To put all the chances on your side when looking for a job, there are some useful tips to know for your CV. Particularly concerning personal information which can work against you.
It’s hard to attract the attention of a recruiter when you’re applying for a job and the latter has probably received dozens of other applications; As a reminder, France currently has 2.3 million unemployed people. So, just like for your real estate rental file, you might as well make sure that everything is perfect on your CV! Here are some valuable tips that will definitely help you avoid certain unforgivable mistakes. There is one in particular that everyone does without paying attention…
Experts in the employment sector have long advised not to disclose one’s family situation – particularly for women who have children and would unfortunately see themselves penalized from the outset by this – but also, increasingly, to do not mention your date of birth on your CV. And for good reason, some unscrupulous recruiters may judge candidates to be too young or too old to fill the position to be filled or may use this information to negotiate a lower salary in the case of junior candidates or those with only a few years of experience. experience. A few thousand euros on the gross annual salary can thus disappear during negotiations…
But the personal information that the vast majority of candidates put on a CV without paying attention and which you must do without concerns the place where you live. For recruitment specialists, it is therefore strongly advised to never give your full address but simply your city of residence and not to lie about it. A candidate who lives in Lille but applies to a company in Paris that does not offer a position in full remote or with several days of teleworking, for example, wastes the recruiter’s time and permanently leaves his CV in this box for the future…
But, above all, by displaying the full address of your home – i.e. the street or the number of the building or house – you expose yourself to the risk that the recruiter will easily calculate your travel time on Google Maps, between your residence and business premises. This way, he will be able to know if you will have to take a lot of public transport or spend hours in your car. Which can work against you in the event of strikes, social unrest, snowfall, etc. You have been warned!
