&gt; Do they?<p>I have seen hundreds of CVs that show no achievements of note - and tend to be more along the lines of describing the duties of the job and little else besides. I&#x27;ve also had hundreds of subsequent conversations with those people that revealed significant accomplishments.<p>CVs are better than nothing. But there&#x27;s no set way to write them that&#x27;s widely known, and people tend to be rather reticent about their own accomplishments - perhaps not even thinking of them as such. There&#x27;s a lot of value being left on the table.