Job applicant forgot to attach CV

I assume emailing and asking them for it is not an option?

If you have no contact details at all then you can't do much.

I believe we have have an email for them but i wasn't sure if that would be fair to other applicants as the deadline has passed?

Well it may well count against them if accuracy etc is a key part of the job....but we all make mistakes.

thanks for the swift help and being a second head for me, appreciate it!

"Being late to submit an application" isn't a protected characteristic. If you have enough good candidates within the deadline, proceed with those who remembered to attach a CV. But if not, go ahead and ask this one to send it.

Getting too wrapped up in what's "fair" (in the colloquial rather than legal sense) can lead you to ignore what's in the best interests of your employer.

thank you for this

Hello, in the past I have all sorts of "alternate" CV's attached - family recipes, photographs and a PDF of a mock up wedding invitation.

I'd suggest - like others - the choice is yours. If you have sufficient CV's to make a decision then go ahead with the ones you have, or if you don't or have the time to go back to the candidate then do.

Nikki

Its entirely up to you to decide.

I personally would give them a chance and assume it's a one off.