The 90-Second CV Test: Your 3 Numbers


Quiet excellence is often missed because it isn’t legible.

Dear Reader,

A senior manager once skimmed my CV and said, “I can see what you did. I can’t see what it was worth.” It stung—because it was true. Many leaders scan fast; if the value isn’t obvious, they move on. Research shows initial resume screens can take only a few seconds, which means clarity has to hit immediately.

Maybe you’ve felt this too—pages of precise tasks, yet the impact gets lost in the noise. The fix isn’t hype. It’s translation. Numbers don’t make you louder; they make you legible. Clear, quantified outcomes help non-experts see your value at a glance.

In this week’s video, we rebuild your story around three lines—your scoreboard of value:

💰 Money — where did revenue grow, costs reduce, or risk get avoided because of me?
🌍 Scale — how many users, wells, markets, or systems did my work touch, and how often?
Decisions — which choices did my analysis or effort enable, from budgets approved to projects deferred?

If confidentiality is an issue, use ranges or percentages. Honest, directional numbers still signal real impact and protect sensitive data.

A 10-minute exercise (start with one project):

  1. Open your emails, reviews, or slides.
  2. Extract one Money line, one Scale line, and one Decision line.
  3. Write each as a single sentence, active voice, past tense.
  4. Stress-test: would a non-expert understand what moved, by how much, and why it mattered—in ten seconds? (Short, quantified statements beat paragraphs.)

If this lands, you’ll love the full walkthrough with examples and phrasing tips: Watch the video herehttps://youtu.be/isNhZFOyEAw?si=RXmcK68IlWjxxU2m

Why this matters now

Without numbers, people guess—and when you don’t have built-in visibility, they tend to guess low. Quantified outcomes shift you from “job description” to business impact, which recruiters and leaders consistently look for.

This week’s reflection

  • What are the three numbers that translate your work today?
  • If you had to put them at the top of your CV and LinkedIn, what would they be?
  • What evidence (email, dashboard, slide) backs each line?

Put your three numbers in your LinkedIn headline and career summary. Let the details live below. Then notice what changes in the rooms you walk into.


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