CV by Skills

The CV is your sesame and your best promotional tool when you are looking for a job.

It will be a CV for internship or a professional CV according to your training and your acquired experience.

In all cases, the presentation will be of paramount importance.

What is a CV by skills?

The CV by skills is classified by acquired competency during your professional career, unlike the classical CV which is classified by theme.

It will therefore highlight the candidate's experiences without revealing the career's chronology.

So it will be the best selling skills that will be presented in the foreground to find a job.

CV by skills: what are the objectives?

Recruiters, recruitment firms, headhunters or companies regularly receive numerous applications. It will thus be necessary to leave the lot to be able to obtain a first interview of hiring.

The CV by skills will enable the various recruiters to:

* target the most relevant CVs while performing a quick reading of the latter,

* see, at a glance, what are the qualities and abilities of candidate:

- it allows to see precisely the tasks carried out in relation to the profile sought before highlighting the status of candidate,

- what it can bring to the company.

* eliminate the superfluous and avoid redundancy.

The CV by skills is more enjoyable to read, the recruiter gets bored less by reading the CV.

Who uses a CV by skills?

The CV by skills is still recent on the job market, so it is not yet accepted by all recruiters who do not necessarily like to change their habits.

All candidates can not use the CV by skills:

* A beginner will not be able to use a CV by skills because he/she does not have yet enough professional experiences.

* However, it will be suitable for experienced executives who have a good professional background.

* Persons who have been out of the labor market for some time. In this case, the CV by skills can hide the few "holes" in a CV.

Advantages and disadvantages of the CV by skills

As in all CVs, the CV by skills has its share of advantages and disadvantages.

Advantages

* The recruiter focuses directly on the essential points: skills, assignments, responsibilities.

* The CV by skills makes it possible to hide a vacuum in a CV, it is more discreet, because the chronological order is not respected.

* The CV by skills is particularly suitable for career reorientation or return to work.

The disadvantages

* The CV by skills can cause suspicion on the part of recruiter, he may think that you have something to hide because you do not respect the chronological order of the CV.

* Do not just list your skills, they have to be justified, you will have to discuss them in your interview, so they must really be acquired.

In any case, adopt the CV that best suits you to distinguish yourself from other candidates, you must make all the difference. Do not hesitate to play the franchise card.

Be aware that the recruiter generally checks the reliability of received information.