2nd December 2013, 02:25 PM
Tool Wrote:So Jack and PP, who would you rather employ? Someone with xIfA after their name, or someone without but who, according to someone you trust, is a good worker, tidy, punctual, responsible, gets on well with those around them... none of which are directly (or even indirectly) indicated by membership of the IfA?
Two ways of looking at that. In the first instance asking friends of friends if they know of a person who might be available for work tends to be a situation where the job is not being openly advertised. I personally don't have a problem with that. It happens. However if you are openly advertising and receiving a mass of applications from folk you have never heard of, then IfA membership is another factor you might want to take into account when drawing up a shortlist.
I guess, the clever punter, if applying to a company that doesn't hold a lot of faith in the IfA, might leave 'membership' off their CV, vice versa for a company that encourages IfA membership. But at least IfA members have that as a possibility, non-IfA members don't...much in the same way as leaving your PhD off your CV if you apply for one of those companies that seems strong on the 'horny handed son of the earth' or including it if you are applying for a job at Borchester University....
CVs after all don't have to tell the whole truth, providing they tell no lies!!
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