Useful Tips While sending your cv to a Recruiter

Dear potential job seekers,

This was long pending & today since I was advising a jobseeker on tips to increase your chances of landing the right job, which we all know is so very important to our overall careers (one wrong job can cut your chances of growth by 25% even!), it is definitely important to treat our job applications with utmost care. So, I carefully compiled these tips down for you to help yourself!

When sending your cv to a prospective employer/consultant NEVER, NEVER, EVER send your cv in a blank email or by mentioning vague things like 'Im a hard worker, looking to make a great career.' If you truly are a HARDWORKER then pl include the following details WITHIN your email! Thank me later. :)

In the below format, within this email.

1> Short summary of your work experience spanning the total no of years you have been working.

2> Reason's for leaving each job (can be added inside the cv after each job or even within the email, this gives the recruiter/recruiting company more clarity & increases their interest levels in contacting you once they know your thought process, integrity levels, stability, etc).

3> Ctc drawn at previous employer & current employer (in this format fixed+variables) for eg if the fixed component is 18 lacs & the variable (performance bonus, yearly bonus, etc) is 2 lacs, you mention it as 18 lacs + 2 lacs p.a. Prev employer: 15 lacs p.a, current employer: 20 lacs p.a

4> Reason for wanting to quit from current employer (looking to relocate to another city, salary issues, company shutting down, better prospects, etc)

5> Detailed information about the kind of role you're looking for. (For eg: Marketing Operations in FMCG as opposed to current role of Marketing Strategy in Telecom. Or More of an HR Generalist role as opposed to current role where recruitment is 60% & generalist activities are 40%, etc)

Now after this information pl follow the below mentioned pattern to fill in your details.

Name:
Mobile No:
Email:
Age (as of Month, Year):
Functional Area (If within HR its payroll you'd write: HR, Payroll):
Industry:
Current Company:
Designation:
Ctc:
Previous Company:
Designation:
Ctc (prev company):
Current Location:
Total years of experience in work area you are currently in:
How soon can you join if selected:


This information provided in the email helps recruiters tackle your cv better, help you with better job prospects & generally put you in a more relevant database so you don't get irrelevant job alerts.

Also because, since we get more than 500 to 1000 cvs a day, we usually respond to ones which have details mentioned in the email body itself, since every cv cannot be opened.

Hope this helps!

Regards,

Neha Asthana
Head Consultant
HR Interface Corporate Services
Executive Search & Recruitment Advisory.