Compared to other areas, recruitment has not evolved as fast. This is especially true when it comes to CVs. Some of us still use the same CV formats we did several decades ago. This creates a major issue in the first stage of the recruitment funnel. Recruiters spend a lot of time looking through CVs in order to decide whether to move on to the next one or dig deeper. In theory, a candidate writing a great CV can save us a lot of time. However, the time is not really being saved as much as transferred from recruiters to candidates. In reality, then, the problem is still not solved.
Interactive
Digging deeper into a given section of a CV will allow recruiters to get more detailed and relevant info while keeping the first glance clean.
Metric-Oriented
Some of the best CVs I’ve seen have clear, tangible metrics — e.g., “Improved metric X with action Y.” The CV of the future could immediately provide clear values to key metrics by simply holding your cursor over a particular word to see the graphs
Privacy
Privacy is becoming increasingly crucial. There is no reason to think the CV of the future should contain personal info such as name, picture, or contact details until a connection has been agreed to by both parties. The CV of the future will be focused on your profession, not your background or identity. This would also be enormously beneficial for privacy compliance.
Always keep in mind what your FUTURE employer will want to know about you — it’s not about what you did, it’s about what you can contribute. Impress them with what you can bring to their organization and you are very likely to make it to the next step… the interview!
