Gen Z Doesn’t Do CVs — Are You Ready?
Has the CV had its day? Is it now impossible to put an accurate picture of a life and an individual’s work potential on to a few sheets of A4? More to the point, does your talent actually want to create a CV? Do they find it frustrating when they have to approach your business in a way that doesn’t match what they think they can offer?
These questions and more were discussed in The HR World webinar, Gen Z Doesn’t Do CVs — Are You Ready? sponsored by Vizzy, the company that has reimagined the CV and is already revolutionising how employers approach, assess and select talent.
On the call were Chris Woodward-Jones, CEO and Co-founder of Vizzy; Lynne Cutts, Talent Acquisition Specialist, Footasylum & SEVENSTORE, Tobi Ogundipe, Founder and CEO of JABARI (formally DIVERSE) and Lisandra Radu, L&D Senior Coordinator EMEA, VML.
Together they explored this area of recruitment with a particular emphasis on early careers. It became clear that while the CV sometimes has its place, when it comes to understanding more about their candidates, employers are becoming more open to receiving diverse material, illustrating what candidates can do and what they’re like. Indeed, Lynne Cutts said that having used Vizzy she and her team felt as if they knew their prospective candidates well before they’d met them in person.
Changing processes to go beyond the CV alone may require time and effort but it could be exactly what you need if today’s processes aren’t giving you the results you want. From the panel, it was clear that there is a strong likelihood that better hiring signals can lead to better hires, faster. Is your process giving you the signals you need to understand candidates and make informed hiring decisions?
This webinar is well worth a view – packed as it is with insights, inspiration, and first-hand experience. Check it out – it might change your view on CVs forever.
If you’d like to get in touch with the sponsor, Vizzy, who help brands like Burberry, Virgin, Montagu Evans, and Tiffany and Co. find top talent fast, please reach out to jess@vizzy.com
Chris Woodward-Jones is one of the founders of Vizzy, the platform transforming how talent presents itself so businesses can hire for what truly matters. With a background in management consulting (Accenture, Alpha AWM) specialising in technology transformation and in-house recruitment, Chris spent more than a decade observing how little hiring practices had evolved—leaving both candidates and employers underserved.
Driven to change this, Chris teamed up with co-founders Jess and Joe to create a platform built for the new world of work. Vizzy delivers a standout candidate experience and is already used by leading brands such as Tiffany & Co., Louis Vuitton, Burberry, WHSmith and Virgin to uncover top, diverse talent.
Find out more at www.vizzy.com/business and explore Chris’s profile at www.vizzy.com/@Chris.
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Lynne Cutts is Talent Acquisition Partner at Footasylum and SEVENSTORE. With over 14 years of experience across talent attraction, talent acquisition and recruitment, Lynne has held positions at a number of the UK’s top retailers including WHSmith, Topshop, Marks and Spencer, DFS, Primark and Arcadia Group. Lynne is passionate about fostering positive outcomes for both candidates and teams, creating opportunities that empower individuals and drive company success.
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Tobi Ogundipe is the Founder and CEO of JABARI (formally DIVERSE), a talent attraction agency helping employers reach diverse communities of driven early to mid-level professionals in the UK and around the world through careers events, content, and recruitment.
JABARI provides impactful free careers education to over 10,000 young professionals and partners with organisations like Red Bull, Warner Bros. Discovery and Tesco to help them attract top new talent and become the go-to employers.
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Lisandra is the Senior Learning & Development Coordinator for the EMEA region at VML. She began her career in Learning & Development within the financial services sector and, for the past five years, has led the design and management of VML’s early careers scheme and female empowerment programme. She is passionate about making the industry more accessible to emerging talent and supporting individual growth. Her current work spans inclusive recruitment, training for future-facing careers, belonging, and personal development.
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