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[graculus]

As we employ agency staff in my office, I've often been more than a little suspicious of how well the actual worker fits the CV you've been sent, not to mention the glowing terms in which they've been described (by the agency trying to get you to hire them at exorbitant rates). Today, I have categorical proof that said agencies really should consider turning to writing fiction because the reality just doesn't fit what's being pushed...

This afternoon, we got a flurry of possible agency workers' CV emails come through and my boss asked me if I'd ever heard of one of them, as she'd worked for the local authority I just left. Unfortunately, I had. This was a worker where everyone was almost holding their breath till she actually left as we weren't sure it wasn't some kind of horrible practical joke and she'd change her mind and stay, though heaven knows what we would have done with her if she had!

N required micromanagement and even then she'd try to whine and moan her way out of actually having to do anything. I have no idea how she'd managed to get her degree as she was almost unable to string together a coherent sentence. Imagine my surprise when the email with her CV described N as 'a high-calibre worker' with 'a wealth of experience' and 'a can do attitude'. Surely some mistake? ;)

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[cycnus39]

Oh, yeah, have no doubt, the sales guys will copy and paste anything into a candidate's cover sheet that might mean there's some hope of a commission at the end of it. Some crappy agencies don't even talk to the candidate at all but send out any ambiguous tripe with their cv. Such are the joys of recruitment. ;-)

[leethet.livejournal.com]

Imagine my surprise when the email with her CV described N as 'a high-calibre worker' with 'a wealth of experience' and 'a can do attitude'. Surely some mistake? ;)


Uh ... typos? A lot of typos? Or "High-calibre worker" means she hits like a bullet and leaves destruction in her wake? "Wealth of experience" in dodging responsibility and fouling up tasks? "A can do attitude" when it comes to blaming others and shirking duties?

I've never lied on my resume. Ever. And I frankly don't have much of a CV. However, being good with words means I can make things look as good as they possibly can without lying. :-)

[siluria]

CV's are a creative license to BS. Heck I can read mine and see where I've rewording the truth to make it sound better :)