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title: "Key Features on the CV Search"
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updated: 2026-11-03T15:35:55Z
published: 2026-11-03T15:35:55Z
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# Key Features on the CV Search

**Running a Search**

Click on New Search

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This then brings up all of the filters you can use to start narrowing down the CVs into CVs that are relevant to you.

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Ideally, you want to keep your searches quite broad to give you the most candidates to contact – filling out too many filters will reduce the number of CVs you will see.

Generally, we would suggest just filling out the “Desired Job Role” field and the “Postcode” field.

Once you’ve done this, click on Submit

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You will then get a list of candidates who match your search criteria.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/2500aecc-383f-4082-bc84-b3f52303e506/Images/Documentation/4(1).jpg)

**CV Alerts**

CV Alerts is a fantastic tool to enable you to be one of the first people to talk to brand new candidates. You will first need to create a CV Alert, which tells the system what job roles you are looking for and in what location. Click here for further information on how to do this.

Once you have set this up, the system will send you a backlog of CVs that you have asked for. Going forward you will receive emails notifying you of any new CVs that come onto the system that matches your criteria. For convenience, you can set up the alerts so the emails contain those CVs. By contacting these candidates straight away, you could be talking to them before anyone else!

To set up a CV Alert you will first need to run a search on the CV Search as above.

Once you have run a search, you will see some options on the right hand side of the page.

Select “Save this Search as a CV Alert”

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You can then fill out a name for you alert, and select the frequency of the emails you receive. You can also choose between having the candidate’s CV attached to the email (recommended) or not having the CV attached (meaning you have to login to see the CV).

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Once you click “Save CV Alert”, you will first receive an email with all the CVs that match your criteria. Any subsequent emails will only contain new candidates who have registered.

**Notes Feature**

When you have run a search on the CV Search and contacted some candidates, you can leave notes about the conversation you’ve had with each candidate. This can be really helpful if there is more than one person using the account.

To find the notes section, you need to be in a candidate record and then you’ll see Notes at the top of the page

![](https://cdn.document360.io/2500aecc-383f-4082-bc84-b3f52303e506/Images/Documentation/7(1).jpg)

You can add your own notes about a candidate – this will only be seen by users of the CV Search and not the candidate.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/2500aecc-383f-4082-bc84-b3f52303e506/Images/Documentation/8(3).png)

You can also view notes added by other users in your organisation

Click below for an overview of our CV Search Tool.

[Video](https://cdn.document360.io/2500aecc-383f-4082-bc84-b3f52303e506/Images/Documentation/1.1%20Carehome.co.uk%20-%20CV%20search.mp4)