Exploring the shortcomings of traditional CVs and the introduction of Vizzy, a digital profile tool. Challenges of CVs in recruitment processes and biases in recruitment. Strategies to address bias and enhance recruitment processes. Importance of creating straightforward resumes and the enduring relevance of traditional CVs.
Traditional CVs may not effectively showcase candidate skills and potential.
Vizzy offers a dynamic candidate profile tool to enhance self-expression and eliminate bias in recruitment processes.
Deep dives
Challenging the Traditional CV Process
Despite the prevalent use of CVs by employers, there is growing dissatisfaction with their effectiveness in truly showcasing candidate skills and potential. A shift towards more innovative approaches to recruitment is emphasized, with Jess Woodward-Jones advocating for a departure from traditional CVs to embrace a more comprehensive candidate profile. The limitations of CVs in capturing the strengths and personalities of applicants, particularly younger generations like Gen Z, are highlighted, prompting the need for a more holistic and digitally friendly alternative.
Introducing Vizzy's Profile Tool
Vizzy presents a modern solution to the outdated CV format by offering a dynamic candidate profile tool. This profile goes beyond educational and work background, allowing candidates to showcase their strengths, interests, ambitions, and personality through a visually engaging interface. Through incorporating psychometric tests early in the application process, candidates gain insightful self-awareness and businesses receive a more nuanced understanding of potential recruits.
Enhancing Recruitment Success with Vizzy
The implementation of Vizzy has shown promising results in terms of candidate engagement and conversion rates. By providing a platform that enhances self-expression and eliminates bias associated with traditional CVs, Vizzy offers a more inclusive and effective recruitment process. The tool's success in capturing diverse talents and improving conversion rates signifies a step towards a more efficient and fair hiring process.
Crafting a CV (or résumé) can be extremely tedious; wading through CVs as a hiring manager can be just as boring. So why are they still the default method for filtering job candidates? Can we do better? And might alternative hiring methods help managers choose more suitable candidates – rather than ones who just look good on paper? Isabel Berwick speaks to Jess Woodward-Jones, co-founder of talent-tech company Vizzy, who explains where she feels the CV falls short. Later, Isabel speaks to Jonathan Black, director of the Oxford University careers service, who tells her that the CV isn’t going anywhere just yet…
Presented by Isabel Berwick, produced by Mischa Frankl-Duval, mixed by Simon Panayi. The executive producer is Manuela Saragosa. Cheryl Brumley is the FT’s head of audio.