what with companies wanting Cv's

can't believe it but just recently sold my day job business and wanting to do some further sales work. Except for companies will not see you unless you send them a CV. (reseme) Whats all that about, if they want a salesman then they should make sure they let you sit in front of them before they make a decision on seeing people after reading CV.s. Bad way to get a good person as CV's tell lies. Well thats my opinion and I'm sticking to it.