Resume (CV) - Application for a job offer
Verified 12 April 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
A resume (CV) is a document that a candidate for a position sends to a company. Is the CV required to apply for a job? What information should it contain? We present you with the information you need to know.
The CV is a document that the job applicant sends to an employer.
The purpose of the CV is to present the employer with the candidate's career path (professional experience, training path, know-how and know-how in particular) with a view to his/her application being selected during the hiring process.
This document allows the recruiting company to assess the candidate's qualifications for the proposed position.
A CV is not required to apply for a job.
The job code does not define the CV.
In practice, the candidate voluntarily applies to the employer for a position in the company.
No text specifies the conditions for drafting and sending the CV.
There are no mandatory legal notices to write on the CV.
However, depending on the employer's requests for information, the applicant may provide the following details:
- Surname, first name, contact details (e.g. email, phone number(s)), age
- Career path (previous experiences or only those related to the job offer)
- Initial training (highest degree or one linked to the job offer)
- Possibly an identity photograph
The information requested from the applicant by the recruiting employer must have a direct link with the proposed position. They are used to assess the candidate's ability to hold the position.
The information mentioned on the CV shall be provided freely by the candidate.
The employer is prohibited from asking the applicant to provide him with information of a personal nature discriminatory.
Reminder
The candidate does not have to specify, during the recruitment procedure, his or her state of health, possible pregnancy, trade union, political or religious convictions, for example.
The candidate must be good faith.
The presence of misleading information on the employee's CV may result in the employee being dismissed for fault (simple or serious).
Example :
If the employer learns that the candidate deliberately mentioned false information on his CV before he was hired as an employee in the company (concerning his professional experience or diplomas, for example), he can then dismiss the employee for gross misconduct.
The employer is entitled to verify the candidate's diplomas.
The employer may inquire from previous employers about the reality of the information specified by the applicant.
The applicant can certify his professional experience with the information available to the Cnav: titleContent.
The candidate can validate the experiences he wishes to certify and pass them on to the employer, who can thus verify the accuracy of the information concerning the candidate's career.
To do this, the applicant must log in to his personal space on the pension insurance website:
The company is not obliged to review the CV anonymously.
The company can keep the CV in a database provided that the database is declared at Cnil: titleContent.
Reminder
The employer is free to reject an application on the basis of the CV submitted, unless the rejection is motivated by discriminatory reasons.
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