Question for recruiters

[Dynion Araf Uchaf]

what do you make of people who update a CV to make it more achievement based, giving it a bit off 'pop', 'sizzle' etc, when you already have a previous dull version on file. Are you happy that the candidate has improved his marketing tool, or do you just look at the old CV and think, the truth is more in that one than the new one? Would you be more prepared to engage with the candidate then before, or less.

Assume in all cases that the candidate is a close match to the profile required.

[dibblecorse]

No one ever looks at legacy applications unless you are a serial applicant and general menace.

In all my years in the role I have never seen a CV with either pop, fizz or sizzle.

[xx99xx]

I don't look at cv's (all done by application forms) but if I did, I certainly wouldn't keep a load of old ones on file, especially ones that werent previously half decent.

So my reckoning is, they all get binned after each round of recruitment. Although that may depend on size of company and how much recruitment they do.

[Flooble]

Probably better off changing you name and moving house - I'd be more concerned that the CV software would auto-filter out any repeat applicants.

[Drumroll]

If you weren't successful in applying before I would keep all that you had sent me in a locked file. Never to be looked at again.

Some may ask "why bother about keeping them?" My reasoning is purely to deal with those who may decide, that they may want to claim discrimination (in any form)

[dibblecorse]

Flooble said:

Probably better off changing you name and moving house - I'd be more concerned that the CV software would auto-filter out any repeat applicants.

Very little ATS software does that, and I wouldn't want it to, ultimately we want humans making a proceed / not proceed decision and I have regularly hired people on 2nd / 3rd applications as its about their relevance to the role and sometimes that's not truly visible to them as JDs can be a bit 'catch all'.

We keep applications for pipelining and future comparative purposes as our ATS is searchable vis LinkedIn Recruiter (only by us though)

[bristolbaron]

dibblecorse said:

In all my years in the role I have never seen a CV with either pop, fizz or sizzle.

I received a CV once for a girl whose ‘hobbies and interests’ included ‘helping my boyfriend with his pizza delivery round’. Potentially Domino’s Sizzler?