ITCRA Backs New CV Database

I read an interesting article on iTWire (read here) about an online CV system invented in the UK that is rumored to become the standard here. A few big name IT recruitment agencies including Ambition and Paxus have thrown some dollars at it.

What is iProfile?
iProfile are the creators of the dynamic profile for professionals, which is replacing the tradtional CV by unleashing the potential of both jobseekers and recruiters. We help recruiters make placements, faster, and for candidates it means more control and feedback when job seeking.

I got pretty excited about the prospect of the standardisation of the CV. Imagine a site which houses everyone’s electronic CVs…how convenient, how streamlined, what an advantage to job seekers!

Unfortunately, my excitement dwindled soon after entering the site.

The option is given to re-do a CV or to upload your current one. Who’s gonna re-do it? I uploaded mine. It turned out to have major formatting issues and looked ridiculous. Basically a lot of fiddling around for little results. Any candidate worth hiring would not have the time for this.

Once you’ve uploaded your CV, it quickly becomes apparent that raison d’etre of the site is not to give you a new standardised CV, but to collect your data for recruiters to access. In other words, it’s nothing more than a resume database.

I can’t imagine any candidates worth their salt spending the time to do what a recruiter would do anyway and input all of their details so they can be listed and solicited.

I will stick with my Visual CV…