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Employers no longer 'rely on CVs'

CVs are no longer viewed as a good indication of what skills a job candidate possesses, one expert has said.

Rachel Middleton, manager of the British Psychological Society's Psychological Testing Centre, stated that many bosses have "gone off" CVs as a means of assessing potential employees.

"They're not necessarily good indicators of a person - especially CVs, as a lot of people trump them up and inflate it," she said.

Bosses tend to use a "whole mix" of factors when assessing a job applicant for a vacancy, Ms Middleton suggested.

She added that psychometric, personality and aptitude test results as well as application forms and shortlisting techniques are all used to companies to determine the suitability of candidate.

Yesterday, research by Peninsula revealed that out of 3,024 people, six out of ten will root out their lucky underwear for a job interview and 73 per cent will check their horoscope on the day of an interview, Online Recruitment reported.