This is a preliminary discussion of some results from a pilot study of a group of CV writers. The study draws on cultural and consumption theory to elicit some provisional understanding of the threads of idealised and actual personal images and stories woven into the CVs. The latter are linked...

Participants are asked to form a team from a fictional construction business bidding for a private-public funded development opportunity in New Zealand. The team discuss and finalise members' roles by general consensus before drafting the project technical development plan and bidding strategy...