Is the CV dead?

CVs (or résumés) feel tired – but they may be the best we’ve got

Episode 53 of the Working It podcast, hosted by Financial Times, titled "Is the CV dead?" was published on March 5, 2024 and runs 14 minutes.

March 5, 2024 ·14m · Working It

Summary

Crafting a CV (or résumé) can be extremely tedious; wading through CVs as a hiring manager can be just as boring. So why are they still the default method for filtering job candidates? Can we do better? And might alternative hiring methods help managers choose more suitable candidates – rather than ones who just look good on paper? Isabel Berwick speaks to Jess Woodward-Jones, co-founder of talent-tech company Vizzy, who explains where she feels the CV falls short. Later, Isabel speaks to Jonathan Black, director of the Oxford University careers service, who tells her that the CV isn’t going anywhere just yet…Want more? Free links:AI in recruitment: the death knell of the CV?How to write a tailored CVLinkedIn: the end of CVs as we know them?Presented by Isabel Berwick, produced by Mischa Frankl-Duval, mixed by Simon Panayi. The executive producer is Manuela Saragosa. Cheryl Brumley is the FT’s head of audio.Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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