Thoughts on professional CV writing?

[JoJoGabor]

You can get a feel of what works and doesn't by the number of calls you get. I have tweaked mine recently and suddenly started getting a lot more calls, so I feel mine is ideal at the moment for the roles I am looking for.

Post your CV on here and we'll tell you what we think

[SueEllen]

Post your CV on here and we'll tell you what we think

This has been done with others CVs.

Post a link to another site but remove all personal details and anything that could specifically identify you i.e. if you did some unique roles, have some unique qualifications then remove them.

You also get a few other people who will be happy to post you a copy.

Oh and most of the comments you will get will be via PM.

BTW I've never used a CV writer for my CV I've used people who recruit others instead. Also when I've been involved in recruiting others it's obvious who has just used a CV writer and not put anything it it themselves.

[Support Monkey]

When you get to the interview it is up to you to sell yourself, your CV is the door opener to get that interview so you need to sell yourself on paper

So why would you hand over the writing of the most important selling tool you have to someone else who has no idea who you are and what you do.

surely you have to tell them what to write so why not just do it yourself, you yourself will get a feel for what is right or wrong with your CV when the phone starts or stops ringing

[Langkawi]

Hi CP James,

It was The CV Centre. Found them on one of the websites affiliated to CUK - Technojobs or Jobserve or one of those.

Not sure if I'm allowed to post URL's here but you can google them easily enough.

Like I said, what they sent me was ok. But I kept my own CV as it had more technical detail and used some of thier language but I'd say my CV is definitely better for it. (That said the phone ain't exactly ringing a lot but I'm blaming the market for that!)



Cheers,
Alan

[Brussels Slumdog]

Agency advice and my advice

Has anyone tried using an agent for CV proofreading ? At the end they are the target audience ...

I wrote my first improved CV based on free advice from the Watford
job Center back in the 90s.
Maybe your local one can give you some advice on your CV.
One agent gave me feedback on how to improve my CV and a French
agent sent me a template on rewritting my CV to attract the French market.
I now use my French template as standard.

If you have the right skill then the last thing an agent wants is a badly
written CV with spelling mistakes.
He needs to present you to the client the best he can.
But with so many suitable candidates currently on the market it's now not
worth his time to modify your CV.

Page one is a summary of my IT skills,Accounting skills,languages,education
and industry sectors.
The rest of the CV relates to my work experience from current to earliest.