it is likely that the CVs would be correctly formatted - should candidates be given a link to the template of the correct CV?
Maybe if there was one true format for all - would be easier to parse
Ask HN: Why are we still using CVs like old times?
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Re: Ask HN: Why are we still using CVs like old times?
#22maybe a voice assistant that represents the candidate, but does the reviewer have time to play around with them?
Think some AI companies are playing around with this idea
Re: Ask HN: Why are we still using CVs like old times?
#23The future is 100 page CVs! Why? You feed them to an LLM/RAG on the other end, whack it into the hiring company’s system prompt and the rating in stars is spat out the other end.
Basically AI written CV will be reviewed by an AI ATS agent
Re: Ask HN: Why are we still using CVs like old times?
#24Style doesn’t matter much for recruiters tbh, many use tools to scan keywords and years of experience from text
Yeah but shouldn't there have been a better type of way than this manual-ish work?
Re: Ask HN: Why are we still using CVs like old times?
#25It's just information in one place, not necessarily paper style CVs. Of course companies need the candidate information. I have complemented my CVs with a website with more detailed info in the past, for example. My thinking is providing as much information as possible and also a summary of it which would be the CV itself.
I think websites are much more elegant for a modern CV. It’s being looked at on a computer anyway, so might as well take advantage of the benefits of a website.
I agree and I thought this is where we would end up eventually. With people having personal websites instead of CVs
Re: Ask HN: Why are we still using CVs like old times?
#26CVs are fine, alternatives are Linkedin, which are basically a digitalized version of a CV. It's ok to sort through CVs, unless you are getting spammed, everyone behind a CV is a person and deserves some attention. There are many tools that help you do that as well.
I agree. The point is more to reflect that reviewing CVs and the CV itself is something that is quite outdated - it's basically the representation of a paper sheet
Re: Ask HN: Why are we still using CVs like old times?
#27Are you a human (being hired to work with humans), or an API?
Human, but I guess an API would Care even more about a standardized CV format
Re: Ask HN: Why are we still using CVs like old times?
#28Are you a human (being hired to work with humans), or an API?
Human, but I guess an API would Care even more about a standardized CV format
That's the point.
Which direction do you want to push things?
Keep the paper in a person's hand as long as possible - we may not like what happens on the other end of the spectrum.
Re: Ask HN: Why are we still using CVs like old times?
#29I do that in big tech too for ~100s of CVs per role, what's the big deal ? The alternative seems to be for me to lose control over who I want to work with to algorithms or people with less context
Re: Ask HN: Why are we still using CVs like old times?
#30I’m also handling the interviewing process at a small company and I’m completely confused as to what you are having a problem with. How else would you do your first round of filtering without something like a CV? Is there a format you think would be better? Honestly I care very little about how the CV is laid out/formatted. As long as I can parse (with my eyeballs) your work history, dates, and the tech you used then…
interesting, are there any vacancies atm in your company?