Hishem AzzouzHost Of Recruitment Mentors Podcast

The impact of CV speccing in Recruitment

Name: The impact of CV speccing in Recruitment
Uploaded: 2024-11-20T17:00:38+00:00
Duration: 4 s
Channel: Hishem Azzouz
Description: In this brief YouTube excerpt, Hishem Azzouz challenges the criticism that CV spec‑outs (detailed job specifications attached to candidate CVs) are…

20 Nov 2024 · 0 min

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In this brief YouTube excerpt, Hishem Azzouz challenges the criticism that CV spec‑outs (detailed job specifications attached to candidate CVs) are ineffective. He argues that the claim “CV spec‑outs don’t work” is false. Speaker B acknowledges that spec‑outs do work for them, but emphasizes that they are effective only when combined with traditional sales and recruitment skills, applied consistently, and targeted at a niche or specialist market. The exchange suggests that failures are likely due to inconsistent use or a lack of specialization rather than an inherent flaw in the method.

People do shit on them and be like, oh yeah, like CV specing doesn't work and all this. And I'm like, that's just not true.
Spec-outs for me has always worked for us. It works, but I feel like it works in addition to the classically trained sales skills and recruitment skills that we're taught whenever we join industry. People that say that it doesn't work either probably aren't doing enough of them consistently enough, or maybe they're just not niche enough, specialist enough.