There are 2 interpretations of the video.
1. Dave is slagging off people / Engineers who cannot spell.
2. Dave is saying that if you cannot spell then you are up against stiff competition for the job as that is part of the requirements whilst making a point about presentation of the CV.
I expect the people thumbing down are interpreting as #1.
It's about care and attention to details, and how it does count on you resume to most employers.
It's about care and attention to details, and how it does count on you resume to most employers.
Tut tut. Dave, I'm pretty sure you meant your, and I really hope not you're Ok, just pulling your leg!
ETA: I also totaly agre wid you video to. No excus 4 crap CV.
Wow, that thumbs down ratio, one of my biggest ever.
The amount of people who don't seem to understand the point in this video is quite staggering
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For me it is a new side you have showed Dave. I may have misunderstand you but i think that you told us many stories on TheAmpHouer that it is not the resume but the project that count. And now you are weeding out for for a single spelling mistake and for not sending in a format that i can not see you did write that you did prefer. It is you company, but it is for me very surprising to me that all!
There are 2 interpretations of the video.
1. Dave is slagging off people / Engineers who cannot spell.
2. Dave is saying that if you cannot spell then you are up against stiff competition for the job as that is part of the requirements whilst making a point about presentation of the CV.
I expect the people thumbing down are interpreting as #1.
Yes, I suspect so.
Of course it was never my intention to slag off people who can't spell, I even said it myself, I can't spell.
It's about care and attention to details, and how it does count on you resume to most employers.
I won't reject someone because they spelled a word incorrectly, but spelling and grammar does count toward my overall appraisal.
I can't interview everyone.
And yes, I do take English as a 2nd language into account.
Some (hopefully) constructive criticism.
The reason you're getting thumbs down is that you really have no understanding of the current Australian job market and why you're seeing the resume's you are.
It's always DOC not PDF. A PDF resume is an instant fail because its contents won't get picked up in a keyword search used by recruiters. PDF = no job.
Because of keyword searching in resume's people now have to re-write their resume for each job they apply to. In some cases they have to remove qualifications and experience from the resume in order to get jobs. So resume's are constantly changing and job seekers now will have quite a few separate current resume's.
When you understand this you can understand that typo's and grammatical errors will creep in (although with spell checkers everywhere spelling mistakes are not excusable).
You're the exception and not the rule in your hiring practices and for some strange reason you don't seem to be able to comprehend that reality. The "point in this video" is based on you thinking that the way you're doing it is normal in the current job market which is why you're getting the thumbs down.
Some (hopefully) constructive criticism.
The reason you're getting thumbs down is that you really have no understanding of the current Australian job market and why you're seeing the resume's you are.
It's always DOC not PDF. A PDF resume is an instant fail because its contents won't get picked up in a keyword search used by recruiters. PDF = no job.
Because of keyword searching in resume's people now have to re-write their resume for each job they apply to. In some cases they have to remove qualifications and experience from the resume in order to get jobs. So resume's are constantly changing and job seekers now will have quite a few separate current resume's.
When you understand this you can understand that typo's and grammatical errors will creep in (although with spell checkers everywhere spelling mistakes are not excusable).
You're the exception and not the rule in your hiring practices and for some strange reason you don't seem to be able to comprehend that reality. The "point in this video" is based on you thinking that the way you're doing it is normal in the current job market which is why you're getting the thumbs down.
The fucking scumbag pimps that "add value" in the recruitment consultancy market just fuck it all up for everyone. They don't have a fucking clue about what they are fishing for, and when presented with a perfect CV by an Engineer, they go and do a search/replace on terms and even the name to get rid of it and make it seem like a third person. The results are utter cringeworthy and I have never understood why "employers" would pay these vile pimps 30% margin on my fucking contract income, despite me doing all the work trying to get the fucking contract. It's just so they can save themselves from employment legislation - paying a vile pimp who hates the "nerdy engineers" despite them making him his latest ferrari is just fine, and the corporate HR depts get used to perfect CVs being utterly fucking wrecked by these imbeciles as they know that's the best they can get. The "recruitment consultant" is a product of insane tax and employment legislation. I digress...
^^ Do I detect some distaste towards recruitment agencies? ^^
^^ Do I detect some distaste towards recruitment agencies? ^^
^^ Do I detect some distaste towards recruitment agencies? ^^
Recruitment agencies are lower than snakes bellies and should be outlawed by any civilised society.
Unfortunately though if you want a job you have to play their game or you get nowhere and playing their game is how job seekers in Aus are conditioned.
The trouble is companies use these agencies thinking they are getting a good deal, when in reality, they are useless,...
The trouble is companies use these agencies thinking they are getting a good deal, when in reality, they are useless, I have on 2 occasions managed to get enough information from the agency staff for me to find out who the actual companies recruiting are and put my CV and a small covering letter letting them know how useless their recruiters are, both interviewed, both offered me jobs, sometimes if you can approach the companies direct then they will take a chance on you direct, plus they save their fees.
The trick is to get really chatty with the agency staff, let them think you are really interested but want to know just a bit more detail, more often than not they will tell you most of what you want to know without actually giving you the name of the company, for example, there was only 1 company near me (within the distance on the job spec) that designed for aerospace, no brainer on that one! The other was taken from a specified town who designed industrial automation systems for factories, another no brainer.
The "recruitment consultant" is a product of insane tax and employment legislation. I digress...
Sadly in Australia the leeches have become essential to filter out the noise from the government social security system which makes people apply for 10 jobs a fortnight in order to qualify for social security payments. That's a lot of non-genuine applications for jobs that need to be filtered out to find the real candidates.
Isn't it more a question of laziness on the side of employers/job-seekers? There's plenty of agents over here, but companies can string you along for years without giving you a permanent contract either way.
HR must have a really good salary if paying new hires 30% more to save on weeding through resumes makes economic sense
Sadly in Australia the leeches have become essential to filter out the noise from the government social security system which makes people apply for 10 jobs a fortnight in order to qualify for social security payments. That's a lot of non-genuine applications for jobs that need to be filtered out to find the real candidates.