21 Sep 10
Originally posted by zeeblebotYou can probably bet on it. But there would be good ones too. Personally I don't like the 'personality' tests where you can't know what they are looking for in a lot of the questions. 'Have you ever known anyone who stole from his company'? was one. If you answer yes, you are a thief. So you can't be honest and they are very good at sussing out dishonesty, so you have to be very good at such tests to even get a foot in the door.
would you want your future job (or lack thereof) to depend on online ratings from supervisors you worked on previously?
suppose you get a bad one?
21 Sep 10
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Originally posted by sonhouseInteresting and I agree, the CV is a virtually redundant artifact. I'm currently wading through a pile of lame CVs from people who clearly have no idea why they are applying for the position. I conduct brief telephone interviews with most candidates as a way of filtering out the chaff - if they can turn a ten minute chat into 20 minutes or more then I'm interested in seeing them, if they bore me or are clearly a tool, then I cut it short. Recently one guy responded to why he wanted to work at my firm "It would be great to have [company name] on my CV for when I go for other jobs"...
http://gigaom.com/collaboration/the-future-of-work-wont-contain-resumes/
22 Sep 10
Originally posted by divegeesterMe too.
Interesting and I agree, the CV is a virtually redundant artifact.
I work in the Web industry and all my CV has ever been regarded as is a list of companies that I've worked for, which is only useful if you've got a few BIG names on there. Every single employer in the industry is far more interested in seeing a proper portfolio detailing the standard of work that you can do.
22 Sep 10
Originally posted by Daemon SinThe CVs I see are more of a list of responsibilities which could have been lifted from their job description; I'm looking what they actually did, how, what were outcomes and what did they learn etc.
Me too.
I work in the Web industry and all my CV has ever been regarded as is a list of companies that I've worked for, which is only useful if you've got a few BIG names on there. Every single employer in the industry is far more interested in seeing a proper portfolio detailing the standard of work that you can do.
22 Sep 10
Originally posted by sonhouseyeah, but you get ONE BAD REVIEW and your chances of getting hired are much less. esp. compared to guys with 3 or so years of experience (less exposure = less chance of bad review).
You can probably bet on it. But there would be good ones too. Personally I don't like the 'personality' tests where you can't know what they are looking for in a lot of the questions. 'Have you ever known anyone who stole from his company'? was one. If you answer yes, you are a thief. So you can't be honest and they are very good at sussing out dishonesty, so you have to be very good at such tests to even get a foot in the door.