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deejayone · 3 January 2008 at 10:13AM

kingstongold · 3 January 2008 at 10:47AM

is this spam or useful?

drharrisjones · 3 January 2008 at 10:51AM

Fantastic. Many thanks

Edna_Bucket_2 · 3 January 2008 at 10:56AM

deejayone wrote: »

"...A professional from a company called CVConsultants calls you up at a preferred time and talks you through how to make your CV better! Worked really well for me, loads of stuff I didn't even think of doing as well as lots of little changes!"

"Professional" - qualified in what exactly?

Be warned - this company are a commercial entity, so it follows that they are not just doing this out of the goodness of their hearts - will they then be trying to sell you their CV writing service, which doesn't seem to be cheap?

I would be wary of doing this - if you give them your CV you've given them all your persoanl contact details :eek:

deejayone · 3 January 2008 at 12:00PM

I used them and they were OK - Ran through my CV for about 15 minutes on the phone (they called me).

They did offer me the service of writing a dedicated CV for me (at cost), I'm guessing this is how they get their money, but I politely refused and they were fine with that - the information they gave still helped me (and others I know).

So whilst they are a commercial company, I think the benefits outweigh the short sales pitch they give you (and you politely refuse if you don't want it).

Edna_Bucket_2 · 3 January 2008 at 12:18PM

Fair enough, but I can't see they'll carry on offering this servicre on a wide scale without wanting some serious return. AND they've still got all your details for the future.

Edna_Bucket_2 · 3 January 2008 at 12:21PM

In any case, there are plenty of good resources available online without getting these alleged "professionals" involved. A very quick search brought up this for example:

http://jobsearch.about.com/cs/curriculumvitae/a/curriculumvitae.htm

and there will no doubt be lots more easily and freely available without a sales pitch.

deejayone · 3 January 2008 at 12:22PM

I did it last November and haven't had any further contact from them since.

I've had emails from the jobsite itself mysheffieldjobs.co.uk, but that's cool as I always like to keep abreast of job openings anyway!

deejayone · 3 January 2008 at 12:24PM

Edna_Bucket wrote: »

In any case, there are plenty of good resources available online without getting these alleged "professionals" involved. A very quick search brought up this for example:

http://jobsearch.about.com/cs/curriculumvitae/a/curriculumvitae.htm

and there will no doubt be lots more easily and freely available without a sales pitch.

Good point - although it is good to have someone have a run through it where possible, I'd read loads of sites like the one above (theres even similar printed help on the jobsite I posted) and they still came back with some decent advice for me.

I found it useful, if people would like to take it up, that's up to them! I'm just passing it on!

Edna_Bucket_2 · 3 January 2008 at 12:48PM

Here's another more UK orientated link than the one I posted previously:

http://www.workthing.com/career-advice/cv-writing/

Adzha · 3 January 2008 at 1:02PM

We were shown a website in business studies for CVs, which looks really good.

http://www.alec.co.uk

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