We took a camera around RecFest 2026 and asked one question over and over: what's something about yourself that would never show up on a CV? We got a singer. A horse rider. Someone who runs mountain ultras. A former professional bodybuilder. Someone who grows fruit and vegetables. Someone who is, in their own words, expert at crawling around on the floor with their one-year-old.

And then, from the hiring side of the fence, we got this: I would hire people who are intensely curious, because they're the people who learn best, but I can never see that on a CV without having a conversation. Which is the whole problem in one breath. The trait hiring leaders want most is the trait candidates are trained to leave off. Both sides of the market are reaching for the same thing and the paper is in the way. This is the RecFest Edition supercut, recorded live inside Willo World, and it opens the new season.

What you'll learn

- Why the trait hiring leaders want most is the one candidates hide
- What people actually say when you ask them a better question
- Why personality, working style and motivation don't survive the page
- How a shy candidate becomes the most interesting person in the room, four questions in
- What changes when the conversation comes before the filter


GUEST
Recorded live at RecFest 2026 with Will Mason-Jebb (Connectr), Junead Zaman (Caraffi), Kanwar Kholi (Booking.com), Christina Messaritaki (Yodeck), Dan Hackett (Amazon), Hannah Crawford (Tribepad), Ines Castro (Tribepad), Paula Ryan (Primark), and Daen Fox on the field

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Anita Chauhan - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitachauhan/

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Looks Good on Paper is a hiring and careers podcast hosted by Anita Chauhan and powered by Willo. In this RecFest 2026 special, recorded live inside the Willo World activation, talent leaders and recruiters from Amazon, Booking.com, Primark, Tribepad, Connectr, Caraffi and Yodeck answer one question: what would never show up on your CV? The answers reveal why intense curiosity, personality, working style and motivation are the traits hiring leaders say they want most and the traits the CV is least able to carry.

Show Resources

• Willo: willo.video - The most cost-effective way to screen candidates at scale. Interview candidates anywhere & at any time
• CV Free Toolkit: cvfree.me/join - Break up with the CV and get everything you need to modernize your hiring approach with skills-based assessments
• Anita Chauhan: linkedin.com/in/anitachauhan - Connect with the host