It is not quite time to take CVs out of job hunting, according to one expert.
Communications Clinic Managing Director Eoghan Tomas McDermott was speaking after it was suggested some companies are relying on them less and less.
Molson Coors Strategy & Change Director Laura Lee earlier told Breakfast Business they are looking at other aspects.
"You see CVs land in front of you, and you automatically form a perception about the individual that you're going to get," she said.
"I think this takes all of that away, and it really encourages all of us to challenge our own perceptions and biases around what we need.
"Certainly for entry-level sales roles, I think in the past as an employer, we would have gone in expecting a degree, a certain level of experience.
"Actually, what you really want is somebody who's got the personality, and the ability to connect with a customer [which] is far more important.
"So I think ditching the CV encourages [you] to really focus on the individual," she added.
Track record vs experience
Mr McDermott told Lunchtime Live it depends what you're looking for.
"If you're trying to assess track record, CV has its place," he said.
"If you're like Molson Coors, where they're trying to assess potential, you'd say the CV has perhaps not as strong a standing.
"What they have introduced, though, is an assessment tool - they are using what they refer to as neuroscientific behavioural assessments - otherwise known as psychometric tests.
"So it isn't that they've ditched assessment tools perse, they have ditched the CV - which can be used to look at track record.
"It really depends what people are hunting for."
A job seeker is seen in a home office with a CV and job application form. Picture by: Tero Vesalainen / Alamy Stock PhotoMr McDermott said CVs have been the best way to look at candidates until now.
"If you look back I think it was DaVinvci had the first CV back in 1482... where he submitted it to the Duke of Milan, outlining his strengths and achievements.
"In a nutshell that's what we've been doing ever since.
"The CVs that we would have known back over the years have been paper-based, that has evolved now that they're more digital.
"We're now seeing organisations asking for videos as part of the application process.
"There is that constant evolution, but ultimately it's the organisation looking for a way of assessing, and it is the candidate looking for a way of presenting their abilities," he added.
