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Is this a good opportunity for identity theft?
As stated in the original post, I'm prefectly fine with people censoring their personal details as well as employer details. If you believe that a CV can furnish you with enough info to steal peoples identity then pay a job site $100 and you will get instant access to tens of thousands of CV's.
I recently rewrote it from scratch, as my previous CV was simply thrown together when applying for a random job. When I decided to put myself on the job market seriously, I figured I'd go ahead and spiff it up a bit.
A recruiter collecting a big pile of resumes? - Imagine that! Call me a cynic, but I hope the motivations here are pure or at least balanced.
If one single member of this website comes back to this page and complains that I abused this oportunity for my own personal gain then I will officially hold my hands up and accept the title as 'Worlds Biggest Idiot'. If you click my username you can clearly find my full name as well as the name of the company I work for. A quick google search with that info will furnish you with the address of the office I work from along with my direct line number.
Considering the fact that my career would be at stake, do you honestly believe I would abuse peoples trust like that?
A recruiter collecting a big pile of resumes? - Imagine that! Call me a cynic, but I hope the motivations here are pure or at least balanced.
Does anyone have any recommendations for paid services that do this sort of thing? KoZeN's offer to review CV's is really (really) nice, but with well over 40 to read, his offer won't likely meet the demand. I've thought a few times that there must be something wrong with my resume and I'd like to have it reviewed professionally. Has anyone paid to have their resume reviewed? If so, where, how much did it cost and wa…
I don't think it's cheap though.
22 CV's received so far! Looks like I'm going to be kept busy. I will do my absolute best to respond to each and every one of you but you will need to be patient. Anyone else looking to send me a CV, please fire away but it would help if you could include info on what you would like me to focus on, eg. are you concerned about specific content, is it the layout or format that you feel is letting you down, etc. UPDATE:…
112 CV's & counting. I've given very brief responses to some of you but I am determined to get through all of them in detail. Remember, all I am offering is my informed opinion and if you disagree with my advice, don't take it personally!
I took a class where we had "critique sessions." One of the huge differences between the veteran writers in the class and the inexperienced was their ability to take criticism.
One girl became particularly defensive about something she had written, so one of the more practiced writers stood up and said to her, "Look, this is just my opinion. If you don't like it, well, maybe I'm full of shit."
I always find that's a helpful way to think about it.
Does anyone have any recommendations for paid services that do this sort of thing? KoZeN's offer to review CV's is really (really) nice, but with well over 40 to read, his offer won't likely meet the demand. I've thought a few times that there must be something wrong with my resume and I'd like to have it reviewed professionally. Has anyone paid to have their resume reviewed? If so, where, how much did it cost and wa…
I'm glad you brought this up. Firstly, regardless of the size of the response, I will uphold my promise and provide feedback on every single CV I get, it may take some time but I will deliver. Secondly, as for a paid service, you absolutely hit the nail on the head as far as your concern about for fear that they may not have experience in tech / I.T. / programming or worse, that they'll simply find a couple of gramma…
Well, that case is easy. If you can't help them, don't charge.
Unfortunately, I don't have any idea about convincing your target market. I think word of mouth would be most effective, maybe you could come up with some ways to generate that (like what you're doing now!)
Just forward their emails (w/ attachments) to upload@crocodoc.com, or upload them directly through crocodoc.com. Either way you'll receive a unique crocodoc URL you can use to view, mark up, and share each resume with its creator.
Would love to hear your feedback if you end up giving this a try!
Note: You don't need to create a crocodoc account to use the service (which is free), but I'd suggest doing so to keep track of all the resumes it looks like you'll be working on :)
Example document: https://crocodoc.com/demo1 (note: since this is a demo document your changes won't actually be saved)
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Great offer sanswork! It would be interesting to see how your feedback would differ to mine on certain CV's. I definitely think that you will get flooded with CV's though!
Well I've definitely gotten hit. For everyone that has sent a CV through I'm going to spend a few hours going through them in more detail tomorrow night(AU time, already 2am here) before I send replies though I have hit them all quickly and made first impression notes already.