Adam Lewis, chief operating officer at Innovate CV, told Recruiter that it intends to grow this area of its service and already offers over 100 online courses and tests in functional and soft skills through a joint venture with two e-learning providers.

“What we’d like to do is expand this offering and eventually have some kind of standardised testing so when a recruiter gets an Innovate CV they know where the candidate is on the spectrum,” he said, adding that the company is also in discussion with a psychometric test provider.

Innovate CV allows candidates to create a multi-media CV containing work samples, images, audio and video, and provides a mechanism for recruiters and candidates to securely distribute and track it. Lewis explains that while video and multi-media CVs have existed for some time, there hasn’t been a single platform to create, distribute and track them in this way. The company is currently in discussion with a number of recruitment agencies about white labelling its software so recruiters can create branded CVs with their own logo to distribute to clients.

Sales and marketing director Daniella Winton said the feedback had been extremely positive from recruiters in the launch week and that the concept was proving popular for different reasons. “Each recruiter seems to have a different wish-list,” she said. “Those in a sales environment like the video aspect and that candidates can promote themselves; some welcome the tracking process; and others like the concept of putting it forward to clients.”

Candidates can build their CV via a recruiter offering the white label service or can go to the Innovate CV direct. The company has also designed an online diagnostic tool as part of its Career Centre which scans a completed CV and identifies any skills gaps by matching them against a profile.
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