CV-Library, have you used one ?

[Jonathan Parry]

Hi
This may have been asked before but has anyone used a CV Library or anything similar to fill a job vacancy. Like most businesses we can't fill a couple of job roles and I was wondering if anyone searched CV Library's rather than wait for applicants to apply via a job advert. In other words do you go after them rather wait for them to come to you

 

[IanSuth]

I used it since it started and an ex colleague went to work for them as well (i was a IT recruitment consultant for 28 years)

It depends what you are looking for and where - also you have to think carefully as you search. If you really want to find the little hidden gems, dont search on a single big key word (you will be trawling through cv's all day) and if building a big boolian search remember to add in slight misspellings and alternative words

For example if you want a Linux sys admin - remember to put (linux or redhat or debian or fedora or BSD) just so you don't miss the Nerd who lists all the random distros he has used but doesnt mention the actual word Linux


If you want more tailored advice drop me a pm, I am happy to help and as i am no longer a recruitment consultant i wont charge either ;-)

I made more placements from it's cv database than it's ads over the years

 

[Jonathan Parry]

Thanks Ian for the reply, nothing as fancy as IT recruitment for us I'm afraid, we're just looking for a customer service / sales office based person, which is as generic as it comes so possibly not a good idea for us, not sure we can break it down to specific sound bits to reduce the volume of CV's we'd have to look through, at the minute we'll try anything though so perhaps give we'll give it a try after all

 

[IanSuth]

Thanks Ian for the reply, nothing as fancy as IT recruitment for us I'm afraid, we're just looking for a customer service / sales office based person, which is as generic as it comes so possibly not a good idea for us, not sure we can break it down to specific sound bits to reduce the volume of CV's we'd have to look through, at the minute we'll try anything though so perhaps give we'll give it a try after all

Give me a call - i have messaged you my number

May be able to safe you a lot of time/money

 

[Shape123]

Hey,

I've used CV-Library quite a bit over the years, but over the past 12 months I've found the Indeed CV search more relevant, and cheaper. You can subscribe on a monthly basis. The only annoying side is they keep hold of the candidate details until the bitter end & try to keep you on their site, however its very workable and definitely got me more applicants.

Recruitment for us at the moment seems to be best through Indeed & Facebook ads. I've also used Talentspa quite a few times over the years & they always seem OK, although your advert will be unbranded.

Good luck!

 

[Jonathan Parry]

Thanks Shape - some good advise, we use indeed, but not for the CV Library and we do use facebook, never heard of Talentspa but I'll take a look
Thank you

 

[RichieN]

As a previous recruiter, I used CV Library , it depends on what role you are advertising for, as some roles are successful on there and some aren't. If you have access to the CV database itself, then that's worth exploring, they might give you a free trial to see what quality the candidates are.

Indeed is better imo, you can sponsor your ad and get more candidates, it will be cheaper than CV Library.
LinkedIn is also good for recruiting staff.

 

[Jonathan Parry]

As a previous recruiter, I used CV Library , it depends on what role you are advertising for, as some roles are successful on there and some aren't. If you have access to the CV database itself, then that's worth exploring, they might give you a free trial to see what quality the candidates are.

Indeed is better imo, you can sponsor your ad and get more candidates, it will be cheaper than CV Library.
LinkedIn is also good for recruiting staff.

Thanks Richie - Shape suggested indeed, would you say generally do you have more success from sponsoring an add or using their CV Library. Our industry isn't anyone first choice, although when you're into people don't tend to leave, so I was wondering if using Indeeds CV Library and actually going after potential new work colleagues rather than waiting on the off chance they might find us could be a more proactive strategy

 

[RichieN]

Thanks Richie - Shape suggested indeed, would you say generally do you have more success from sponsoring an add or using their CV Library. Our industry isn't anyone first choice, although when you're into people don't tend to leave, so I was wondering if using Indeeds CV Library and actually going after potential new work colleagues rather than waiting on the off chance they might find us could be a more proactive strategy

I think you will get more results from Indeed personally.
I would suggest sponsoring the ad for 7/14 days and if unsuccessful then go for the CV database on Indeed. It does depend on the role though, if you are looking for a specialist role to fill then the CV database would be the first point of call.

 

[IanSuth]

Proactive is much better for entry level people into a new industry. LinkedIn is a slow burn and better for people in your industry

Indeed has a lot of junior on it but you pay for the time spent trawling through the responses for the gem

Personally, get onto any cv database, put a day aside choose your parameters before you start looking, dedicate the time to reading through the cv's (most of the precis on the search result page wont tell you enough) and whenever you see a decent one ring and either speak to or leave a message for them to ring you back. An email or clicking the button to say someone is interested in them with have a far lesser hit rate - plus if you are talking about a new direction/industry for that person you need to hear the enthusiasm (or not)

Use the free trial of the cvlibrary database and if you dont find anyone great run the Indeed ad - but really decide what you need first so as soon as you find them you can make a decision quickly

 

[Jonathan Parry]

Proactive is much better for entry level people into a new industry. LinkedIn is a slow burn and better for people in your industry

Indeed has a lot of junior on it but you pay for the time spent trawling through the responses for the gem

Personally, get onto any cv database, put a day aside choose your parameters before you start looking, dedicate the time to reading through the cv's (most of the precis on the search result page wont tell you enough) and whenever you see a decent one ring and either speak to or leave a message for them to ring you back. An email or clicking the button to say someone is interested in them with have a far lesser hit rate - plus if you are talking about a new direction/industry for that person you need to hear the enthusiasm (or not)

Use the free trial of the cvlibrary database and if you dont find anyone great run the Indeed ad - but really decide what you need first so as soon as you find them you can make a decision quickly

Thanks Ian great advice again

 

[Jonathan Parry]

I think you will get more results from Indeed personally.
I would suggest sponsoring the ad for 7/14 days and if unsuccessful then go for the CV database on Indeed. It does depend on the role though, if you are looking for a specialist role to fill then the CV database would be the first point of call.

Thanks Richie