CV Writing Service - Any good ones?

[betterlife4us]

Hiya

Never needed a CV before as been in same job for donkey's years, but worried that my recent attamept to do one is a loads of pooh!!!!

I was thinking of using one of those CV Writing Service places that you come across on the Net & wondered if any of you peeps had used a decent one that you could recommend.

Liz

[a&s]

Hi my o/h got my cv done at THE CV CENTRE www.ineedacv.co.uk i think it cost £80.00 ? but they send u a disk 4 u 2 print off when u need it and they were vey quick. I needed mine within a week but it was all done in about 4 days so e were pleased.Hope this helps?

[Lynne2007]

Did mine myself and always got the jobs i applied for and was also told by companies i have an excellent cv, cost me nowt

[The Broughtons]

I too have never needed a CV before, my teaching post I hold now is the one I got when I left uni 8 years ago.
Generally an Aussie CV should follow the format below

1. Personal details
2. Employment history - start with the current and end with the oldest. With each job give a brief description of the role and key responsibilities / skills
3. Software knowledge - but be honest, don't make yourself out to be an ICT expert
4. Education - start with the most recent and end with the oldest again
5. Interests

A good CV should be concise but give plenty of ideas about you. It shouldn't be more then 2 A4 sides of paper (some say no more than 4)

I have written my own. I think that way when someone asks me a question about my CV I know I will be answering honestly because I have written it. To be honest, the money it would be costing could be spent elsewhere in the quest for a new life down under.

Felicity

[betterlife4us]

Cheers all

Alex - Thanks for the link, having now looked at the examples on that site I think my own attempt is pretty damn good so I feel much better.

I have now decided I will just juggle about with what I done so far & save the dosh for spalshin out on that HUGE bottle of bubbly when our visa comes through. (much better idea I think !)

Liz

[samozsoon]

My hubby had his done a few yrs ago and reckons it got him the job he has now. Dont know who he went to though, would have to ask him.
The one thing that they did which he hadnt done himself was to say how brill he was! Only a couple of lines but looks good.

I can email you a copy if you want.

Lynne, I've looked at yours and its very similar to Chris's, except the fact he's an engineer. lol.

Sam xx

[ali]

Hi,

I've sent off the CV I did myself (did hubbies too) both accepted in Oz

If there is a selection criteria, try to write a little about each one to show that you could do the job, list any courses, workshops etc., that add to your knowledge

Good luck

Ali

[hiram4556]

Hi,I have never used CV writing sevice,instead I used the CV
templates and the tips to create a highly targeted CV for my job.It really worked for me .My CV caught the attention of the interviewer and finally I got a job!

[pippycol]

hiya

just look on the net for cv info type in curriculum vitae or resume and they will come up with loads you wi be able to complete one from the info you get on them rather that pay someone

good luck

pip

[colin&miche]

Hi
we have just sent my husbands cv well resume as they call it in Australia to this company
CV Writing Services from The CV Centre it cost us £54.50, we dicided against having a cover note, that is an extra £7.

we are awaiting it in the post over the next few days, norally dispatched in 24hr of them recieving your order online, but they do say could be 72 hours if they canot contact you if they need to.
one of the reasons we had this done was we had a friend of a friend who owns his own company ia Australia and he asked for my husbands resume so he could send it on to someone he knows is desperate for fire alarm engineers/technician, and this person also owes him a few favours so he said he was in a good position to get hubby a job lol , anyways he e-mailed us back saying that my husbands resume was good but that without sounding rude that he thought it needed to be proffesionally looked at, not because it was so bad but because Australian resume's are set out differently to ours in the uk and other countries. so we have taken his advice and gone for it also the company is a very large worldwide company so they have a lot of top dogs to impress . so we thought well its a 1 off payment and what do we have to lose apart from 54 quid lol which is nothing if we can get a sponsor and then into Australia
anyway will let you know how we get on

regards
michell


p.s just wanted to say tha this company deal with migration resume's thats why we went through them and thats why we went for the whole package.