13th September 2006, 07:06 PM
At one time I would have sympathised with your plight. Then I started having to recruit staff, including reading all the CVs...
People write their CVs to suit themselves, and they are very inconsistent. At least 30% will omit something that is crucial to the recruiting organisation, while dwelling at length on something irrelevant. Many will be far too long (I once received a 35-page CV, hard-bound). Even if the right basic information is there, it will be presented in a different order and in radically different ways in each CV (you would be amazed how much they vary).
The point is, the recruiting organisation knows what information it wants and has set up a form designed to obtain that specific information, and to get it in the same format and order each time. That makes for faster/easier processing, and puts all applicants on a level playing field.
If you try to short-circuit the process by sending the information in a different way, all you will do is annoy the recruiting manager and reduce your chances of success.
Searcher says that he/she was really looking forward to getting the job they applied for - if so, isn't it worth jumping through the hoops in the way the company wants?
1man1desk
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People write their CVs to suit themselves, and they are very inconsistent. At least 30% will omit something that is crucial to the recruiting organisation, while dwelling at length on something irrelevant. Many will be far too long (I once received a 35-page CV, hard-bound). Even if the right basic information is there, it will be presented in a different order and in radically different ways in each CV (you would be amazed how much they vary).
The point is, the recruiting organisation knows what information it wants and has set up a form designed to obtain that specific information, and to get it in the same format and order each time. That makes for faster/easier processing, and puts all applicants on a level playing field.
If you try to short-circuit the process by sending the information in a different way, all you will do is annoy the recruiting manager and reduce your chances of success.
Searcher says that he/she was really looking forward to getting the job they applied for - if so, isn't it worth jumping through the hoops in the way the company wants?
1man1desk
to let, fully furnished