Professional CV do-er up-ers in Galway

Mr.Mister

What ever you call them etc...

Where are they,do they cost much?

Cheers big ears.

Xiney

I'll undercut any quote you get

Mr.Mister

Got quoted a fiver earlier.

Xiney

well, any reasonable quote.

Anyone who's done any kind of proofreading or editing would charge a heck of a lot more than that.

toadfly

How professional do you want it? Mine is pretty professional, got it from a template on an old laptop. You are more than welcome to copy it!

Discodog

Improving a CV has little to do with checking spelling & punctuation. It is all about how you present yourself. An average CV gets perused for about 40 seconds before a decision is made to bin it or not.

The key is to ensure that the summary is prominent, easy to read & totally positive. Ideally a CV should be adjusted to suit the job description of the vacancy. Never just send out a CV. Find out what they are looking for & make your CV fit the bill.

I spent some time working for a big employment company in London during Thatcher's recession. I would test market CV's with major companies & all of them preferred the CV that answered the main requirements of the job description in the first few lines.

Many job adverts do not include a job description. Most HR departments will be willing to post out/email a copy. Get the job description & ensure that the CV highlights how you are ideal for the job.

Most of the "professionally" produced CV's that I have seen around Galway are too obvious & seem to be made around templates. The last thing that you want is your CV looking like everyone else's. When I was writing CV's professionally I would always meet the client first & make the CV unique to them.

Ideally the CV should be on your computer so that you can make revisions to suit each application. Be inventive. A friend's daughter desperately wanted to work for a major airline that had no vacancies. We made a 3 minute DVD of her expressing why she wanted to work for them & I put it through the MD's home letterbox. She was employed within 48 hours.

sam34

Discodog wrote: »

Be inventive. A friend's daughter desperately wanted to work for a major airline that had no vacancies. We made a 3 minute DVD of her expressing why she wanted to work for them & I put it through the MD's home letterbox. She was employed within 48 hours.

:eek::eek: if i was in a position to employ someone and they invaded my privacy and home life like this, i would never ever employ them, irrespective of how desperate i was.

Discodog

I have done it lots of times. I have left CD's under directors wipers & sent CV's to director's homes. The vast majority love the idea of someone being inventive & being passionate enough to try a different approach.

I would always employ someone who has thought about how to make themselves stand out & be different. Ireland is still a bit in the dark ages regarding job hunting. Too much emphasis has been put on knowing the right people rather than finding the right skills. People have not needed to job hunt before.

A typical job will generate huge number of CV's. I would rather risk the outside chance of upsetting someone to get my CV noticed.

sam34

someone invading my privacy and showing such little respect for my family life wouldnt stand a chance with me

Discodog

I cannot ever recall any CEO reacting that way. They invade our privacy with direct mail campaigns, phone campaigns etc. Putting a DVD through someone's door is no different.

If an individual prefers to follow the system & hope that their CV is better than the others, then that is up to them. The only purpose of a CV is to get an interview. One person, out of the hundreds of applicants, may use their initiative to get their CV noticed. It may not be the best CV but it will often get the interview to the detriment of other applicants.

The CEO is not desperate to hire any more. It is the applicant who is desperate & it is going to be like that for quite a while so we need to get used to it. Desperate times need a different approach.

inisboffin

sam34 wrote: »

:eek::eek: if i was in a position to employ someone and they invaded my privacy and home life like this, i would never ever employ them, irrespective of how desperate i was.

I'd be a bit leery about a personal delivery too tbh. However I would consider posting the DVD to the MD's home, *if* his address was publicly locatable. That shows initiative.
Thinking outside the box is embraced in some fields of work more than others.

Half the battle is definitely knowing *who* you are marketing too..if they are quite conservative then a CV with a balloon = not so good!:p
But if they are open to it, a usb key with your CV on there and more about you may very well work to a certain quirky business mind.

Discodog

inisboffin wrote: »

Half the battle is definitely knowing *who* you are marketing too..

That is so right but no one does it. Most people reply to advertised vacancies rather than targeting potential employers. My neighbours daughter wrote to a Galway MD looking for work over a year ago. Every three months or so she has been re writing with updates & comments regarding the business. She has just been hired.

No one should just reply to an ad without doing research. For example if the company have gained a reputation for exporting then make sure that your CV expresses your interest in export business in the first line.

sam34

inisboffin wrote: »

I'd be a bit leery about a personal delivery too tbh. However I would consider posting the DVD to the MD's home, *if* his address was publicly locatable. That shows initiative.
Thinking outside the box is embraced in some fields of work more than others.

to me it shows lack of respect for personal/professional boundaries

my home is my sanctuary, it is private and it is my personal space and i would take a very dim view of anyone targeting me there in an attempt to garner my attention.. theyd get my attention all right but not the way they wanted!

Stky10

Actually... what you need to do must is fill it with as many of the buzzwords listed in the job description. HR types generally are lazy and pretty technically stupid, as such they'll do a quick look through the CV's submitted for what they think are the best matches based on the number of these buzzwords contained within the CV, dump the rest, and go from there.

