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Missing the point

2 Mar 2007 14:491 commentsBizLike
When receiving a CV for a candidate from a recruitment agency, a client assumes that his/her skills are going to be listed in order of relevance to the position. It would not seem so...
I am recruiting for an advertising sales person, and received a lengthy CV, covering only half of the candidate's background (he's my age, so I can't help but wonder what he was doing in the 8 years between matric and 1998), but his CV - retyped by the agency - lists his skills starting with his outstanding ability to create PowerPoint presentations. Am I naive in assuming that his number one, most important, most sellable skill would be that he could sell? And yet, although research, building relationships, and any amount of other gumph is listed in his impressive background. Anything BUT the fact that he can sell. Do other recruiting clients out there have similar experiences?
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I couldn't agree more-
Recruitment agencies have become like PR agencies – they regurgitate the same schlock for everyone without taking a second to consider whether the person they're pimping actually has any attributes that suit the position they're pitching for. I work in the design field and the amount of CV's we receive that – after we've stipulated InDesign experience – fail to point out that all they have is Coreldraw, is frightening. The sad thing is that the agencies are doing their clients an injustice and after wading through 30 useless CVs I don't bother looking any further and there may just be a gem in there. Posted on 2 Apr 2007 21:24
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