Hey there! I'm Tomas Slavinskas, founder and CEO of Wozber.
It all started in 2013, when I had just graduated from university and was looking for a job. Without putting much time into it, I wrote a standard CV and sent it to every local company with an opening in my field.
Two weeks went by, and sadly, I didn't receive a single reply. Why? Well, there could have been many reasons – lack of work experience usually being the most common one. However, after some research, I concluded that the most likely culprit was my generic CV.
To test my theory, I restarted my job search by picking the 10 companies that interested me most. For each one, I turned my generic CV into a targeted resume and paired it with a dedicated cover letter. Each document was written specifically for the position, highlighting the experience and skills the company was looking for. It was a painstaking process, but after a lot of editing and reshuffling, I finally finished my second batch of resumes.
Within a week of sending out these applications, eight of the ten companies invited me to an interview. Six of them offered me a job. And just three weeks after restarting my search, I started working at the company of my choice.
After repeating this success several more times, I started sharing my approach with friends and colleagues. I soon realised that too many talented people were missing out on great opportunities, just as I once had. The problem is that people don't know how to show they have what employers are looking for. When it's time to look for a job, they usually send out generic resumes without making them relevant. But a resume should be an advertisement aimed at a specific employer.
This problem called for a smart solution – and that's how Wozber began.
