What is the most important thing you probably don’t have in your CV? For so many job hunters their CV reads like a job description for each of job on their CV, accountability can single handedly change the impact of your CV. There is no doubt about it, searching for a new job, no matter if you are employed or unemployed is stressful and tough.  There are many unknowns along the way in your job hunt, simple things like these can play on our mind for weeks before we know. How many other candidates have applied for the job? Am I the best candidate out of the bunch?  Can I actually fit in with that company? None of these unknowns should change your approach to going for a new job and writing that perfect CV for it.  Have you actually created the perfect CV or have you left it to the end of your day and put it together in 20 minutes while you watched the new series of Luther (if you haven’t seen it, its F****** Awesome but save it for actual down time). If that is the case then there is one certainty we have determined so far…your half assed approach has probably resulted in a half assed CV. If thats the case then the answers to the above questions are It doesn’t matter. Possibly, but it won’t matter. You might not get the chance to find out. Harsh…maybe but more than likely to be nothing short of the truth.  On the other hand, if you just aren’t confident in putting your best self forward in a CV or maybe you don’t know what really makes a good CV stand out from the crowd.  If that is the case then lets put that argument to bed. “The number one thing you can add to your CV is accountability.” Another name I like to use for this kind of CV is a KPI CV.  For those that don’t know, KPI stands for Key Performance Indicator and refers to the targets you were set at the start that you will have to be accountable for.  So when you start your new CV write down each job with nothing else apart from what you were to be accountable for when you started that position.  Then write down how you performed in relation to these KPI’s and build that out. For example, I just Googled (“Sales” AND “CV” and “PDF”) and picked the first CV I found, this candidates latest job was a Senior Sales Director.  Nice start, next I looked at his description of his achievements in that role, heres what I found: Successfully promoted the company’s services to the local and regional market; Attended networking events and participated in exhibitions; Grew business through cold calling and social media marketing; Fulfilled the role of account management and local support to local and regional clients. Now, whilst this is all nice and positive, if you are the hiring manager and you have 17 CV’s to go through from equally qualified candidates would this really stand out? Probably not, and it wouldn’t really grab your attention. However, if it read like this: Grew company sales by 22% by successfully promoting the company’s services to the local market; Achieved regional growth of circa 14% through a variety of cold calling, social media marketing and creating a more structured sales processes; Strengthened existing customer relationships by improving account management processes resulting in securing contract extensions for the majority of clients. Straight away you can tell that the second candidate has improved communication skills, greater accountability and looks like a serious performer and if the rest of the 17 CV’s were similar to the first example then this second example candidate is more than likely going to make the shortlist. So the next time you are creating a new CV don’t be the half assed version of yourself or think that a hiring manager can read your mind and know how amazing you are. Instead, be accountable and absolutely kill our competition with a KPI CV.If you are looking for some guidance on your CV why not get in touch and take advantage of a free CV Review.  Send me an email to gordon@eyonzy.com with Free CV Review in the subject line.Thanks for reading.