One uncomfortable truth about entry-level hiring: Effort alone rarely gets someone hired. Most candidates work hard on their applications. They polish the CV. Rewrite the cover letter. Apply everywhere. But hiring was never about effort. It's about alignment. When a recruiter opens a CV, they are not asking: "How much effort did this person put into this document?" They are asking a simpler question: "Does this person solve the problem this role exists for?" If the CV doesn't clearly connect to that problem, the recruiter sees volume instead of relevance. So the hiring team feels overwhelmed. And the candidate feels ignored. Both sides think the other side is the problem. But the real gap isn't effort. It's positioning. Before sending an application, one question helps: "What problem is this role actually trying to solve?" Most answers are already hidden in the job description. Most candidates just skip that part. Recruiters — what's the most common mistake you see in entry-level CVs?