5 Ways To Ensure Your CV Performs Well On A CV Database

5 Ways To Ensure Your CV Performs Well On A CV Database When it comes to trying to find a new job, there are two main things you can do. The first one is obviously to search for vacancies and apply on a job board (like Bubble!) and the second one is to upload your CV to a job board and make it  searchable to recruiters and hiring managers. CV databases work in a similar way to a simple job search eg. you type in keywords and locations and as a hiring manager youre presented with a set of results, however instead of vacancies, youre presented with a list of CVs. As you can imagine, on some of the big generic job boards, your CV will be just one of hundreds of thousands (if not millions!) of CVs in the database so theres a chance your CV will never show up in a search, however on some of the smaller boards, there are obviously less CVs in the database so  you stand a much better chance of your CV actually being seen. That said; your CV is still going to have to compete to get to the top, so its worth putting a bit of time and effort in to make sure your CV performs as well as it possibly can in a CV database. Just to clarify; every CV database has a different algorithm which interprets data in different ways so its worth remembering that these are just general tips for using CV databases as a whole. 1. Include A Definitive Address: A lot of CV databases place a lot of focus on a candidates location when trying to find the best results so its important to make sure that somewhere on your CV, youve got a definitive address or location which the database can use. Looking to relocate to a particular city eg. London?  Its definitely worth including this as your main location (eg. omitting your actual address) to ensure you get picked up 2. Include A Job Title Future Job Titles: CV databases also tend to place quite a bit of focus on job titles so its really important to not only include any job titles youve previously held, but the job title youre also looking for from your next role. So for example, if youre currently working as an SEO Executive but youre hoping to move into more of a Digital Marketing Manager position, its definitely worth including a sentence like Experienced SEO Executive looking for their next challenging role, preferably as a Digital Marketing Manager. 3. Include Key Skills: Obviously a CV database can only go off the information you include in your CV so its important to ensure it has all the keywords in there that a recruiter or hiring manager might be searching for in relation to the role youre looking for. Make sure your CV includes the details of any tools youre familiar with eg. Google Analytics and any techniques youve used in the past eg. link building or blogger outreach. Its important to remember that there are different terms for the same thing in each industry eg. onsite/on-page SEO, so its a good idea to include all iterations on your CV to make sure it doesnt get overlooked. 4. Save Your CV As A Work Doc Or PDF, Not An Image File: The majority of CV databases work 5. Update It Regularly: There are a couple of reasons why its important to update your CV regularly. Firstly, some recruiters are only interested in fresh, new CVs so if you submitted your CV to the database longer than 12 months ago, it probably wont get picked up Here at Bubble we believe that its as important to be as pro-active as possible so wed always advise you to actively search and apply for jobs on a job board, rather than just sitting back and relying on a CV database to present the perfect new job to you. Have any more tips? Feel free to leave a comment below.