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July 15, 2026

We show up at work as our full selves. CVs won't let us.

We took a camera around RecFest 2026 and asked one question over and over: what's something about yourself that would never show up on a CV? We got a singer. A horse rider. Someone who runs mountain ultras. A former professional bodybuilder. Someone who grows fruit and vegetables. Someone who is, in their own words, expert at crawling around on the floor with their one-year-old. And then, from the hiring side of the fence, we got this: I would hire people who are intensely curious, because ...

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