Reply to: Can't contractors write better CVs?

[Drewster]

www.ratemygimp.com ?

Can't follow the link - but I am sure it was witty and amusing so....

[Stolly]

I got a role once from comments/discussion on a web forum.....

I went along "for a chat" and was asked to come back on Monday (and Bill for today)

Needless to say it wasn't this forum!!

www.ratemygimp.com ?

[Drewster]

I was offered a role just from a phone interview in July. I actually took up another role, good job too actually as had I taken the 1st role I would have been benched within 8 weeks as the company made drastic cutbacks.

I got a role once from comments/discussion on a web forum.....

I went along "for a chat" and was asked to come back on Monday (and Bill for today)

Needless to say it wasn't this forum!!

[MPwannadecentincome]

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

I was offered a role just from a phone interview in July. I actually took up another role, good job too actually as had I taken the 1st role I would have been benched within 8 weeks as the company made drastic cutbacks.

[Mehmeh]

I've had 3 total contracts, all 3 we're decided from phone interview.

Just turned up day 1 in "interview outfit", then preceeded to the coffee room to chat up the girlies.... works so far.

Although, there is an old danish guy on this project, not sure he is up to the task. Shall see in a week or 2.

[Svalbaard]

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!)

Makes a change for it to be that way round. Most of the email punts I get spammed with from agents have no relevance to my CV whatsoever so I just read them as random acts of desperation from desperate people.

[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

[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.

[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?

[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'?

[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.

[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!

[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.

[Pondlife]

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

and then they meet the reality, eh MF.

[Francko]

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

Are you always this lazy?

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