When Ahmed applied for his dream cybersecurity role at a top-tier financial firm, he thought his CV was bulletproof.

It listed every tool he had touched over the past five years — Splunk, Burp Suite, AWS, CrowdStrike, Tenable, Nessus, SIEM X, SOAR Y, and more.

Despite the tough job market .. he was confident this long list would impress hiring managers and prove his technical range.

But after submitting his application to over 50+ companies, he received only polite rejections or, worse, complete silence.

Frustrated, Ahmed reached out to me for a chat and I told him this after scanning his CV for 30 seconds.

“Ahmed, your CV tells me what buttons you’ve pressed, not the problems you’ve solved.”

That might sting but it was also true.

His CV read like a product catalogue, not a story of impact.

It showed ZERO depth — only breadth.