to feel frustrated by this speculative cv I've received?

[flowery]

For those who don't know, I have my own HR consultancy business. I get sent speculative cvs from time to time.

I had one yesterday. I think it's great that the lady in question is being proactive about finding a job, rather than just flicking through the paper and registering with agencies etc. She's gone to the trouble of contacting lots of people and I commend it and am impressed by it.

However she's really not done herself any favours with her application. I think looking at it it could have been so much better and I think she will get much poorer results from her campaign than she should have got had she worded her email and cv differently.

It's reasonably likely I will need extra help during the next year, so although that's not now, had she done better with her application and convinced me more that she wanted a career in HR, I may well have been keen to stay in touch and possibly offer her some work.

I will obviously respond to her, but do you think I should offer feedback on her application or would that seem patronising and intrusive? I'm just frustrated on her behalf that she's gone to this effort and therefore has a certain amount of get up and go, but is not going to see the results she could.

PMSL laughing at your DCs contribution blackletterday, but trying very hard not too, as DD reading over my shoulder

Ah, that makes sense monkeyflippers :), I'm presuming from that you probably work with accessories, amazing it can be so similar in that both are fashion, but so diiferent in understanding of a job title :).....in a way it just goes to prove the point, if you really want a job, especially in any particular profession, you really do need to do your homework thoroughly & apply your CV to that.

& FTR, I can see why flowery might give the job applicant the time of day, IF there was a post going, as they have been very pro active in looking for work, that would of got my attention too,.... BUT at the same time NOT offer them an interview based on a poorly thought out CV.... in a job reply situation, up against a sackful of other hopefuls, such a CV would no doubt be automatically be resigned to the NO pile, thats just life

Have to disagree there QS - Heroine and I have met/disagreed on several Employment threads already, so she fully knows that I know what I'm doing. Or rather, that I think I do.

I am feeling a bit irritable though, so apologies for my tone Heroine.

lol flowery, I had noticed, but as a proper oldie here, I know who to listen to. (bit of a lurker on employment threads, purely from interest, not much to contribute)