The revolution against boring and impersonal CV’s has begun!
Wasn’t it about time there was a medium that would allow job seekers, whether experienced or green, to show recruiters and employers more than just their work history upon first contact.
Over the past year a team of great programmers and I have developed a dynamic, standardised CV format that includes a personality description, career vision, skills summary and presentation video in addition to the conventional CV data. It can be viewed online or in a (printed) PDF version. We named it the USP Profile as it shows a candidate’s unique selling points or Uniqueness, Skills and Personality.
It’s easy to read someone’s profile and within a short amount of time you really get a good idea what calibre of person you’re presented with.
This gives job seekers a better chance to be selected, not just for what they know but for who they are and to be placed in a job that’s right for them.
The pre-formatted layout allows both job seekers and recruiters to focus on what’s important, the actual content. In our experience we have seen that often the best crew have the worst CV’s. It’s not fair to them that they are refused because of how their CV is put together and it’s a right shame for recruiters to miss out on placing these rockstars. A standardised format makes it easier for an employer or recruiter to compare different candidates, as the show the same data, so the best candidate for the job stands out.
With the aim of making this the industry standard format, we have made it available for free with an option to upgrade to a professional plan.
We launched it at the Monaco Yacht show and it was exciting for us to see the reactions of both job seeking crew, experienced captains and also crew agents. We are encouraging crew agents to inform their candidates about the USP Profile. Without having to change their registration systems, recruiters can accept the PDF version on which they can find the unique URL to a candidate’s online profile, which is always up to date. This makes life so much easier for all involved.
So if you are reading this I hope you see the benefits of the USP Profile and the you will join our revolution by signing up to create your free USP Profile or encouraging job seekers to dot it.
Feel free to email me with any comments or questions that you may have.
+34.674.83.83.68
jens@invisiblecrew.com
www.invisiblecrew.com
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