Reply to: CV Writing services - Any good or load of crap?

[kal]

If you cant knock up a decent CV as an IT contractor without the paid help of some monkey then it's time to get out of the game, my CV is a chronological order of where I worked, how long for and what I did, works fine... It ain't rocket science/brain surgery (apart from the 12 months I spent designing rockets for NASA while knocking out a few lobotomies on the side... must be true, its on my CV )

[SueEllen]

But that's not what you said - originally, you implied that you could easily write off 85% of your weekly income:

At least try to keep your story constant within the same thread.

[DirtyDog]

EXACTLY. Some people don't read things properly.

£60. If it worked and got me contract = money well spent.
If it was crap get refund = nothing lost.

But that's not what you said - originally, you implied that you could easily write off 85% of your weekly income:

£60 NLUK. Peanuts. Worth a try at least. Even if I didnt get a refund its not a huge amount of money.

At least try to keep your story constant within the same thread.

[northernladuk]

EXACTLY. Some people don't read things properly.

£60. If it worked and got me contract = money well spent.
If it was crap get refund = nothing lost.

But you every post about these services say they are crap. It was NEVER going to get you a contract. If it sets your mind at ease then it was worth doing. Would have been wiser to take the advice of everyone that responded to threads about this but it's your time. You have now proved to yourself what everyone else knew and explained. If you are happy with it then that's that.

[psychocandy]

That's not the point.

The point is he could have ended up wasiting £60 on something which he was told repeatedly wouldn't work but thinks it's worth wasting while he has to claim JSA to live.

Money back guarantee so I wasn't going to waste the money, was I?

Im sorry but I don't see what the problem is.

[psychocandy]

I get the feeling some people have an issue with claiming JSA?

Don't need it to live. £71 aint gonna pay the mortgage, is it? But if it makes the warchest last longer than I'll do it.

[psychocandy]

I thought he got it back by invoking the "money back if not satisfied" clause?

EXACTLY. Some people don't read things properly.

£60. If it worked and got me contract = money well spent.
If it was crap get refund = nothing lost.

[SueEllen]

I thought he got it back by invoking the "money back if not satisfied" clause?

That's not the point.

The point is he could have ended up wasiting £60 on something which he was told repeatedly wouldn't work but thinks it's worth wasting while he has to claim JSA to live.

[evilagent]

So you can throw away £60 but you need to claim JSA, and people already pointed you to cheaper/free ways of getting your CV looked at.

I thought he got it back by invoking the "money back if not satisfied" clause?

[SueEllen]

£71. LOL. Which is why its worth spending £60 if it helps me get off JSA!

So you can throw away £60 but you need to claim JSA, and people already pointed you to cheaper/free ways of getting your CV looked at.

[northernladuk]

£60 NLUK. Peanuts. Worth a try at least. Even if I didnt get a refund its not a huge amount of money.

Peanuts or not it doesn't mean you have to throw it away when so many point out it's a waste of time.

[psychocandy]

Isn't that around the amount you get from JSA every week?

£71. LOL. Which is why its worth spending £60 if it helps me get off JSA!

[SueEllen]

£60 NLUK. Peanuts. Worth a try at least. Even if I didnt get a refund its not a huge amount of money.

Isn't that around the amount you get from JSA every week?

[psychocandy]

Wasn't that the advice from every poster that has responded on every thread about CV services? Jesus

Some people just can't be helped.

£60 NLUK. Peanuts. Worth a try at least. Even if I didnt get a refund its not a huge amount of money.

[evilagent]

+1 with SueEllen.

IT is a specialist area, and generic CV writers don't understand most of the terminology.

With regards to your CV being overlong, you should write all your technical skills, with at least 2 examples of project work involving them. (a paragraph)
Forget how long your CV is, to begin with.

Then, based on the role, you use the appropriate examples to put into your CV, followed by any work experience in length order.

That is, refine your CV to the role.

Any superfluous or irrelevant skills fall off the 2-page CV, or are consigned as 1-liners at end.

Mine's a bottle of Veuve Clicquot. Thanks.