How Recruiters Find and Filter Candidates: CV, LinkedIn & AI

Why do so many job applications disappear without a response?Today most hiring happens inside digital platforms. When you apply for a job, your CV is often screened by software before a recruiter ever sees it. Recruiters also use tools like LinkedIn to search for candidates, filter applications, and identify relevant skills.This means that getting hired today is not only about having the right experience — it is also about making sure that your experience is visible to the systems recruiters use.In this course you will learn how modern hiring actually works and how to position yourself effectively within it.Drawing on more than twenty years of experience in the technology industry — including roles at Vodafone, eBay and lastminute(dot)com — and having hired hundreds of professionals throughout my career, I explain how recruiters evaluate candidates and how hiring platforms rank and filter applications.This course will help you understand:• how recruiters manage large volumes of job applications• how Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) filter CVs• how recruiters search for candidates on LinkedIn• how to optimise your CV so hiring systems can recognise your skills• how to improve your visibility to recruiters and hiring algorithmsThe goal of this course is simple: to help you understand the hiring systems you are applying into, so you can position your CV and LinkedIn profile more effectively.If you are applying for jobs, entering the job market, or trying to understand why applications sometimes receive no response, this course will give you a practical framework to approach the job search more strategically.Note on narration:This course uses AI-assisted voice narration to keep the content focused and accessible. The material reflects real teaching delivered in live sessions, and the focus is on the ideas and frameworks.A fully recorded version with live delivery will be