Can't contractors write better CVs?

[NotAllThere]

Now, I have just found this CV of this guy who applied recently for a developer role and gave him a call.

His CV is just a list of technical skills, Java 1, 1.1,1.2, 1.3, Web 1.0, 2.0, etc. etc. with not even a single reference to managing projects or people. Now I called him and he tells me that he only wants to manage projects.

So why did he send me the CV for a developer role if he's not interested?

Are developers short of jobs?

I bet he forgot to send me the PM version of his CV.

(vent over - thanks!)

Did I miss the joke? Developer? PM? Link please.

[Francko]

Did I miss the joke? Developer? PM? Link please.

Are you always this lazy?

http://forums.contractoruk.com/gener...-read-cvs.html

[Pondlife]

So that would account why I always got the job. My CV = Perfection

and then they meet the reality, eh MF.

[Badger]

I had the recent unfortunate task of reviewing resumés for a US based role. Not one resumé was less than 12 pages long, and each one seemed to list out every possible menu item available in the application, even down to created a bar chart, created a line chart etc...

Painful.

[OwlHoot]

6 years of contracting and never came across a job where a face to face was not required.

Normally that's true for me too, but after applying for one contract on JobServe, I had an email the next day saying start on monday, and it lasted six months!

[NotAllThere]

Are you always this lazy?

http://forums.contractoruk.com/gener...-read-cvs.html

I didn't bother reading that thread. It's old news.

[Zippy]

I had a three without a face to face... the trouble is you can't check the state of the bogs & the coffee over the phone.

Don't you bring that up in the part where they ask 'is there anything you'd like to know/ask'?

[Drewster]

Don't you bring that up in the part where they ask 'is there anything you'd like to know/ask'?

Suggestion:
How long are the skid marks?

[KentPhilip]

Suggestion:
How long are the skid marks?

your mind is filthy

My current gig was gotton on the basis of a telephone interview, so it does happen.

[Stolly]

6 years of contracting and never came across a job where a face to face was not required.

My first was a telephone interview, made a complete t*t out of the bloke doing the technical questions because he didn't have a clue, got the role because the other bloke on the call hated the clueless techie