Should I edit my CV to say I can only work part time and can't do call centres?

[Rich-Allen1976]

Above.

I've had 2 messages on the mobile, yesterday and today from guys who have seen my CV online and wanted me to give them a call regarding jobs.

I rang the first one up this morning, it's customer service full time, and possibly in a call centre scenario, there's 2 things wrong with that, 1) due to personal circumstances I cannot work 40 a week 2) I can't work in a call centre due to wearing a hearing aid, under "reasonable adjustments" they'd have to provide specialist hearing aid compatible headsets, which they'd probably expect me to pay for.

Therefore, should I add to my CV that I can only work up to 16 hours a week, and no call centres, or would it lead to my CV being binned without even a second glance? I do actually have a job, which I started in January this year after passing DBS disclosures and references around this time last year, but because my CV's still online, I keep getting messages from people.

I can do customer service, but in an actual shop, part time hours, NO call centres.

To be clearer, a CV is what Americans would call a resume'

 

[Ojisama]

If all you are putting out there is a general CV, yes you should include the type of work you are looking for, and the hours you are available, but maybe don't be too specific. If you start off with a list of "I can't do this..." you restrict your options right from the get go.

Flexible hours preferred.
Restricted travel.
Technical support may be required.
Happy to work from home.

Established call centres may have adaptive headsets already

When you have looked through possibly hundreds of CVs, nothing is more frustrating than contacting an applicant only to hear them say "but I was really looking for..." or "I can only do..."

If you are applying for a specific job, (EG Retail Assistant) then your CV needs to read like an application form, and that would include working hours preferred, and any reasonable adjustments and support required.

[Rich-Allen1976]

If all you are putting out there is a general CV, yes you should include the type of work you are looking for, and the hours you are available, but maybe don't be too specific. If you start off with a list of "I can't do this..." you restrict your options right from the get go.

Flexible hours preferred.
Restricted travel.
Technical support may be required.
Happy to work from home.

Established call centres may have adaptive headsets already

When you have looked through possibly hundreds of CVs, nothing is more frustrating than contacting an applicant only to hear them say "but I was really looking for..." or "I can only do..."

If you are applying for a specific job, (EG Retail Assistant) then your CV needs to read like an application form, and that would include working hours preferred, and any reasonable adjustments and support required.

With respect Oji, if I declare my disability on a CV, which I've previously been told NOT to do, most places would bin it without even a second glance, I've been saying for most of the last 12 years that the Equality Act 2010 ain't worth a damn because the government don't, and probably never will, enforce it.

Like the majority of employers say "We are a disability confident employer", which is fine except IMO the majority of them don't mean it, they just say it because it's a legal requirement under the EA.

[Ojisama]

I didn't say that you should declare your disability, just as I don't declare my age (Although a 30+ year work history does sort of give it away). Just suggest that you aren't looking for full time.

The problem is that if an employer doesn't have any experience of employing people with special needs, the first one is very daunting. Bigger employers should have some experience, but it may come down the individual managers being reluctant.

[Rich-Allen1976]

I didn't say that you should declare your disability, just as I don't declare my age (Although a 30+ year work history does sort of give it away). Just suggest that you aren't looking for full time.

The problem is that if an employer doesn't have any experience of employing people with special needs, the first one is very daunting. Bigger employers should have some experience, but it may come down the individual managers being reluctant.

The problem is that it's actually ILLEGAL to directly turn down an applicant because they're disabled, but IMO there's loopholes in the Equality Act which allow employers to get round it.

[Rich-Allen1976]

I've deleted my account on CV-Library.co.uk, and have hidden my CV on Indeed, I actually have a job now.