Lately, my department has been looking to recruit a couple of new employees for two vacant positions we have. Considering that we rely greatly on team work, each one of the current employees in the department is required to pitch in when it comes to screening CV’s, making calls, and organizing interview outlines and guideline, in order to help our heads make an educated decision.
You can’t imagine how good it felt being on the other side of the desk. Being the one making the calls instead of receiving them and assisting in the decision process instead of being under judgment.
After contacting the HR department for some CV’s we were sent a file that had over a hundred printed out CV’s and a link to the Bank’s “Career” email for some million more.
The disaster!
How on earth do these graduates plan on getting hired if:
1. They send CV’s from emails such as: 50centtt@..., mumususu@..., angeleyes12@..., and so many weird, childish emails its hilarious!
2. They send emails with no content or no subject. What kind of reputable company will hire someone who doesn’t even write “Kindly find my CV attached for a job vacancy at your esteemed company” in the email. Is it that hard!
3. They send emails with content that is so rubbish, that it gets the employer to close it and delete it with out even reaching the middle or opening the attached CV.
4. They put the “career” email on their mailing list and start forwarding jokes, images, and those “if you don’t send this in 10 minutes, you’ll be cursed for life” emails.
5. Their CV’s are too long, or two short, or don’t convey the key information an employer is looking for.
6. They put the phrase “meet people and have a social life” in their Career Objective.
Or (excuse my bias for AUB and LAU)
7. They are a graduate from a mini-market university, that opened yesterday, and isn’t accredited or reputable!
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