Comments on: CV as TagCloud http://www.firstpartners.net/blog/business/cv-2/2008/07/02/cv-as-tagcloud/ People, Technology, Business and Innovation Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:01:14 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Grannymar » What’s a Wordle http://www.firstpartners.net/blog/business/cv-2/2008/07/02/cv-as-tagcloud/comment-page-1/#comment-275562 Grannymar » What’s a Wordle Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:12:43 +0000 http://www.firstpartners.net/blog/?p=588#comment-275562 [...] like as a tag cloud. The idea snowballed and was taken up by Ellybabes, Sinéad Cochrane, Will and Paul Browne. They were all very [...] [...] like as a tag cloud. The idea snowballed and was taken up by Ellybabes, Sinéad Cochrane, Will and Paul Browne. They were all very [...]

]]> By: WillKnott.ie » Blog Archive » Work as a cloud http://www.firstpartners.net/blog/business/cv-2/2008/07/02/cv-as-tagcloud/comment-page-1/#comment-275537 WillKnott.ie » Blog Archive » Work as a cloud Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:54:12 +0000 http://www.firstpartners.net/blog/?p=588#comment-275537 [...] what it would look like as a tag cloud. It’s been repeated by Ellybabes, Sinéad Cochrane and Paul Browne. Sorry that it’s in simple black & white and not visually pleasing as the others; I [...] [...] what it would look like as a tag cloud. It’s been repeated by Ellybabes, Sinéad Cochrane and Paul Browne. Sorry that it’s in simple black & white and not visually pleasing as the others; I [...]

]]> By: Paul Browne http://www.firstpartners.net/blog/business/cv-2/2008/07/02/cv-as-tagcloud/comment-page-1/#comment-275493 Paul Browne Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:21:16 +0000 http://www.firstpartners.net/blog/?p=588#comment-275493 Gavin I've two answers to that one: 1) The tag cloud is pretty close to what happens in your head when you read a person's CV - scanning for keywords, and picking out the one's of interest. So far so good. 2) Until you realise that most employers run a mile from any non-traditional CV (with one partial exception). When you look at 20+ resumes to fill a post (at less than 1 minute each), anything that's 'too much effort' to read gets binned. So people stick with the standard CV layout, even if it's not great. The 'Partial' exception to this strict-cv-format rule is LinkedIn which is now an accepted (i.e. Mainstream) way for business to find good people. Paul Gavin

I’ve two answers to that one:

1) The tag cloud is pretty close to what happens in your head when you read a person’s CV – scanning for keywords, and picking out the one’s of interest. So far so good.

2) Until you realise that most employers run a mile from any non-traditional CV (with one partial exception). When you look at 20+ resumes to fill a post (at less than 1 minute each), anything that’s ‘too much effort’ to read gets binned. So people stick with the standard CV layout, even if it’s not great.

The ‘Partial’ exception to this strict-cv-format rule is LinkedIn which is now an accepted (i.e. Mainstream) way for business to find good people.

Paul

]]> By: Gavin http://www.firstpartners.net/blog/business/cv-2/2008/07/02/cv-as-tagcloud/comment-page-1/#comment-275492 Gavin Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:04:33 +0000 http://www.firstpartners.net/blog/?p=588#comment-275492 Hmm, I wonder what a potential employer would make if I sent that in! :-) Hmm, I wonder what a potential employer would make if I sent that in! :-)

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