Employers,experience and CVs.

Idjit

This is a question for those of you,if any,who are responsible for recruitment in whatever line of work you are a part of.

When you look through CVs from people looking for a job in your company/business,do you favour those with more experience or those with more education? Alot of people seem to be saying that due to the current economic climate,employers look more for experience than education. Is this true in your case?

herya

I'd definitely put relevant experience first.

bladespin

Experience and attitude by a long way, was caught out badly by putting too much weight on formal qualifications.

Idjit

I ask because I unfortunately only have two weeks of work experience (unpaid) and the only relevant education I will have by summer is my leaving certificate. Do you think I have any chance of getting a job this year with the economy as it is?
I keep hearing news of fully qualified bankers working in mcdonalds...jobs like that used to be solely occupied by junior and leaving cert graduates.Minimum wage would be perfectly acceptable to me at this stage.

Mrs OBumble

Jade182 wrote: »

I ask because I unfortunately only have two weeks of work experience (unpaid) and the only relevant education I will have by summer is my leaving certificate. Do you think I have any chance of getting a job this year with the economy as it is?
I keep hearing news of fully qualified bankers working in mcdonalds...jobs like that used to be solely occupied by junior and leaving cert graduates.Minimum wage would be perfectly acceptable to me at this stage.

Lots of bankers, lawyers etc are applying for McDs etc.

However I suspect that McD's aren't actually hiring them: wants a know-all lawyer who'll leave as soon as they get a better job, when you could take a kid fresh out of school who'll be easy to influence and less likely to get another job, and who doesn't need to be paid as much.

herya

Jade182 wrote: »

I keep hearing news of fully qualified bankers working in mcdonalds...jobs like that used to be solely occupied by junior and leaving cert graduates.

What we hear in the news is that bankers accountants etc apply for these jobs. I'd be surprised if they were hired though (clearly overqualified), they apply because if you want to claim certain benefits or reliefs you need to provide a written proof that you are actively looking for jobs in various lines of work not only your own. So if a banker (bank employee more likely) is made redundant and they want to claim allowance or mortgage relief they need to convince the office that they do not turn their nose up on jobs that are "beneath them".

I'd say that you have a better chance of getting a job in McD than any banker, provided that your attitude and impression you make is OK.