Ok here we go...

A few days ago I posted a job. Not just a job. A job where me, as a Employer seek jobseekers.

I mean, to make it clear: Me searching for people like you.

The result?

More than interesting.

Let?s go step by step.

I post the job in DiversJobs

I waited.... and after just 20 minutes I had over 5 applications.

I went to bed, and the next morning with a warm cup of coffee I find over 40 applications. I read each of the applications. If you think this is a lot of applications, think twice. Divers Jobs has over 2000 jobseekers registered.

In these 40 applications I got 3 valid profiles. Only 3 that I contacted and started a conversation towards the potential job.

The amazing part of this story is not the 3 profiles, is in fact the 37 people that applied. I found incredible to see that none of this 37 even READ the job description. People that were applying for the position didn't apply in the correct way.

Many of the jobseekers just sent an email with a CV. No introduction, not even a "hi... this in my CV".

Yes, you are reading this right. There are people out there that send their CV without any other information.

After a few hours, I read many of the 37 CV's. Many where really good potential candidates for the job... but my first impression was already as "this person is so incompetent, that can't even read a job description and apply in a normal and decent way..."

This reminds me of a Jobseeker than contacted me for more than 2 months crying that was impossible to find a diving job. He told me that he send his word document CV to more than 300 dive centers in the same region.

Well... what about if you start to think how are we applying to these positions first? Sometimes making a little effort can work better for us. and yes... let's try to not SPAM our CV to everyone in the globe.