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Old 25th Feb 2015, 08:31
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Non Competitive to Highly Competitive applicant

Just something I thought interesting to put up for discussion.

As pilots quite a lot of us have strong opinions regarding HR.
An advert for CV services came out recently and it got me thinking.

If an applicant can receive a "Not competitive" answer to an application, and then re write their CV (and I don't mean change their experience!), re-submit, and now become "Highly Competitive" and get an interview, how well are HR doing their job the first time around?

Yes I am sure there is magical formating and keywords aka the mysteries of CVs playing a part, but the same information is there. Unlike other professions our literal hours of experience can play a big part in getting a flying job. Surely there are only so many ways of expressing that.
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