yep all companies are different but generally smaller the company better chance of things like this working. As I said most big companies have set policies for everything.
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yep all companies are different but generally smaller the company better chance of things like this working. As I said most big companies have set policies for everything.
I've sent out a couple and had absolutely zero feedback from anyone so unless you could provide some then unfortunately I don't fancy sending out anymore?
I wouldn't work for anyone that uses a machine to judge my personality, so that's a pro reason to use something like the OP.
Did you not think that he might be so sick he could not get out of bed and make a call?
As I have said in previous threads Get it professionally done. I have no idea why people have such a bleak out look on paying someone to do it.
You get financial advice when buying a house. But people won;'t spend £50 for one of the most important parts in your life.
So if your ideal job is with one of the many big employers you wouldn't apply.
A CV is a means to an end, nothing more. It's to gauge if you have the right qualities for a job. The interview is much more about personality and fitting the team.
You get financial advice when buying a house. But people won;'t spend £50 for one of the most important parts in your life.
So if your ideal job is with one of the many big employers you wouldn't apply.
A CV is a means to an end, nothing more. It's to gauge if you have the right qualities for a job. The interview is much more about personality and fitting the team.
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Why not go all out and put:
"OH HAI, YOU CAN HAZ CV" ?
If I was reading this as an employer, I would employ that person*
This may not be true.
Quite, so why would I work for a company that wouldn't even want to see me because a machine said so? Given the high number of people who lie on their CVs anyway, even more reason to not use a machine to judge them.As I have said in previous threads Get it professionally done. I have no idea why people have such a bleak out look on paying someone to do it.
You get financial advice when buying a house. But people won;'t spend £50 for one of the most important parts in your life.
So if your ideal job is with one of the many big employers you wouldn't apply.
CVs are also personal, so getting some company to press your CV into a template is not the way to find a good employer. Yes,t here are good professional CV makers that take this into account, but you really have to find them not just pick any CV maker.
A good CV is that which has come from you, made by you, and tells prospective employers about you. Not written on your behalf by some marketing dropout looking to make a bit of moonlighting cash, simply listing and glorifying your qualifications.
Businesses look to employ people, not qualified monkeys.
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Also, having worked for several "large employers" I've my own personal experience to show that big companies attract the rats and snakes in the world where the hard working individuals will more often than not get shafted by those not pulling their weight, or more outrageously, taking your glory.
A good cv is one that gets you an interview. Nothing more.for me that has been with a professional service. Like everything there will be bad places and good places to get them done. But the success rate of having my cv professionally done is almost 100% for interviews. Where before it was about 2 in 100.
Large employers simply do not have the resources to compare hundreds of cv's. they will have a list of things to look for, to make a short list.
The first thing they'll look at is your age and location, the second thing will be past experience (or qualifications if little/no experience.) Then they'll look for information on your character. Your interests, past times, etc. They will, at some point, want to know who they are employing, not just what.
did I say otherwise.
we did, but the policy is for the person to call in, if they can't then they should probably be in hospital, in which case they'd need a doctors note. but now, our company doesn't give any sick pay whatsoever
I currently also need to make a CV for retail, looking to get out of my current role in the store i'm in and move to a different one.
Do you have it in PDF format? If so could I have a look?
Emails in trust.
I like it also just to add, however as suggested by someone somewhere, I'd use a different colour paper as that also stands out then.
Do you have it in PDF format? If so could I have a look?
Emails in trust.
I like it also just to add, however as suggested by someone somewhere, I'd use a different colour paper as that also stands out then.
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I was going to say but I guess you found the answer a couple of pages back.
Yes but as I said earlier I'm not receiving any feedback from anyone so that's the only way I'm going to send it across.
I was going to say but I guess you found the answer a couple of pages back.
Yes but as I said earlier I'm not receiving any feedback from anyone so that's the only way I'm going to send it across.
You'll get feedback from me, and if you want specific feedback, tell me what on
got 1 interview on the spot after chatting to the manageress for a few minutes.
Are you sure it wasn't the C.V she was interested in?
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Indeed, I have learnt this as well, I would never work for a large company again unless they pay me a generous hourly rate for a short term contract.
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I dont understand why companies would have a policy like that, my previous company was the same. In my current job sending a e-mail is more than sufficient in notifying if im coming in or not.
On my last job I have had my dad phone in sick on my behalf due to me being up all night and needing to get rest. Maybe your colleague was the same?