How To Get More Interest In Your CV
After years of picking through countless shortlists of candidates, I’ve been forced to develop ever efficient ways of recruiting.
So when dealing with ad response, or merely searching through CV after CV to find the exact skills i’m looking for – I tend to go immediately to the most recent entry and start looking for proof that you can do the job that I’ve been asked to find someone for.
This is just how I recruit.
Everyone’s different. I’m a logical person with (some may allege a slight autistic streak) so I look for facts.
The other reason I do this is because I’ve had countless experiences of Hiring Managers and HR people doing exactly the same thing.
I KNOW If you’ve done a certain type of job you have transferrable skills. (I’ll deal with “if you gave me a little bit of training I’d be up to speed in no time” in another blog post).
But if I send a CV to a client, and they can’t see you’ve done the job they want you to do, there is potential for said client to feel I may not have found them the right person.
I’m afraid the spray and pray brigade have ruined it for all of us.
When you’re applying for a job, look at the must haves, work out where you’ve done it, and then add it to your CV.
The simple fact that you wrote it will mean that it will support what I’m saying, and give the client some comfort.
As an added bonus you’re including more keywords on your CV making it easier to write.
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