The Top Third Check: your CV's first page, read by the person who screens them

The top third of your CV decides whether you get the call. A recruiter reads it in about thirty seconds, and if your tickets, point of hire and availability aren't there, the rest doesn't get read.

Send me your CV and the job you're chasing. I'll read the top third the way I would at work and send back:

• The thirty-second verdict. Call, maybe pile or no call, and why.
• Three fixes, in order. The changes that will make the biggest difference, written so you can make them tonight.
• Your opening line, rewritten. The headline that tells the screener what you are and what you want.

Back within two business days. Every check is read by me, not a template or a junior.

Want the whole CV done? The full Hiring-Side CV Review (A$179) marks up the whole CV, gives you the bin list and the gap list, and rewrites the screen block. If you book it within 30 days of your Top Third Check, you only pay the difference.

Who's reading it? The Hiring Desk: twenty years in HR across Australian mining and construction, most of it on the hiring side, and a FIFO household of my own.

What this isn't. It's not a resume-writing service, and it can't refer you into a job or guarantee an interview. It's general information from industry experience.

After payment you'll get a one-page PDF telling you exactly what to send and where.