y cant we use spell cheker?
I have just surveyed the last 100 cvs to come into our business as applications for an array of food jobs we are recruiting for - and over 10% have mistakes in them. From typos to the wrong telephone number through to mistakes as simple as 'deer' instead of 'dear'.
What is really disheartening is the largest majority of mistakes are on CV's from under graduates or recent degree holders. Is this a consequence of education, or a world now dominated by blogs, twitter and texts? All have their place and are key - but should a CV be grammatically correct?
We would probably reject a candidate who had typos and spelling mistakes on their CV - so why take the chance when a simple spell check would alleviate a significant number of the issues?
By Food Recruiter on 09 March 2011 09:52
Couldn't agree more - standards are getting higher and competition is stiffer now than ever for jobs - so simple basics must be in place. I would also reject a CV and therefore a person if their CV way littered with mistakes.