Fuller CV review

ghandi

Has anyone used the 'free' Fuller CV review? I paid £9.73 for an email review which was worthless drivel, no doubt cut 'n' pasted. The only thing unique to the 'review' was my name!!!

LittleVoice

How come you paid £9.73 for something described as "free"?

London_Exile

I am always wary of these on-line CV review websites. personally I think they are all best avoided. I too have gone down the same route as you and I too have found that the result was nothing short of a cut and pasted document, that wasn't even well written. How many people must have paid their £9.73 only to get such a shoddy service.

This won't make you feel any better, but when I was seriously looking for work and not even getting the interviews I was approached by various "Recruitment consultancies" offering "free" CV reviews. Long story short I was repeatedly told my Cv was excellent, when it was anything but.

Lesson learnt. I now just get advice from people I know and trust. And don't relay on people who are out to make a buck out of me.

ghandi

I tried it out to see what the result would be. More of an experiment than a realistic expectation of hearing anything useful!

brightonman123

probably a work at home franchise..!

Bismarck

I'll review anyone's CV as I'm getting bored of mine!!

Any decent recruitment agent will give a CV the once over and provide some tips for you....

Darth_Trader

A good test of a CV is how many interviews it gets you, assuming you are applying for advertised jobs, rather than simply sending out 'on spec'. I was always tinkering with mine, according to whether anyone was interested or not. Eventually you find a formula that seems to work - that's not to say one CV fits all. Better to write a new CV for every company you apply to.

Bunnie1982

I used to work for a jobcentre funded project where we helped long term unemployed look for work. We used to look over their CV's and give tips on how they could develop them, I saw some abysmal CV's for the time I was there, one was 24 pages long!!

As a result from that I have always tailored my CV for each individual job I am applying for.

I can't believe companies charge for this service. I was once told you can tell the CV's that have been written by these companies because they are all the same.

Bismarck

I agree...writing a special CV per job application is the way to go...just wish it could be more enjoyable!!

Horace

I have seen the CV's produced by jobcentres they're cruddy to say the least. Can't believe that anyone would pay for a CV review - I will do it for free. I have a standard CV that I tweak according to the jobs that I am applying for although now my CV is my CV because not applying for anymore jobs as setting up on own:D

Seriously, I will review a CV for free.

Incisor

London_Exile wrote: »

I am always wary of these on-line CV review websites. personally I think they are all best avoided. I too have gone down the same route as you and I too have found that the result was nothing short of a cut and pasted document, that wasn't even well written. How many people must have paid their £9.73 only to get such a shoddy service. ...

Personally, I would worry it was being done to get a head start on ID theft.