1,000 job applications, no interviews... Whats the average??

Scousebird_2

Wow!

You are 19 right! I admire your commitment but this CV is way too intricate. I think there are some managers out there who would see the length of this CV and not read it, a CV is a summary of your experience and you need not mention half of what you have put in, save those little gems of experience for your interview because you can blow their socks off when the time is right-face to face.

Let me tell you, I sent me CV off to loads of companies in October last year and I wasn't getting any replies. My CV was peppered with qualifications and my last 6 yrs job history in full. My phone never rang, and other than the odd acknowledgement email, I didn't get any responses. So I tried a different approach. I summaried my qualifications, added an interesting personal summary (not just professional but who I am as a person at the very beginning) and cut my job history down to the last 3 years. Think about it logically, the person someone was in employment 6 years ago will have grown and changed and matured professionally in this time-so there is no need to say what you did 6 years ago if you have changed your job. Mention 3 years, keep it clean, precise, crisp and matter of fact.

I promise you, I fired out my new CV and within hours I was getting calls from employers. I had 3 interviews set for the next week and out of those I got offered two jobs and had another 2 interviews lined up for the week after which I attended for the experience and to consider the post.

I also chose to accept the LOWEST paid job because it offered me the career progression I wanted and it was something I had the least experience in. I wanted to broaden my prospects and expand myself.

You seem to be quite intelligent but be careful not to ''startle'' employers by your CV. You are young (meant with the greatest of respect) and employers want us young ones to be fresh and trainable. They don't want someone who is going to come in and ''run before they can walk''-believe me, I have been there and I was taught a !!!!!! lesson, but I thank my Manager at the time for that because it's taught me what I needed to learn. All I am saying is try to simplify your CV and definitely shorten it. Take it from someone who's learnt her lesson on this one! And changed it to work better. After all, isn't the working world about finding solutions to things that can be made better if they don't work? Oh and the typo's-def get rid of those as some employers (particularly customer services and admin roles, will just throw your CV in the bin if they count more than 3). Think about the calibre of applicants they will be getting at the moment. Make sure you shine. It's quality, not quantity that they want.

Coming from someone who worked in the banking industry for 4 years. I think this would be an excellent place for you to start and they would lap your enthusiasm up and throw you onto that sales floor to shine. You would make a good Business Specialist and I think your personality could fit into that type of role.

Good luck with everything and I hope this helps in some way.

PolishBigSpender

What happened to your car washing business in Staines, huh?

Sounds like we're dealing with a pathological liar here.

chivers1977

Was this an April fool?

PolishBigSpender

chivers1977 wrote: »

Was this an April fool?

Nah, he's all over the internet, making wild claims about what he does.

I suspect he's simply some overweight idiot in a bedsit somewhere with a large imagination and no desire to actually work.

wishiwasarichgirl

presuming the OP is genuine...

Might be a silly question, but did you put a phone number on your CV?

I just ask as my boss was hiring lately and any applications without phone numbers were binned because they wanted to do the interviews ASAP, so didn't have time to write to applicants to offer an interview.

Beta89

wishiwasarichgirl wrote: »

presuming the OP is genuine...

Might be a silly question, but did you put a phone number on your CV?

I just ask as my boss was hiring lately and any applications without phone numbers were binned because they wanted to do the interviews ASAP, so didn't have time to write to applicants to offer an interview.

Hi, yeah i gave my phone number on my cv.

I have no technically got a job, however its endedup being very dodgy.. :(