Re: UKNM: Skills shortage? No. Investment shortage? yes

[Ray Taylor]

Stefan Magdalinski <

stefanisness [dot] org

> said:


> I didn't say that everyone who'd *been* on a course was crap, just that

> I wouldn't necessarily consider it a big bonus when trawling through

> CVs.


I have to say that I find the process of "trawling through CVs" very

unproductive and old-fashioned when it comes to recruiting new people. For

three reasons:


1. Youngsters today generally don't know how to write CVs and often leave

out important details </patronising git>


2. You really can't judge a person's character by a pro-forma


3. Using this email/internet thingy it's possible for candidates to send out

thousands of CVs without ever bothering to look at what a job is about.


So, personally, I never look at a CV until and unless the applicant has

either sent a lot of detail in the covering letter, or has answered a few

additional questions about themselves - such as career plans, interests

outside of work, etc.


Often people don't bother to respond, which is great because it leaves me

with fewer CVs to trawl through and a higher quality of applicant.


Ask an applicant to spend 20 minutes finding out about the job they are

applying for and/or telling you something they have not told other

prospective employers and you will have a much shorter list of much

higher-quality candidates. And of course it is much easier to spot the total

losers.


Anyone want some job hunting tips, note the following:


1. Always send a covering letter with a CV with specific references to the

job being applied for.


2. Attach a nice photo of yourself, even if you are ugly. It makes an

application stand out from the pile and gives the employer a feeling that

they know you better having looked at the photo and read the application.


3. Find out something about the employer before you apply. These days many

employers have this newfangled web site thingy that has lots of tedious

corporate information on it to bore the pants out of most people, but very

useful to job applicants - USE IT.


Ray Taylor



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