Professional CV writing services

[Supercow]

I have always had a really well written CV, but due to a recent opportunity to work for a company in Australia (so badly want to immigrate there) I’m looking to pay for a professional CV writing service.
I feel that a third party giving my CV a good once-over and polish will give me that edge I need.

Googling “professional CV writing service” brings up an plethora of choices, so I was hoping that one of you have had some experience with this and can make some recommendations.

Thanks a lot!

 

[Lysander]

www.learn-direct.co.uk

They're free. Give them a call - send them your CV and they'll help you through it.

Rule of thumb: less is more.

In b4 Penski

 

[Supercow]

Thanks for the link, but don't you get what you pay for in cases like this?

 

[Lysander]

No idea, really. I'm pretty happy with my CV - the layout and wording. Really I wanted to make it as simple as possible. Having had to look through tons myself at work, I know that the ones you actually spend time looking at are those which aren't bloated and are simple and precise. If you have done great/responsible things, you should be able to say so in a few words rather than waffling.

 

[Supercow]

Cool, think mine is nice and concise... just need that extra bit of sparkle on it

 

[Glaucus]

I can personally recommend http://www.cvcl.co.uk/service.htm

I doubted such services, but they really are great. After all what's £40, once every few years. Especially when you're talking about something you're going to do for the majority of your life.

 

[gumbald]

Emigrate?

 

[Biohazard]

What about covering letters?

Anyone any good source for them? I can never think up any bs to write down.

 

[Glaucus]

What about covering letters?

Anyone any good source for them? I can never think up any bs to write down.

If you want to pay, same place as in my other post.

 

[Biohazard]

Well its not the money per se, but its something I have never paid for so would take a lot of encouragement to do so. I may do if I have little success. 5 years since i've played this silly game.

I'll just plagiarise in the mean time

 

[Glaucus]

With http://www.cvcl.co.uk/service.htm you can keep rejecting it till you are happy. Or get a refund if you are not happy.

I got a cv and covering letter of them and now get interviews for 90+% of jobs I apply for, before I was lucky to get 1 in 50.

 

[Brum Man]

With http://www.cvcl.co.uk/service.htm you can keep rejecting it till you are happy. Or get a refund if you are not happy.

I got a cv and covering letter of them and now get interviews for 90+% of jobs I apply for, before I was lucky to get 1 in 50.

Can we have a look at your's Acid Hell, as I've seen you give lots of good advice but would be interesting to see what the professional company came up with?

 

[Biohazard]

With http://www.cvcl.co.uk/service.htm you can keep rejecting it till you are happy. Or get a refund if you are not happy.

I got a cv and covering letter of them and now get interviews for 90+% of jobs I apply for, before I was lucky to get 1 in 50.

Yeah? That sounds like quite a turnaround.

I will try them if I have no success with the two I am about to apply for.

 

[clv101]

Thanks for the link, but don't you get what you pay for in cases like this?

My gut reaction would be that in this sort of area you certainly don't "get what you pay for".

 

[Glaucus]

Can we have a look at your's Acid Hell, as I've seen you give lots of good advice but would be interesting to see what the professional company came up with?

TBH it's more what they took out, than what they have added. But I had little experience for the job I was applying for. Yet I still got an interview and was only turned down because they thought I would go stir crazy in an office. Got a new job since there using the same one and it now needs updating again.

 

[Brum Man]

TBH it's more what they took out, than what they have added. But I had little experience for the job I was applying for. Yet I still got an interview and was only turned down because they thought I would go stir crazy in an office. Got a new job since there using the same one and it now needs updating again.

More interested in the lay out really as I have one that I always use that I found in a careers magazine years ago that I like, but always like to have a look at others to see if there is anything that could be changed. I think I'm OK on the content side of things.

 

[Supercow]

Cheers for the link Acid Hell, will be contacting them soon!

 

[Puppetmaster]

out of interest using the above site, do you get an electronic form of it or just a paper copy. Sounds like a stupid question but cant find it on their site

edit: found it they charge £16 for a copy :O

 

[Luke]

I've used the same company shown above having seen AcidHell recommend it and can echo his satisfaction.
They did a fantastic job, and my backgound is HR. Strange, I can read a million CV's, pick out the best information from them, but still fail to be able to write a decent one for myself!
I got many interviews off the back of their CV having had no luck using what I thought was an adequate self written one.

I heartily recommend them. They give you an electronic copy, so there is no point paying the extra for their hard copies unless you don't have access to a printer.

 

[Glaucus]

out of interest using the above site, do you get an electronic form of it or just a paper copy. Sounds like a stupid question but cant find it on their site

edit: found it they charge £16 for a copy :O

It's not, thats for a cd of it on.
The price includes it getting delivered by email as an attachment. IIRC you also get a couple of paper copies. An extra 5 copies is £7 but they are on really nice paper.