If you are a Recruiter, You should be very quick at CV Screening. CV Screening depends on your Basic knowledge. You should aware about the points what to read in a CV or not.
Although we may never know why we didn't get chosen for a job interview, According
to TheLadders research, recruiters spend an
average of "six seconds before they make the initial 'fit or no fit'
decision" on candidates.
The study
used a scientific technique called "eye tracking" on 30professional
recruiters and
examined their eye movements during
a 10-week period to "record
and analyze where and how long someone focuses when digesting a piece of
information or completing a task."
In the
short time that they spend with your resume, the study showed recruiters will
look at your name, current title and company, current position start and end dates,
previous title and company, previous position start and end dates, and
education.
There are some
points through which you can increase your resume sourcing speed.
1. Location. If the client is in
Chenai, India and you aren’t – goodbye. Few if any clients want to relocate
anyone in this economy, and I believe most shouldn’t have to. If they do have
to consider relocation the position has to require some very unique experience
that few jobs do. I can do this in about 1 second.
2. Industry. If my client is in banking and your
background is primarily manufacturing – goodbye. These two often are so
different that the client isn’t open to considering such different industries.
This works both ways, if you have a manufacturing background I’m not going to
consider someone with banking. 2-3 seconds to determine this.
3. Function. If I’m doing a sales search and your
background isn’t sales – goodbye. Generally companies are paying recruiters to
find them a perfect fit. We never do find a perfect fit, but we have to be very
close. They don’t need a recruiter to find them someone in a completely
different function. 2 seconds to figure this one out.
4. Level. If I’m doing a VP level search and
your title is “manager” and you have never been a VP – goodbye. There are
exceptions to this, but again it is the 80/20 rule. Again, clients pay me to
find them the perfect fit. It is generally way too big of a jump from manager
level to VP level, all other things being equal. It works the other way too.
If I’m looking for a manager and you are a VP – goodbye. I know you are
qualified to do a manager level role, but it is clear you have grown past. Most
clients and recruiters aren’t willing to take the chance that when a VP level
position comes along that you won’t be gone. Less than 5 seconds to figure out.
5. Recent Experience. There is some overlap on this one. If
I’m searching for someone with international sales experience in the aerospace
industry and the last time you held an international sales position in this
industry was 20 years ago and since then you have been in retail –
goodbye. I can find people with more relevant experience and that is what
my client expects me to do. 5 seconds to do this.
6. Education Like it or not, I will only work with
people that have a college education and most of the time a master’s degree.
This is mainly because, as I indicated before, I need to find the very best for
my clients. I realize an education doesn’t mean by itself that the candidate is
the best, but it is one qualifier of many. Also all of my clients require at
least a BA.
7. Turnover. If you have had 6 jobs in the last 4
years, or have a track record of high turnover – goodbye. I realize there are
good reasons for turnover and that falls into the 20% of the 80/20 rule. I
can’t define high turnover, but I know it when I see it. 3 – 5 seconds.
8. Functional resume. I don’t read them. It is obvious when
one has a functional resume they are trying to hide something and I’m rarely
going to take the time to attempt to figure it out. 1 second.
9. Obvious things such as, spelling errors, poor format,
errors in grammar, too long, verbose and rambling. If after reading it I still
can’t figure out what you do, goodbye. 5 – 10 seconds
After all this, 80 – 100% have been eliminated. If there are any
left, then I will take the time to actually read them in detail.
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