Professional C.V writing services ?

[lixxus]

Hi Guys,

I made a career change about 3 year half ago into IT after becoming comptia and microsoft certfied.
I was working previously in sales/customer service. My C.V in my opinion is decent and gets me interviews so I guess its working. However I want to land my next big job and feel that first impressions count. I came across these services before but always thought of it as a rip off. I guess because I had the impression I could always do it myself. However more and more on linkedin I see peoples personal profile and pages written in third person speech haha. I have to be honest it looks slick and professional and gives off the vibe of professionalism that the person is **** hot at there job.

Has anyone ever used these services before.

my main gripe with my c.v is the formatting. Not sure if its outdated and what the current trend is.
other questions I had is how much job history should go on there. last 3 jobs or 5 ?
obviously you dont want to be putting stuff from high school. But what is the rule of thumb here ?

I am still considering paying someone professional to look at it but if anyone can give me advice on the above or anything else im missing that would be great.

The aim is to update it and get more hits on these recruitment websites.

 

[lixxus]

I am looking to do the same to improve my CV for next year as I feel my CV is abit plan in format wise.

Slightly off topic, what Comptia and MS certs do you currently have?

Comptia A+ and MS MTA, landed a decent job with just those two. I need to renew my comptia A+ so i will be doing the comptia linux cert to renew my previous one and get new one too.

 

[lixxus]

some interesting feedback guys. I spent last night fixing mine and i think im happy with it.
would still like to look into paid professional c.v writing. Any recommendations would be much appreciated

edit: guys if you know of any cools tweak/tricks to optimise linkedin profile that will be greatly appreciated.

I know that its essentially SEO

 

[lixxus]

You can't just get a good jerb with a c.v. Obviously your skills and knowledge is what is judged.
These services are targeted at the lazy. If you have time you can easily research and learn to write a good C.V.

However ask you self. Most top professionals as I mentioned have their Bio;s, c.v etc written in third person haha.
Now you can try and do that yourself without sounding like a D*** or you can have a professional company advise you on how you should market yourself for the job you want