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Is 2025 the year the CV dies?

Tags: Recruitment Process

In this episode of The View, Neil Armstrong sits down with Estelle McCartney, CEO at Arctic Shores, to wrestle with one of the biggest questions in recruitment today: is the traditional CV becoming obsolete? As AI-driven candidate tools rise and the “sea of sameness” floods the hiring landscape, Neil and Estelle explore the shift toward skills-based hiring, scrapping CVs, and hiring for potential.

Expect thoughtful debate, pragmatic insights, and a challenge to how recruiters think about assessment, bias, candidate experience, and fairness. Whether you’re rethinking your hiring model or simply curious about the next frontier – this episode gives you provocative ideas you’ll want to act on.

Here are approximate timestamps and what you’ll find there – skip to the topics most relevant to you:

  • 00:00 – Why is the CV is dying, and what’s driving the change?
  • 03:10 – Defining the “sea of sameness”; What happens when thousands of CVs look alike – and why that’s a problem
  • 08:40 Skills-based hiring & scrapping the CV; Estelle describes how competency / assessment models differ from traditional resumes
  • 14:20 – Bias, fairness & hidden risk in CVs; When past experience becomes a trap, not a predictor
  • 19:50 – Candidate experience in a CV-free world; How candidates feel, perceive, and respond when the CV is no longer the gatekeeper
  • 24:30 – Implementation challenges & culture shift; What needs to change inside your organisation if you move away from the CV
  • 28:45 – Final thoughts, warnings, and guiding questions for your next move.

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