Built for People the System Forgot

Your life has been building a career.We'll translate it.

If you have been a parent, a carer, a self-starter, or someone rebuilding from scratch, you have not been out of work. You have been developing skills that employers desperately need. You just do not have the language to prove it yet. Life2CV gives you that language.

Free to start No CV required Built from your life story
Diverse group of professionals from different backgrounds collaborating in a modern workspace

“The problem was never your experience. It was always the translation.”

84%

Of career changers who mapped their transferable skills made a successful transition

Work Insiders, 2026

16%

Of UK workers know how to translate their skills. Life2CV exists for the other 84%.

City and Guilds Group

73%

Of job rejections are caused by language mismatch, not lack of experience.

StandOut CV and CIPD

3 in 10

Working parents are employed below their skill level because they cannot articulate it.

Working Families Index

Person sitting at a kitchen table surrounded by crumpled paper, struggling with traditional CVs

The Problem

Every other career tool asks the wrong question first.

“Where have you worked?” is the question every CV builder, every job board, every career service starts with. And it is the question that has been locking you out.

Because if your honest answer is: I raised three children, or I cared for my mother for five years, or I have been rebuilding after a really hard chapter, the system has no idea what to do with you.

"I do not have any experience."

You have years of it. Managing people, budgets, crises and competing demands. Often simultaneously, always without being paid what you were worth. That is not a gap on your CV. That is the CV.

"Every job says experience required."

They mean professional language, not professional history. We will show you the roles where your life is the competitive advantage.

"I do not know where to start."

You do not have to. Tell us your story. The Life to Career Bridge does the rest.

How It Works

Three steps. One career package. Zero guesswork.

Tell us your story

Answer a few guided questions about your life, not your employment history. No job titles needed. No CV required. Just your experiences in your words, at your own pace.

We find what you are worth

Our Life to Career Bridge reads your story, identifies the professional skills embedded in every experience, and matches your unique profile against thousands of live roles, showing you where you fit and what you can earn right now.

Receive your complete career package

A professional CV in your chosen format, a tailored cover letter, a LinkedIn profile, and in Career Confident, full interview preparation and business ideas. All written in employer language. All built from your real life.

Pricing

Three ways in. One destination.

Start free and upgrade only when you are ready. No pressure. No catch.

Discover

£0

Free forever

No credit card. No catch.

  • Full life story analysis
  • Personal Skill Translation Map
  • Top 3 career matches with salary data
  • CV preview and professional summary written
  • Keep these results forever

Career Ready

£19.99

One-time payment

Total value: £169

  • Everything in Discover
  • Full ATS-optimised CV
  • 3 format choices including Superb
  • Tailored cover letter
  • Complete LinkedIn About section
  • Instant PDF download
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Career Confident

£39.99

One-time payment

Total value: £779. You save £751

  • Everything in Career Ready
  • Documents for ALL 3 matched roles
  • 3 full CVs in all formats available
  • 3 tailored cover letters
  • 3 sets of interview prep (30 Q&As)
  • Live job market data per role
  • 3 micro-business ideas researched & validated
  • The exclusive Superb CV format
  • Lifetime dashboard access
  • Regenerate for any role, anytime
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“Less than one hour of a careers consultant's time. More complete than anything most people ever receive.”

Most people choose Career Confident because the difference between one prepared path and three is the difference between hoping a door opens and being ready when it does.

Why Life2CV

Every other tool starts with job titles. We start with your life.

Other CV buildersLife2CV
Starting point "Where have you worked?" Your life story
Skills recognised Formal employment only Every transferable skill
Job matching You search and guess We find your live top 3
CV content You write from scratch Written for you in employer language
How you feel after Still unqualified Ready to compete

Who It's For

You have been told your experience does not count.

That is not a fact. It is a failure of translation.

Smiling parent confidently multitasking with a child and tablet, showcasing transferable professional skills

Return-to-work parents

86% of women will be mothers by age 40. Most will take time away from formal employment. Almost all will want to return. The system penalises them for it, not because they have lost their skills, but because no one helps them describe what they built during those years. We do.

Professional man standing confidently at a crossroads, ready for a career change

Career changers

4 million people changed careers since the pandemic. The ones who succeeded did not retrain from scratch. They identified the skills they already had and found the roles that needed them.

Compassionate caregiver holding the hand of an elderly person, professional skills from caring

Carers returning to work

You spent years advocating, coordinating, making decisions under pressure, managing professionals, navigating systems. These are rare and genuinely valued skills. They just need the right language.

Optimistic young person standing outside a modern building, looking ahead with anticipation

Young adults entering work

A patchwork of education, part-time work, volunteering, and personal projects is not a weak CV. It is an untranslated one.

World map illustration with arrows from different continents pointing towards Europe, representing international professionals relocating

Internationally qualified professionals

Your credentials may not translate directly. Your experience absolutely does.

The Evidence

This is not inspiration. It is data.

The barrier between you and employment is not your experience. It is the presentation of it.

73%

of job application rejections are caused by work experience that does not match the language used in job adverts. Not the experience itself. The language.

Source: StandOut CV and CIPD

82%

success rate for career changers who systematically mapped their transferable skills before applying.

Source: Work Insiders 2026 and City and Guilds

3 in 10

working parents are currently employed below their skill level, not because they lack the ability, but because they cannot access roles that match it.

Source: Working Families Index 2023

Testimonials

Real stories, real careers

I never thought managing three kids and a household would translate into project management skills. Life2CV showed me I was already qualified.

Sarah M., Former Stay-at-Home Mum

Sarah M.

Former Stay-at-Home Mum

After 15 years in hospitality, I felt stuck. Life2CV identified leadership and crisis management skills I could transfer to operations management.

James K., Career Changer

James K.

Career Changer

Life2CV found skills in my caregiving experience I would never have thought to put on a CV. I got three interviews in my first week.

Priya R., Returning Caregiver

Priya R.

Returning Caregiver

If it does not feel worth every penny, we will give it back.

Every paid package comes with a 7-day unconditional money-back guarantee. No questions. No conditions. No hoops.

We can make this guarantee confidently because the research is clear. The people who clearly understand how to translate their transferable skills have an 82% success rate in career transitions. We have built the tool that gives you that clarity. If for any reason it does not deliver, you pay nothing.

You have already done the hard part. You lived it.

Right now, 84% of British workers cannot clearly articulate how their skills transfer to a different career path. That is not a talent problem. It is a language problem. Life2CV solves the language problem. In under three minutes. Free to start.

No credit cardNo CV neededNo more being told your experience does not count