After wading through the mass of CV’s that have landed in your inbox, choosing which candidates to interview can be quite a task. Some of the CV’s you get through will be good, others will be the complete opposite and deciding between them can be tricky.
In my opinion the best thing to do is to take one CV at a time and work through the job description for the role they have applied for. By doing this, you can match up the candidates experience and skills to the ones that are required.
Whilst you are screening the CV there are number of things you should look out for, these are:
- Big gaps in employment - if someone hasn’t worked for a long period in between jobs then it would be good to find out why!
- Examples of previous work - Depending on your industry, it may be helpful to see samples of their work from previous roles, this would let you see how good they are rather than taking their word for it.
- Hobbies & Interests - I always like it when someone puts down that they are interested in a part of the role they are applying for. Not only does this mean that they already know a bit about it but that they aren’t going to get bored of it either!
Once you have decided which candidates you want to invite for an interview, the next step is developing interview questions which takes me onto my next post..
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