Problem
As a growth hacker looking for a job, I was looking for a way to increase interview numbers, gather data about what recruiters are looking at my cv and get a salary range from the companies first before giving my expectations. Here is the story
Solution
I decided to build my cv as a website so I would be able to gather data via google analytics and Hotjar, seeing their screen to look where they spend time exactly, in this way I could provide a better experience for recruiters and already answer their questions before the interview.
Implementation
I already have a personal website where I publish my content. So I decided to build my CV into my personal website. In this way I would also generate some traffic too and recruiters could easily visit my blog. ( they generally don’t click your blog links)
So I designed this not only to gather data but also to provide better experience for recruiters
Web-based Resume
But since the companies accept applications as a PDF, I should figure out something that direct recruiters to my web-based resume. So I put this section at the top of my PDF resume
PDF Resume
When they open my PDF, they directly see the button and click on it. I succeed!
I also added an FAQ section to answer the question they will ask me during the interview. In this way, I could eliminate inappropriate interviews.
FAQ Sections
I also created a simple Google form for salary issues, Here it is
In this way, I could provide full transparency for both sides.
Salary Form
Results
Before creating this system, I was approximately setting 2-3 interviews out of 100 applications. After building this system, 50 people visited this website and I set up 13 different interviews. By building this website, I actually provided a real case study for optimizing something that the recruiters are looking for.
Currently, they are approximately spending 4 minutes on my CV which is great. So during the interview, I don’t have to tell all the details that I already explained in my CV.
I shared this story to help someone who wants to increase the number of interviews. It was not easy to understand recruiters' behavior and set up a system but I already implemented, tested, and got results for you guys!
Cheers.
As a growth hacker looking for a job, I was looking for a way to increase interview numbers, gather data about what recruiters are looking at my cv and get a salary range from the companies first before giving my expectations. Here is the story
Solution
I decided to build my cv as a website so I would be able to gather data via google analytics and Hotjar, seeing their screen to look where they spend time exactly, in this way I could provide a better experience for recruiters and already answer their questions before the interview.
Implementation
I already have a personal website where I publish my content. So I decided to build my CV into my personal website. In this way I would also generate some traffic too and recruiters could easily visit my blog. ( they generally don’t click your blog links)
So I designed this not only to gather data but also to provide better experience for recruiters
Web-based Resume
But since the companies accept applications as a PDF, I should figure out something that direct recruiters to my web-based resume. So I put this section at the top of my PDF resume
PDF Resume
When they open my PDF, they directly see the button and click on it. I succeed!
I also added an FAQ section to answer the question they will ask me during the interview. In this way, I could eliminate inappropriate interviews.
FAQ Sections
I also created a simple Google form for salary issues, Here it is
In this way, I could provide full transparency for both sides.
Salary Form
Results
Before creating this system, I was approximately setting 2-3 interviews out of 100 applications. After building this system, 50 people visited this website and I set up 13 different interviews. By building this website, I actually provided a real case study for optimizing something that the recruiters are looking for.
Currently, they are approximately spending 4 minutes on my CV which is great. So during the interview, I don’t have to tell all the details that I already explained in my CV.
I shared this story to help someone who wants to increase the number of interviews. It was not easy to understand recruiters' behavior and set up a system but I already implemented, tested, and got results for you guys!
Cheers.
