I applied for a role at TMW via LinkedIn. The role was something slightly different from what I’d done in the past but a position I felt confident I had the technical and transferable skills to succeed in. Around 10 days later I received an email from their internal recruiter expressing an interest in my experience and wanted to know when we could have a phone screening call. I explained I was about to go abroad for a fortnight but would be happy to take a call while I was away. He agreed to call me the day after I arrived at my destination. We had the call, which was about 30 minutes long. We discussed my experience and the role. My CV and LinkedIn profile are very clear on what skills I have and what I’ve done in the past, as was my cover letter. At the end of the call, the recruiter said he didn’t think I had the relevant skills and experience to go forward to the interview stage. If he’d actually taken the time to look at my CV and cover letter thoroughly we could have avoided wasting half an hour of my holiday discussing this role.