#3 issue: CV check explainer, popcorn brain, and business roles hiring.

Hi guys! We're back to our usual Friday morning routine with 08:28??. Today I'm gonna play a teacher role sharing a few tips on how to improve your CVs (spoiler: this part would be interesting not only for job seekers but for HMs to improve CV-screen techniques).?

We'll also talk about business role hiring and ?? brain.

So get back, relax, and let's see what's on my CV explainer.

• One of the last CVs I reviewed recently was from a Senior Delivery Manager who currently works in a big well-known tech company. Once I opened CV I had to scroll down for 8 (!) pages. This proves a simple truth: you continue to make the same mistake no matter how long you've known about the fact. Buuut here I am, wearing teacher hat ???? as promised to remind you once again: аn 8-page CV is overly lengthy and can overwhelm hiring managers, potentially burying key qualifications and achievements under too much information and reducing the chances of your application standing out.
• I'd say that the most essential part of any CV — is its summary block. It plays a significant role, focusing reader on who you are as a professional and what are your career goals.?

My suggestion here was to make it more concise and brief.

This summary retains the essence of сandidate's experience, leadership, and commitment to innovation while significantly reducing the length for quick impact.

• There were 48 certifications on the candidate's CV (I counted them all several times to ensure my POV was strong enough??). Some of them were from Coursera and Udemy, and some were from LinkedIn and Google. However, the only impression I've got from scrolling it over was the intention to show lifelong learning concept.

I strongly believe that Including too many certifications in your CV can overwhelm readers and dilute the impact of your most relevant qualifications, making it harder for recruiters to quickly identify your key strengths and fit for the position. It's more effective to selectively highlight certifications that directly enhance your candidacy for the specific role you're applying for.

That's it for CV today's explainer??Would you like to read more in future issues? Let me know!

How different can technical and business recruitment be?

To hire technical candidates, we first must examine their hard skills – a.k.a. technological abilities and background. This approach works on several levels: hiring managers define the requirements clearly, Talent Sourcers use certain technologies during the search, and recruiters use them during communications with the candidates.

Business roles are usually more complex and often have plenty of hidden requirements. In Business Development, for instance, a person may be responsible for taking advantage of new market opportunities, outbound activities, or building effective sales processes (and not being a hands-on salesperson). Expectations from business roles often depend on company strategy and goals and consist of many layers that are not visible even after briefing with HM.

To make your search for a business role easier, follow these tips:

• Streamline the onboarding session with the hiring manager by including questions about the importance of each requirement for the role.

• Create the Ideal Candidate Profile to clarify expectations.
• Find out what accomplishments the team expects from a new hire in the first 3, 6, and 12 months, and measure their performance.
• Pitch not only "having" but "becoming" – what it is that makes the position appealing to candidates.

Taking an individual approach when hiring for business positions is the main rule of thumb since responsibilities can vary significantly from company to company.

?? COOLER TALKS ???

POPCORN BRAIN. That's what it's called now. "Popcorn brain" describes the effect of switching from one distraction to another. There is no concentration because the brain jumps like popcorn on a hot frying pan. Continual texts, news, likes, posts, and comments undermine our ability to concentrate. I won't bore you, just tell that according to Gloria Mark, professor of computer science at the University of California, today the average time that something on the screen holds our attention before we switch to something else (attention span) is only 47 seconds.?

In 2012, the average attention span was 75 seconds. In 2004 it was 2.5 minutes. For two and a half minutes we could read something in one tab! 20 years ago, we knew how to read longreads. WOW.

Jokes aside, this is the world we live in, so there's nothing you can do. However, you might help your brain unstuck from the screen and slow down occasionally. You can draw, walk, paint, you can just doodle, you can cook or assemble Legos, – whatever it makes you happy and unstuck.

Well Friday is a great day to take a break, isn't it?