Lechley Shortlist Pack
How Director candidates are really presented to a board
At Director level your CV rarely reaches the decision-maker on its own. This free pack shows what does, and how to build it.
Read by around 7,000 people across UK construction every Monday.
How a board reads a shortlist
3
Questions every submission must answer
7
Parts of a retained submission
2
Pages. Any longer and it won't be read
From the Lechley Shortlist Pack.
What's inside
- The seven parts of a retained shortlist submission.
- An annotated example, and why it works.
- The six mistakes that sink strong candidates, plus a one-page builder for your own.
The candidate who names their gap first looks like a Director. The one who hides it looks like a risk.
From The mistakes that sink strong candidates
Who it's for
If you're weighing a move
Present your record the way boards actually read it: numbers first, a trend not a snapshot, the gap named up front.
If you're hiring
Know what a good submission should give you, so you can tell a strong candidate from a well-written CV.
From a Commercial Director who recruits
I'm Scott Lechley. I trained as a Quantity Surveyor, started out at Sir Robert McAlpine, and now run Lechley Associates, a retained executive search firm for senior commercial and operational leaders across UK construction and infrastructure.
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