TALLINN - “As I see it, collecting data for a CV (Curriculum Vitae) will become more automated in the future. Perhaps Google will take a leading role in this. Some companies already use Linkedin and Facebook to find candidates for vacant jobs.”
The person speaking is Heikko Gross, marketing director of CV Online, the Estonian company which since 1997 has been active in online recruitment. The first years saw a major expansion into many neighboring countries. Between 1998 and 1999, turnover multiplied 15 times.
CV Online offers jobseekers CV posting (for free), CV consultation and courses for successful job applications. A single consultation costs eight euros. If you wish to get a good understanding of how to write a good CV, what the main mistakes are and how an employer reads your CV, you may attend a course for 23 euros. “But it is a problem that many job seekers are not willing to pay the price for a course,” says Gross. “It is a question of whether you wish to spend your money buying a fish, or a fishing rod!” His personal experience says that those who are already working and are in a better financial position are generally more willing to spend money on job seeking advice.
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