How Long Does Your CV Have To Get You A Job?

How Long Does Your CV Have To Get You A Job?

The recruiter does not have the whole day to go through your entire CV, diligently.

He/she probably has a heap of other resumes to go through, not to mention, their other organisational responsibilities. They might not have an extensive attention span as well. You only have a small window to grab your recruiter’s attention, with your CV. So, how small is this window? Read on…

Rahul Raj, TimesJobs.com Bureau

According to Jacob Jacob, chief people officer, Apollo Hospital Enterprises Limited, a good recruiter will not spend more than a minute to analyse a resume. Usually a recruiter will make a decision on short listing a candidate, within 5 minutes of having gone through a resume.

“I generally spend more time on relevant CV than irrelevant CV. You can make out an irrelevant CV by just glancing at the information provided. On relevant CV, I usually spend 5-10 minutes,” stated Sanjeev Dixit, chief people officer, Allied Blenders and Distillers.

Aparna Sharma, country head-HR, Lafarge India Pvt Ltd, emphasised that she spend 10 – 15 minutes on a resume, while skimming through the entire resume.

However, the scenario is quite different for senior professionals. They do not have to worry about this window of opportunity, as they have already proved their mettle and have created a strong position for themselves in their domain. “When candidates are reviewed for senior executive and C-suite positions, recruiters spend significant amount of time in not only understanding the role’s requirement but also a disproportionate amount of time with the candidate and the expertise they are bringing to the table,” stated Aditya Narayan Mishra, president-Staffing, Randstad India.

For all the other cases, during first level screening and when recruiting in large volumes, he believes that recruiters generally have one or two minutes to go through the candidate’s profile. They look for the relevance of the candidate’s past experience and then pass it for further screening where more time is spent in reviewing.

He suggested that, irrespective of the fact that you’re a senior executive or a fresher, you should take extreme care and put in required effort to impress the recruiter in the first one or two minutes. You can’t have a lazy attitude while drafting your resume and should invest time or take professional help to craft an impeccable resume.

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