More strangeness from Professionals
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These days it looks as if you have to second guess what the HR department want. What is flavour of the month? Do they have a pet curve ball test? Are they interested in swimming medals or do they focus on qualifications related to the post? Are they looking for someone who will be a team hi fiver or someone who can go it alone? Maybe an agent will know the answers to these questions but frankly, I doubt it.
I may not last forever but the mess I leave behind certainly will.
You & me both!:cool:
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Hi All, I am back on the Job Market again. I had a phone call yesterday from a Recruitment Professional out of the blue (apparently I had click on the review my CV button(?)) He told me while I was not in a good position to take it in that my CV contained too many personal details and so on. Now I do agree but the 'recruitment agents' will not often entertain a CV without them. I get a feeling that was the set up for I can alter it but it will cost X pounds for it.... any idea if these so called services are worth it?:confused:
The most important advice I ever got on creating a CV is that it should be one page. No more, no less. If it's less, it'll look empty. If it's more, well, you can pretty much guarantee that any additional pages will be lost as it gets passed around to the various people that might review it. Plus, with only one page you get to avoid the endless war between office drones who prefer staples and the ones who prefer paper clips (and no matter which one you pick you'll always be wrong).
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The most important advice I ever got on creating a CV is that it should be one page. No more, no less. If it's less, it'll look empty. If it's more, well, you can pretty much guarantee that any additional pages will be lost as it gets passed around to the various people that might review it. Plus, with only one page you get to avoid the endless war between office drones who prefer staples and the ones who prefer paper clips (and no matter which one you pick you'll always be wrong).
The problem I have is that I 'have' to go through 'professional' recruitment agency, I have done a one pager and had that rejected as there was not enough detail. I have tended to avoid the staples or paper clips by sending it as a Word Document (.doc not .docx as that can cause problems). Last week I had a professional who proceeded to rip my CV to shreds while offering 'free' services who then would not send me an E-mail with his recommendations as it was a 'free' session :wtf: (his main justification was well what I am saying is right I have a job you don't! :omg: ). People wonder why this country is in the bucket they need to employ people for what they are good at.