From the founder
Mikkel Damberg Hadsbjerg
Talent Acquisition Lead
Over nearly a decade in talent acquisition, I have hired across start-ups, consultancies and large international public companies, from junior roles to director level. Different markets, different hiring requirements, different kinds of pressure. But the same problem, every single time.
A lot of people do not know how to write a CV.
Not because they lack experience. Not because their careers are unimpressive. But because writing about yourself in a way that communicates clearly to a stranger, in ten seconds, under pressure, is a specific skill that almost nobody is taught. It is not obvious. It is not intuitive. And the consequences of getting it wrong are invisible to the person getting it wrong.
I have reviewed candidates with ten years of genuinely impressive track records whose CVs read like a list of duties. People who undersold themselves into a lower tier than they deserved, not because they were less capable, but because they did not know how to show the level of their work. The fix is almost always the same: stop describing the job. Make the proof of your impact visible. Show what changed because of you.
That pattern, real experience with unclear materials, is what Legible is built around.
For years, if you wanted your CV properly fixed, your options were limited. Do it yourself and maybe get it wrong again. Or hire a professional copywriter, wait for schedules to align and pay a ton of money that you might not have while unemployed. Neither option is great if you find the perfect job by Tuesday, that you need to apply for by Wednesday.
The tools available today have changed that equation. What used to require a senior recruiter and a skilled writer working together across multiple sessions can now be structured and delivered in under twenty minutes, not as a gimmick, but as a genuine step up from what most people would produce alone. Over the last year in particular, the quality of what is possible has shifted significantly. Legible exists because the timing is right to make this accessible.
The goal is simple: the kind of honest, calibrated feedback that previously required a coach or an expensive service should be available to anyone who needs it, at the moment they need it. Not behind a subscription. Not after a week’s wait. Right now, if that is what the situation calls for.
The diagnosis is free because the diagnosis is the value. You should not have to pay to find out what is wrong. And the rebuild is priced the way it is because good advice on how to present your career should not be a luxury.