One option to getting your CV ready for job hunting is to do it yourself. Unless you are a career profession with some significant experience in viewing and writing CVs is not to do it yourself. There are many options available to you able you owe it to your future career to explore all the available options before committing money to it
There are many different services available to you, from very basic word processing services that churn out CV after CV to full blown professional services. There are advantages and disadvantages to all of them. In the end, you'll need to decide to use the one of your choice- the purpose of this short guide is to help you choose
The entry level CV service is aimed at the school leaver or the ever bottom end of the market. These services can be very cheap and are aimed at creating volumes of work for the people in the business- they basically are a factory produced CV producer. The results that they churn out therefore look pretty much the same for everybody and won't help you to stand out from the crowd. Their advantage is that they are cheap, and marginally better than most people would produce for themselves
Using a friend from a business that deals with CVs all the time can have some advantages. On the one hand, they know you and should therefore be able to help sell you, on the other, they may not write CVs a;ll the time. This option is definitely preferable to using a cheap word processing service or an online template. They will not, however be able to get you placed at the highest level as the quality of work will not stand out well enough
At the top end are the professional CV writing services. There are several good ones in the UK and I will be pleased to email anyone reading this article with the names of a few that will be able to help you. We would genuinely rather you use a service that you are happy with than leave you with a bad impression of a service that didn't meet your expectations
I would always advocate the use of a professional CV writing service. They are there to help you and the cost of their service is almost insignificant compared with the additional salary that you will be able to command through using their services. Track record is what separates the good from the bad and the downright ugly- ask about the track record and look to see testimonials from happy customers (if they have any)
A guarantee is always something that you should look for when buying anything. When considering buying a CV, make sure that the company that you are going to buy from is happy to stand by the service that they are going to provide. If they are not, ask yourself why not?
One other thing to look out for- some professional CV writing companies sub contract the writing of the CV to self employed consultants- these people whilst generally doing a decent job are paid poorly and therefor can't have the level of motivation necessary to do a great job for you. Ask the company you're thinking of dealing with to write your CV if they sub contract- you might be surprised at the answer - 31521
There are many different services available to you, from very basic word processing services that churn out CV after CV to full blown professional services. There are advantages and disadvantages to all of them. In the end, you'll need to decide to use the one of your choice- the purpose of this short guide is to help you choose
The entry level CV service is aimed at the school leaver or the ever bottom end of the market. These services can be very cheap and are aimed at creating volumes of work for the people in the business- they basically are a factory produced CV producer. The results that they churn out therefore look pretty much the same for everybody and won't help you to stand out from the crowd. Their advantage is that they are cheap, and marginally better than most people would produce for themselves
Using a friend from a business that deals with CVs all the time can have some advantages. On the one hand, they know you and should therefore be able to help sell you, on the other, they may not write CVs a;ll the time. This option is definitely preferable to using a cheap word processing service or an online template. They will not, however be able to get you placed at the highest level as the quality of work will not stand out well enough
At the top end are the professional CV writing services. There are several good ones in the UK and I will be pleased to email anyone reading this article with the names of a few that will be able to help you. We would genuinely rather you use a service that you are happy with than leave you with a bad impression of a service that didn't meet your expectations
I would always advocate the use of a professional CV writing service. They are there to help you and the cost of their service is almost insignificant compared with the additional salary that you will be able to command through using their services. Track record is what separates the good from the bad and the downright ugly- ask about the track record and look to see testimonials from happy customers (if they have any)
A guarantee is always something that you should look for when buying anything. When considering buying a CV, make sure that the company that you are going to buy from is happy to stand by the service that they are going to provide. If they are not, ask yourself why not?
One other thing to look out for- some professional CV writing companies sub contract the writing of the CV to self employed consultants- these people whilst generally doing a decent job are paid poorly and therefor can't have the level of motivation necessary to do a great job for you. Ask the company you're thinking of dealing with to write your CV if they sub contract- you might be surprised at the answer - 31521
About the Author:
About the author: Mr. Hughes manages and operates a CV writing service based in the UK. One of a team of CV writers helping people to get a better career
