No response after sending CV

Not hearing back from a company or a recruiter that you’ve dealt with can be soul-destroying, particularly if it happens on more than one occasion. You’ve spent time to create your CV and Cover Letter to make it as good as possible, you’ve found a suitable job and applied for the role.

Chasing up

The first port of call would be to chase up with the person you were dealing with, especially if it was a recruitment agency. Often recruiters are dealing with many roles and many candidates, and sometimes a quick reminder to them that you are waiting for feedback can be all it takes to get a speedy return. Give them a call or send a quick email to ask if they can chase for some feedback. This often goes down well as it shows you are interested in the job and are being proactive and using your initiative, good traits for a candidate.

Your CV might be too samey

In today’s market, there are a large number of qualified candidates for each role, so it’s important that when you’re applying for each role that your CV is the one that stand out from the crowd. With such high volumes of applications, it’s easy for your CV to be overlooked. Many candidates use CV templates which loses the individual and meaningful look that you need.

Numbers game

If you pin your hopes on just one job, then you’re really narrowing your chances of success. Instead, if you are sending your CV to a number of jobs then you are greatly increasing your chances of getting interviews, and ultimately, a job offer. You should still make sure each application you are sending is of a very high quality, a mediocre CV will still be missed even if you send it out 100 times.