iProfile - does anyone have an experience and is this worthwhile or should I delete?

[Langkawi]

Hi All,

I submitted my CV to a specific vacancy via this site and CWjobs.

I then received the following into my email inbox:

"We've used your CV information to create an 'iProfile' for you, to ensure you get in front of our recruiters quicker."

I'm not a fan of putting my CV on the likes of Monster so am naturally wary of this.

Has anyone got any experience of this iProfile and if so what did you think of it?

Am not sure whether I should delete my profile on here immediately as it wasn't as if I agreed to having this profile opened in my name.

Thoughts please?

Alan

[Langkawi]

Also, does anyone know if my details are available only to the agency that I sent the CV to if if this means my details are available for any agency that uses iProfile to see?

Have tried navigating round the iProfile site but it's not clear.

Cheers,
Alan

[zamzummim]

There is a check box - unfortunately checked by default when you submit for an application , you should have unticked it! I think its only agencies who have access to it.
Go back try to submit for another role and read all the tick boxes - it should say next to it.

[minestrone]

Huxley put mine up without telling me, I removed it as soon as I found out but I was getting quite a lot of mails from agents.

[Belle]

Hi All,
Has anyone got any experience of this iProfile and if so what did you think of it?

Funnily enough I received one of these for the first time a couple of minutes ago - we probably applied for the same job! Have also never seen it before but in my opinion, anything that will extend the reach of my CV at this current point in time has my blessing. Although in saying that it's probably just as useless as all the job boards/CV registration sites out there.

[DS23]

i'm very wary (weary) of these iprofile type things. i tried them years ago when hunting for work as a fresh contractor but got so many useless and inappropriate calls from agents pimping me for information that i quickly ditched and deleted everything i could.

depends on your skillset i suppose but i prefer to work with only a handfull of agents and never (or, very rarely) use generic job boards and never release my cv to the great outdoors.

[Langkawi]

There was a checkbox for Share Your Details with agencies or something like that which I thought "No way, Jose" and unchecked. Looks like they've gone ahead and opened it anyway.

I'm more of a fan of dealing with selected pimps only so am gonna delete it now.

Thanks for the feedback.

[Belle]

Be aware that the iProfile website is crappy (just spent some time on it before giving up) and they seem to automatically create a profile for you based on your submitted CV - except they leave half the job history out and mix the CV up so much that it's pretty much useless. And to try and change it so that it looks half decent is impossible. Not much good (and in fact could be very negative) if agencies are seeing half a CV.

[SueEllen]

Waste of time.

Either try and delete it OR make it more nonsensical than it is.

[nomadd]

Waste of time.

Either try and delete it OR make it more nonsensical than it is.

+1

(actually, +100. Ditto for "LinkedIn", which is just an agents playground.)

Nomadd