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Chanuka Jeewantha
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Chanuka Jeewantha
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Personally written, ATS-friendly CVs built around New Zealand conventions - a clear personal profile, locally-aligned tone, and recruiter-ready structure.
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Chanuka Jeewantha is a professional CV writer and career-branding specialist who works remotely with New Zealand professionals - providing ATS-optimized CV writing, LinkedIn profile optimization, and cover letters. Backed by 380+ senior and executive placements across the USA, UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, and rated 5.0/5 from 69 Google reviews.
Applying for roles in New Zealand means competing against candidates who tailor their CV to local hiring conventions and the applicant tracking systems employers rely on. This service delivers a personally written, ATS-optimized CV aligned to New Zealand recruiter expectations - no templates, no junior outsourcing.
Every CV is written from scratch around your target roles in New Zealand, your seniority, and your industry. That means the right length and format for the local market, the keywords New Zealand employers and their applicant tracking systems screen for, and achievement-led content that frames your impact in terms hiring managers recognise. The result is a document that gets past the software and convinces the person on the other side of it.
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Most mid-to-large New Zealand employers screen applications through an applicant tracking system before a human reads them. Your CV is written and formatted to parse cleanly through the platforms New Zealandrecruiters rely on most, with role-relevant keywords mapped from the job description so it ranks well inside the system while staying clear for the hiring manager who reads it next.
New Zealand salaries run from around NZ$50,000 at entry to NZ$160,000+ for senior roles. We align your CV to the local market - a concise personal profile, NZ spelling, and referees where appropriate - so it lands well with New Zealand recruiters and hiring managers.
The service supports New Zealand professionals nationwide and in every major hiring hub - including Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Hamilton, Tauranga, and Dunedin - as well as remote-first employers. Wherever you are targeting roles, your CV is tailored to local conventions and the expectations of recruiters in that market.
We start with your goals, target roles, and the New Zealand employers you want to reach, so the CV is built around real opportunities rather than a generic template.
Your experience is mapped against the roles you are targeting and the keywords New Zealand applicant tracking systems screen for, so nothing important is lost in parsing.
Each section is written from scratch with quantified, achievement-led content and formatted to the conventions New Zealand recruiters expect.
You review the draft and we refine it together until it is ready to send - revisions are included.
New Zealand CV writing typically ranges from a few hundred dollars upward. Chanuka Jeewantha prices in USD globally - from $179 to $1,499 - with each CV personally written for the NZ market.
NZ employers expect a two-to-three-page CV, usually led by a brief personal profile, with no photo and NZ spelling throughout.
Yes. The service covers senior, executive, and specialist CVs positioned for competitive New Zealand and cross-border roles.
We format for JobAdder, Snaphire, and Workday, which New Zealand employers commonly use, with keywords aligned to your target role.
Referees are commonly listed on NZ CVs or noted as available on request. We advise on the best approach for your situation.
Standard turnaround is 3 to 5 business days with an express option, and every CV includes revisions until you are happy with it.
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