{"id":10,"date":"2019-07-05T15:37:45","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T14:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microlise.com\/careers\/2019\/07\/05\/looking-beyond-cvs\/"},"modified":"2021-02-03T08:34:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T08:34:33","slug":"looking-beyond-cvs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microlise.com\/careers\/blog\/looking-beyond-cvs\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking beyond CVs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microlise.com\/careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/HR2.jpg\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microlise.com\/careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/HR2-300x200.webp \"  type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.microlise.com\/careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/HR2-300x200.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignright wp-image-216 size-medium sp-no-webp\" alt=\"Innovative tech professionals collaborating at Microlise Careers, showcasing opportunities in logistics software development and technology-driven logistics solutions.\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  > <\/picture> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Recruiting and retaining the right people, in the right roles, has become a business-critical issue.<\/p>\n<p>Traditionally, recruitment has relied on CVs to identify candidates with the right qualifications. Relying on CVs simply isn\u2019t an effective way to do business anymore. In today\u2019s workplace, people need to be flexible, resilient and be willing to upskill during a career that will shift in line with new technologies and market forces. The recruitment space is adapting to keep pace.\u00a0 A prospective candidate, armed with multiple degrees, won\u2019t necessarily be the right person for a job. When it comes to hiring a new employee, not everything you\u2019ll need to know about them can be found on a CV.<\/p>\n<p>Experience isn\u2019t always necessary if what you\u2019re actually looking for is fresh and innovative thinking. A structured, educated, disciplined mind is of value in any organisation, because knowledge and experience can be added to these building blocks. At Microlise, some of our highest achievers are the graduates we have trained.<\/p>\n<p>When we recruit people, we look beyond CVs for the complete package. And sometimes, it\u2019s those hard to detect personality traits and characteristics, that will make or break a hiring decision. For successful candidates, we provide ongoing training and development across some of the most sophisticated platforms available plus mentoring support from some of the keenest minds in the software engineering and development space. New starters will also get to work with helpful and approachable people \u2013 from senior leaders down \u2013 they\u2019ll co-manage the speed and trajectory of their career, and sit within a diverse and talented team.<\/p>\n<p>While our vacancy list may advertise entry, intermediate or senior level developers, we are often level agnostic \u2013 we are always looking for switched on team players at any stage of their career. We don\u2019t always expect someone to have relevant experience (because some of what we do is highly specialised anyway) and we don\u2019t need someone who thinks they have all the answers &#8211; all of the time.<\/p>\n<p>A questioning and positive mind set, and motivation are key &#8211; as is a sense of humour. \u00a0Our staff stay with us for a long time, and a lot of that is due to how we test \u2018fit\u2019 at interview stage &#8211; from a candidate\u2019s perspective as well as from ours.<\/p>\n<p>Microlise people need to feel right &#8211; and that\u2019s something that a CV can never hope to communicate. If you feel that you\u2019d enjoy being a part of the Microlise team \u2013 check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microlise.com\/careers\/job\/\">live vacancies<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relying on CVs alone isn&#8217;t an effective way to recruit staff when today&#8217;s career-ready skills include flexibility, resilience and a desire to keep learning on the job.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":12,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3],"class_list":["post-10","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recruitment","tag-careers","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.7.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Looking beyond CVs - Microlise Careers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microlise.com\/careers\/blog\/looking-beyond-cvs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Looking beyond CVs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Relying on CVs alone isn&#039;t an effective way to recruit staff when today&#039;s career-ready skills include flexibility, resilience and a desire to keep learning on the job.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.microlise.com\/careers\/blog\/looking-beyond-cvs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Microlise Careers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-07-05T14:37:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-02-03T08:34:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.microlise.com\/careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/Hr-generic.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Andree Ball\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Andree Ball\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.microlise.com\\\/careers\\\/blog\\\/looking-beyond-cvs\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.microlise.com\\\/careers\\\/blog\\\/looking-beyond-cvs\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Andree Ball\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.microlise.com\\\/careers\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a6bb1854421964ac07e4aec011991ba4\"},\"headline\":\"Looking beyond CVs\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-07-05T14:37:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-02-03T08:34:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.microlise.com\\\/careers\\\/blog\\\/looking-beyond-cvs\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":432,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.microlise.com\\\/careers\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.microlise.com\\\/careers\\\/blog\\\/looking-beyond-cvs\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.microlise.com\\\/careers\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/Hr-generic.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Careers\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Recruitment\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.microlise.com\\\/careers\\\/blog\\\/looking-beyond-cvs\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.microlise.com\\\/careers\\\/blog\\\/looking-beyond-cvs\\\/\",\"name\":\"Looking beyond CVs - 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