I applied for a finance assistant role…
I applied for a finance assistant role fully remote and good pay, when I did the apply button it was purely to upload my CV to this website not to specific company and not even a proper company application form.
I do feel this is what they call CV farming they advertise jobs that don’t exist just to get your CV registered. The only email I received was thank you for registering not a confirmation of the application form. Suffice to say I deleted the account immediately because I don’t appreciate being tricked in to sign up with a company who uses fake job roles to onboard CVs.
Just be very cautious.
I wouldn’t be surprised if I still gift contacted by the particular company despite cancelling my account as it is really an odd set up.
Antwoord van Cv Bridge
Hi Helen,
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. We understand why the application journey you encountered raised concerns, particularly where you expected to be taken directly to a separate employer application form.
We would, however, like to clarify an important point.
CV-BRIDGE is a recruitment and job-search platform designed to connect candidates with relevant recruiters and hiring opportunities. Depending on the vacancy, part of the application process may involve creating a CV-BRIDGE account and uploading a CV so that the application and candidate profile can be processed through the platform. Not every vacancy therefore redirects candidates to a separate external company application form.
Registration on the platform does not mean that vacancies are fabricated or that CVs are being collected simply for the purpose of “CV farming”.
Where a candidate’s application progresses or is shortlisted against the requirements of a vacancy, the relevant recruiter or hiring team may contact them directly regarding the next stage.
We do agree that the distinction between account registration and confirmation of a specific job application should be as clear as possible. If the email you received only confirmed registration, we understand why this may have caused confusion, and this is useful feedback for us when reviewing the candidate journey.
You also mentioned that you subsequently deleted your account. Once an account deletion has been completed, the candidate profile and CV are no longer available within our active candidate database for ongoing recruitment matching or contact, with deletion handled in accordance with our applicable data-protection and retention obligations.
We would also like to be clear that CV-BRIDGE does not intentionally advertise fabricated vacancies in order to obtain candidate CVs.
If you would like us to investigate what occurred with the particular Finance Assistant listing, you are welcome to provide the job link or Job ID and the approximate date you applied. We would be happy to review the application journey itself and identify whether anything was unclear or did not operate as intended.
We respect your decision and appreciate you raising the concern. Candidate trust and transparency are important to us, and feedback like this helps us improve how the application process is communicated.
Best regards,
CV-BRIDGE LTD
