filters and job titles. CV Free fosters real conversations about capabilities and potential while still respecting existing processes.
Make Hiring Better
We’re calling on all HR leaders, recruiters, and trailblazers to sign the pledge and join the CV free campaign—because the right fit is more than a list of past jobs.
By embracing CV Free, you’ll create a hiring process that’s more inclusive and effective—focusing on skills and potential while keeping the tools that work for you.
FAQs
CV Free hiring is a new way to approach recruitment that eliminates the need for traditional CVs. Instead, we focus on a candidate’s skills, qualities, and potential, making the hiring process more inclusive, equitable, and effective.
CV Free hiring helps you discover talent that might be overlooked by traditional methods. It emphasises what candidates can do rather than what they have done, improving diversity, widening the talent pool, and ultimately contributing to better team performance and retention.
By hiring based on skills and potential, CV Free hiring aligns with core business goals like diversity, innovation, and building a stronger, more capable workforce. It ensures you’re hiring individuals with the right competencies to help your business grow and succeed.
We recommend clearly highlighting CV Free hiring practices in job ads, job descriptions, and on your careers page. Using statements like “No CV required—show us your skills instead” helps attract the right candidates and lets them know upfront that the process will be different.
You can expect a more diverse candidate pool, improved quality of hire, reduced bias in the hiring process, and better retention rates as you hire individuals whose skills align directly with the role requirements.
You’ll also benefit from enhanced employer branding as a forward-thinking, inclusive workplace.
Success can be tracked through metrics like the diversity of the applicant pool, speed of hire, quality of candidates hired, and retention rates. We recommend holding regular review meetings to evaluate these metrics and iterate on the process as needed.
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