Candidate doesn't have an up to date resume? Good.
Unsurprisingly, given then current 'talent shortage', somewhere in the vicinity of 90% of the people we place in roles are what is generally considered "passive". i.e. they are not actively looking for a role when we approach them to discuss an opportunity.
Because of this, many of them don't have up to date resumes.... which we're totally cool with. And you should be too.
Why?
Well firstly, it just makes sense that they don't. They're sitting in a role they're quite comfortable in, until we ask them if they'd like to discuss a potential opportunity. It would be unreasonable of us to ask them at that point to update their resume, so they don't. And that's fine.
If they are interested in the role, and we think there's a good fit, we'll ask to put them forward. Sometimes at this point they'll update their resume, and sometimes they won't, for a handful of reasons. And that's fine.
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I would guess somewhere around 50% of the candidates we put forward, we do so without a current resume. This is one of the benefits of working as closely with clients as we do - they trust our judgement. We can give them a run through of the candidates experience / background (plus you can almost always look someone up on LinkedIn these days), and they'll very often be open to meeting them without seeing a resume.
Furthermore, if a candidate DOES have an up to date resume, it's quite often up to date because they're 'actively' looking for new roles. Which means if they possess a sought after set of skills and experience, you're now in a dogfight with half your competitors to secure that person.
With great talent in as such low supply as it is right now, choosing not to consider a candidate simply because they don't have an up to date resume would almost certainly be doing you more than harm than good. And if you don't trust your recruiter enough to rely on their judgement (and all the associated info they give you) about whether a candidate is worth speaking with or not, then you need a better recruiter, or a better relationship with the one(s) you have working for you.
If you find it a refreshing change when a recruiter just tells it how it is, without all the salesy BS that you usually hear, give us a follow.
CFO Advisory Partner at Deloitte Asia Pacific, CPA Australia NSW Divisional Council
1 年There's got to be a better way than resumes - it seems so1950's? Is it time the industry came up with a better way of expressing interest and capability, to get a better outcome for both sides?
Director at Grow Advisors and Talent United, Global Lead at ICG Search, Gold Member NPA Worldwide
1 年Preach! If they update their resume, they are a chance of applying to other roles. If you can secure them without this happening, that's got to be a win!