Once you have made the decision to get your CV made over, there is a fairly bewildering range of choices available to you. This short article is designed to give you some options to choose the very best option for you. In the end, the decision you make now is likely to effect your whole career so choose wisely
There are many alternatives available to you. You could do it yourself or you could use one of many CV services available in the UK. Some are clearly better than others and the purpose of this small guide is to help you choose a path
In business as in life, you really do get what you pay for. A cheap, mass produced service can never make you stand out from the crowd in the same way that an excellent professional service can. Whilst having the price advantage will always generate some business, in the end, it's just not that good for you. In todays mightily competitive job market, you need all the advantages that you can get. Unless you're in a big hurry with a very small budget, leave well alone
Somewhere in the middle is the recruitment company or individual that has contacts in HR or who has recently lost their job in HR and is looking to supplement their redundancy before going back into full time work. Whilst these sort of services can offer a decent enough product at the end, they are not professional CV writing services and therefore you lose out on the continuity that you might get from using a more professional service. They are, again, of use to someone on a budget that wants a bit more than a cheap word processing service
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
If you do end up opting for a professional CV writing service, I would ask that you ask them about their track record. How many CVs have they actually written, what is their success rate? This is really important- track record is everything in this business, and you must be looking at a success rate of over 90% to get the very best value for you
Guarantees are sometimes not worth the paper that they are written on. This is no different when talking about a CV than when buying a television. What does stand comparison though is that some companies won't guarantee their work- if they won't, why not. Give some brownie points to the companies that offer you a guarantee- they are taking the risk so let them
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 - 30535
There are many alternatives available to you. You could do it yourself or you could use one of many CV services available in the UK. Some are clearly better than others and the purpose of this small guide is to help you choose a path
In business as in life, you really do get what you pay for. A cheap, mass produced service can never make you stand out from the crowd in the same way that an excellent professional service can. Whilst having the price advantage will always generate some business, in the end, it's just not that good for you. In todays mightily competitive job market, you need all the advantages that you can get. Unless you're in a big hurry with a very small budget, leave well alone
Somewhere in the middle is the recruitment company or individual that has contacts in HR or who has recently lost their job in HR and is looking to supplement their redundancy before going back into full time work. Whilst these sort of services can offer a decent enough product at the end, they are not professional CV writing services and therefore you lose out on the continuity that you might get from using a more professional service. They are, again, of use to someone on a budget that wants a bit more than a cheap word processing service
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
If you do end up opting for a professional CV writing service, I would ask that you ask them about their track record. How many CVs have they actually written, what is their success rate? This is really important- track record is everything in this business, and you must be looking at a success rate of over 90% to get the very best value for you
Guarantees are sometimes not worth the paper that they are written on. This is no different when talking about a CV than when buying a television. What does stand comparison though is that some companies won't guarantee their work- if they won't, why not. Give some brownie points to the companies that offer you a guarantee- they are taking the risk so let them
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 - 30535
About the Author:
About the author: Glenn Hughes manages and operates a CV writing service based in the UK. Part of a team of CV writers helping people to get a better job
