Half of firms bin CVs for including a spelling or grammatical mistake, with many admitting they are now ‘pickier’ due to the large number of applicants.
Studentgems.com, the UK’s student and employer matchmaking website, has compiled a list of the most common errors:
1 Using ‘text speak’ to communicate with employers, in particular the use of ’i’ instead of ’I’.
Multi-sector recruiter Additional Resources has signed up for the online CV service iProfile.
According to Additional Resources, 48% of its CV database was instantly updated the moment iProfile was adopted.
Public relations, corporate communications and investor relations interim management recruiter VMA Group has appointed Christian Lawrence as a principal consultant in its northern office in Manchester.
IT and finance recruiter Harvey Nash says prudent management of the businesss has resulted in predicted total revenue of £375m in a trading update for the year ended 31 January 2010.
The group also predicts profit before tax and non-recurring items of not less than £4m, while its net cash position at year end was £5m.
International financial recruiter Kinsey Allen International has opened a new office in Doha, Qatar.
James Bridgman heads the new office, leading a team of three consultants focusing on senior management and director roles in equities, fixed income, asset management, securities, commodities, infrastructure, project finance and risk management.
The traditional face-to-face interview could disappear in the near future, according to the HR director at The British Library.
International interim and executive search firm Calibre One’s recent acquisition of Leading Edge gives it access to the fast growing US clean technology market and puts it on track to double in size, according to Calibre One’s founder.
Employers will no longer be able to deny trade union members employment through blacklists under new rules that came into effect yesterday.
As from 2 March the regulations:
HR recruiter Digby Morgan has appointed Debbie Gillie as a consultant.
Gillie, who previously worked at Hays, specialises in the financial and professional services industry.
The UK and US jobs markets are heading in opposite directions, according to analysis from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
The findings show that while US employment levels are set to gather pace, UK levels will continue to decrease for the first quarter of 2010.