Matt Craven - Managing Director | The CV & Interview Advisors

About Matt

Matt is the Managing Director of The CV & Interview Advisors, DCS Executive, The Career Enhancement and Incredibly-Linked.

He is considered to be a thought-leader in Personal Branding and is regularly engaged as a public speaker to deliver advice and guidance to global audiences on all things related to CV authoring, career advancement, LinkedIn, personal branding and thought leadership.

Matt started his career in sales and operations roles in the vehicle hire sector, moving into recruitment in 1999 and doing everything from junior contract recruitment through to senior level search. Matt subsequently headed-up several teams, operating at Senior Manager level.

In 2006, Matt took the plunge and set-up The CV & Interview Advisors which he has grown into a market-leading business with a global client base and partnerships with some of the UK and World's most illustrious associations and institutes.

Matt's speaking and published work

As well as winning an award in 2022, Matt was a Finalist at the 2023 Contracting Awards in the Top Industry Influencer category and has recently delivered presentations for The London Chamber of Commerce, European Woman on Boards, Deloitte's Woman on Boards cohort, The University of Bath's MBA cohort, The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and many others.

He has written hundreds of articles for organisations such as The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, Sales & Marketing Executives International, The Chartered Institute of Marketing, IPSE, Contractor UK, Contractor Weekly, Working Mums, JC Wiley Publishing, Simply Jobs and many others.

Matt's experience

As well as running multiple businesses, Matt spends his time researching and developing The CV & Interview Advisors' intellectual property.

Matt enjoys helping Boards, leadership teams, market-facing employees of businesses (large and small), coaches, interims, contractors, freelancers, consultants, NEDs, and executive-level job seekers looking to build their personal or employer brand, raise their profile, achieve thought leadership status, leverage LinkedIn for business or job-seeking purposes, and create high impact self-marketing collateral to turbo charge their careers.

His experience makes him an expert in interview coaching, outplacement, CV writing, resume writing, cover letters, LinkedIn, thought leadership, and personal branding.