I’m after a professional job anywhere in the field of helping people. I’m mid 40s, when I was last job hunting it was really different.
How the fuck do I start?
I’m after a professional job anywhere in the field of helping people. I’m mid 40s, when I was last job hunting it was really different.
How the fuck do I start?
Do people use CVs? In my day it was unheard of, it was pure application forms even for senior jobs
They seem to want both. Application form so they can filter you, then a CV for the interviewer to have Infront of them in the interview(s)
Doing the work to update your CV means you can mostly copy/paste segments into the forms though.
(Knowledge more from tech job hunting - unsure about other industries)
Ah mate it does my fucking head in.
Upload the CV and then fill out a form with pretty much the same info on the CV.
I use Glassdoor for applying jobs in the down season - I work building bars at festivals in the UK so most of the new work I bag is word of mouth, and usually March - Sept.
During the off, I just use Glassdoor and the ‘quick apply’ option.
Bearing in mind this is glassdoor.es so I’m not sure if the UK one has a different format?
Depends on your field as well
Best advice I had, was to rewrite the job advert as your CV… so each application will be different.
Obviously don’t lie about your experience, but if they’re wanting a “dynamic self-starting highly motivated…” then, well, that’s what you are.
Now, whether that forms a CV or an online form, it doesn’t really matter as you’ll be just copy & pasting their advert anyway.