Blasted Employers Snubbing Long Term Jobless People!

Sambucus_Nigra

RobTang wrote: »

Computers have perfect memory unfortunately... and they read really quickly.

By the time a real person looks at you're probably looking at 5-10 CVs... which will get cut down further by the time it actually gets to the hiring manager.

Yeah I know - that's my point.

I was trying to get Miss Sarah to try and work out what a grid was all by herself...but it seems others couldn't wait!

MissSarah1972

Sambucus_Nigra wrote: »

With direct recruitment the admin person will probably summarise the applications the same way for the recruiting manager to look at the top 10/10% - so they never get to see your details if you don't get to the top of the list.

'Probably' but not at all companies. Like I say my old boss spent two weeks reading cv's just going 'yes', or 'no' to the CV giving them about 20 seconds of reading. One was not even in English.

If such as thing as scanning takes place I have whiteboarding on my CV so you would think it would be picked up but obviously not.

miduck

MissSarah1972 wrote: »

'Probably' but not at all companies. Like I say my old boss spent two weeks reading cv's just going 'yes', or 'no' to the CV giving them about 20 seconds of reading. One was not even in English.

If such as thing as scanning takes place I have whiteboarding on my CV so you would think it would be picked up but obviously not.

What do you mean by "whiteboarding"?

kloana

Trugheo, I'm very familiar with the area you're referring to (and the wider region). I've lived in it, worked in it, hired and fired in it (and been hired...and once been fired!), and almost everyone I know has also been through the jobs market of this region, for better or worse.

I could cite any number of examples where I've seen people I know being recruited into jobs in the area, including long-term unemployed people. However, I won't bother, as it's no use - you won't soak up any positivity from it, your reply will likely be borderline aggressive, and WILL INVOLVE LOTS OF CAPITAL LETTERS.

Good luck in your ongoing quest, but there's really no need to post essentially the same thing every week or so.

MissSarah1972

miduck wrote: »

What do you mean by "whiteboarding"?

Where text is hidden in white so no one can see it but it's picked up by an automatic scanning device looking for certain words such as KPI, audit, management accounts, payroll, Agresso, Sage 50, deadlines, etc

kloana

miduck wrote: »

What do you mean by "whiteboarding"?

Where you write keywords at the bottom of your CV that are likely to be picked up as a positive by automated software, but you colour the text white - so it doesn't make your CV look naff, but computers will still pick up the buzzwords.

ETA, posted at the same time as MissSarah

Sambucus_Nigra

MissSarah1972 wrote: »

Where text is hidden in white so no one can see it but it's picked up by an automatic scanning device looking for certain words such as KPI, audit, management accounts, payroll, Agresso, Sage 50, deadlines, etc

No - scanning means 'looking at the CV quickly and working out whether it is going in the bin or not'.

Me thinks you are trying to be too clever and missing the basics like actually putting in black type what you CAN actually do in relation to the actual role that you are applying for.

MissSarah1972

Sambucus_Nigra wrote: »

No - scanning means 'looking at the CV quickly and working out whether it is going in the bin or not'.

Me thinks you are trying to be too clever and missing the basics like actually putting in black type what you CAN actually do in relation to the actual role that you are applying for.

Oh no its ALL in black type what I can do and have covered in the last 10 years.

I am not trying to be clever at all I was told to do the whiteboard.

denla

MissSarah1972 wrote: »

Where text is hidden in white so no one can see it but it's picked up by an automatic scanning device looking for certain words such as KPI, audit, management accounts, payroll, Agresso, Sage 50, deadlines, etc

Everyone can easily fill their CV with random buzz words. Employers are not stupid. They will scan through your CV and if it's not relevant it'll get binned. E.g. someone can claim to know payroll, but said person has no payroll work experience nor recognised payroll qualification. Therefore said person must be lying.

MissSarah1972

denla wrote: »

Everyone can easily fill their CV with random buzz words. Employers are not stupid. They will scan through your CV and if it's not relevant it'll get binned. E.g. someone can claim to know payroll, but said person has no payroll work experience nor recognised payroll qualification. Therefore said person must be lying.

They are not random buzz words at all - if they were reading it too or looked at it in person they would see I have 6 years payroll experience. It's in detail there on my CV.