Hi guys Some opinion on this... I was helping a friend look for a job, after having lost hers during the recession. Starting with setting up her CV, one of my colleagues referred me to a professional CV Writing centre, as I was clueless on how the market for CV's were at the moment. What is your take on virtual CV's? I came across an article where they briefly discussed this. However, I must agree with most of what they are saying. It will most probably create allot of discrimination, as it is presenting an opportunity for it, but also I do believe that for certain job sector it would be quite interesting... Should this be considered? Professional CV writing might be the way to go, as it is well presented and easy to read, but Virtual CV's might create to much controversy. Let me know what you think? Thanks
http://www.newbury.net/forum/m-1263892030/s-0/#num0 Didn't seem to be error strewn when I looked at your previous thread..... Opinions given by various contributors.... (I STILL don't know what you're trying to say mind you...!)
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It will most probably create allot of discrimination, as it is presenting an opportunity for it, but also I do believe that for certain job sector it would be quite interesting... Should this be considered?
Controversy?? With whom?? Discrimination?! Que?
A CV is a CV.. Try Googling it and there's plenty of sites providing advice on what to include and how to present, together with templates which would help you prepare your own. Profesional CV services are available, but for most (provided you're reasonably profficient on the PC) the free advice on t'internet should suffice for most HR Depts and get you through first screen & reject processes.....
I know someone who writes CV's. She has written them for 'low and high fliers' (and they aren't all pilots!). All of them have got themselves an interview and most of them have been offered the job. Even those who have been desperately trying to get a job for ages. So I think it's worth it to get a professional one done. Some people just don't have the knack of 'selling' themselves.
Agreed.....get yourself a proper CV. One you can print out. One which lists your achievements and selling points and points out through subliminal messages why YOU are what <insert company name> has been waiting for..... For a useful template try blowyourowntrumpet.co.uk
But as for 'Virtual CV'..... forget it
EDIT: Just checked and the "blow your own trumpet" website exists!! (But it's kids clothing rather than CV..... Had to check it just in case that bit I made up directed you to a pron website)
Couldn't agree less! Your new Employer wants to see your own characteristics, in your own words, not some plastic piece written that he/she probably gets three times a day...all the same!!Although we are living in a plastic world aren't we? OK maybe your new employer is plastic too!!!!! Having someone else write or draft it for you is like someone else writing your Autobiography!
EDIT: Just checked and the "blow your own trumpet" website exists!! (But it's kids clothing rather than CV..... Had to check it just in case that bit I made up directed you to a pron website)
Phew, that's a relief. (for a moment there, and with a title like that, I didn't know whether to be concerned, worried or impressed)
Couldn't agree less! Your new Employer wants to see your own characteristics, in your own words, not some plastic piece written that he/she probably gets three times a day...all the same!!Although we are living in a plastic world aren't we? OK maybe your new employer is plastic too!!!!! Having someone else write or draft it for you is like someone else writing your Autobiography!
Not so. A CV is just a list of facts.. slightly skewed ones perhaps, but there shouldn't be a "personality" evident in a CV. If there is, the writer is almost certainly a dork. A letter of application is something else.
Couldn't agree less! Your new Employer wants to see your own characteristics, in your own words, not some plastic piece written that he/she probably gets three times a day...all the same!!Although we are living in a plastic world aren't we? OK maybe your new employer is plastic too!!!!! Having someone else write or draft it for you is like someone else writing your Autobiography!
Plagiarism is seen as the norm these days....... Hell, how else would I have got my PhD..... To copy and paste something off the internet without amendment would be ridiculous unless you coincidentally happen to be called Mr A Bloggs and happen to have the qualification listed. But for templates and ideas on how best to present a good CV and sell yourself so that your best attributes are brought to the fore, I see no problem with using a good generic CV skeleton.
That way prospective employers can cut to the chase and do comparison exercises with the similar looking CVs and decide who is best qualified for a role.
The way you describe it, a CV becomes a lesson in interpretation and you're asking the employer to try and find and get to know 'the real you'.... Nobody has the time for that.....
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