But for gods sake, run it through a spellcheck first, and make sure the grammar and tenses are consistent.

confuseddotcom

All Poster did fro what I can see is drop something through some-one's Letter-box. Is that not a pretty regular non-invasive thing to do??!! I would applaude this action and say well done on taking the initiative, and going one step further.

Well the girl got the job so .....

sam34 wrote: »

someone invading my privacy and showing such little respect for my family life wouldnt stand a chance with me

sam34

confuseddotcom wrote: »

All Poster did fro what I can see is drop something through some-one's Letter-box. Is that not a pretty regular non-invasive thing to do??!! I would applaude this action and say well done on taking the initiative, and going one step further.

it's a regular thing for a postman to do, someone whose job it is to deliver mail. it's an expected and necessary thing.

it's not a regular thing for a potential employee to find out one's personal address and turn up there, invading privacy, personal time and family life. it would creep me out. my home is my sanctuary, and i do not want anyone from work disturbing me there.

thats my opinion, others clearly differ.

bette

Which brings us back to page1, post 1; are there nay CV experts in Galway!!!!!!!

opinion guy

sam34 wrote: »

:eek::eek: if i was in a position to employ someone and they invaded my privacy and home life like this, i would never ever employ them, irrespective of how desperate i was.

sam34 wrote: »

someone invading my privacy and showing such little respect for my family life wouldnt stand a chance with me

What if she was smoking hot ? :P

Discodog

sam34 wrote: »

to me it shows lack of respect for personal/professional boundaries

my home is my sanctuary, it is private and it is my personal space and i would take a very dim view of anyone targeting me there in an attempt to garner my attention.. theyd get my attention all right but not the way they wanted!

I have passed your address on to the local Jehovah's so that they can pop in for tea

sam34

opinion guy wrote: »

What if she was smoking hot ? :P

i'm a heterosexual female, so couldnt care less really

sam34

Discodog wrote: »

I have passed your address on to the local Jehovah's so that they can pop in for tea

any stranger who calls to my home uninvited gets pretty short shrift and doesnt call a second time :pac:

i appreciate i am a bit more protective of my home and free time than most people are, but its something i feel very strongly about

opinion guy

sam34 wrote: »

i'm a heterosexual female, so couldnt care less really

Ah. Fair enough then.:)

Thou my reading of the original comment was something like this - she wanted to be an air hostess - a job where looks are considered important (rightly or wrongly) - made a video sent it to male manager. he gave her job. Therefore I conclude she was probably smoking hot:P


To be serious for a minute. I agree with your sentiments regarding people calling to your door. I can't stand uninvited randomers calling to the door looking to sell me **** or whatever. Much like I can't stand cold callers. Or chuggers. I find there is something very personally intrusive about all these activites. If I am in my house i am resting/chilling/whatever. The point is I'm NOT dealing with randomers trying to sell/scam. My home is suppused to be where I don't have to deal with this ****. This goes for cold callers equally. As for the chuggers when I am walking down the street I am generally going somewhere. Fucks me off when these people ask me for a moment of my time. No f*ck off - you don't want a moment you want ten minutes. And money. So f*ck off you lier.

Chugger blocked my path and physically stopped me walking past him one day. Quite aggressive. I think the look on my face aptly communiciated "touch me with that arm again and you lose it" cause he quickly changed his mind

po0k

sam34, you have re-iterated your point several times, stop dragging the thread off topic please.

goose2005

Discodog wrote: »

I have done it lots of times. I have left CD's under directors wipers & sent CV's to director's homes. The vast majority love the idea of someone being inventive & being passionate enough to try a different approach.

Unfortunately, when one uses the same tactics to pick up girls, the judge rarely sees it as "inventive & being passionate "...

telepylus

opinion guy wrote: »

Chugger blocked my path and physically stopped me walking past him one day. Quite aggressive. I think the look on my face aptly communiciated "touch me with that arm again and you lose it" cause he quickly changed his mind

Yeh I totally agree with you here. Fair enough they are just doing their job, as awful as it is, but I have been harrassed unfairly by "chuggers" (cool to know what theyre called, never heard this before). One guy a few months ago literally jumped out in front of me at eyre square and was about a centimeter from my face and started shouting stuff. I was about a heartbeat away from thumping him cos I thought he was going to attack me, only I seen that illuminous thing they wear and realized what was going on. Another time I told a guy I didnt have time as most people do, and he started insulting me under his breathe. Anyway rant over.

On the topic of c.v. preparation, as much as this thread has diverted away from the original question.. Mr. Mister, I'm not sure if you are/were a student, but the career guidance department in the university help with c.v. preparation. the guy has tonnes of experience on recruitment teams etc etc. So that might be of help.

carmex21

Mr.Mister wrote: »

What ever you call them etc...

Where are they,do they cost much?

Cheers big ears.

Hey,
In my old life I was a HR/Recruitment head for my sins. I would be more then happy to help with the cv prep....no cost of course..
Just pm me if you haven't got someone else yet....:)

mims_lally

Mr.Mister wrote: »

What ever you call them etc...

Where are they,do they cost much?

Cheers big ears.

i'm currently unemployed and meeting with someone from fas that specialises in CV's and it does not cost anything

mims_lally

Mr.Mister wrote: »

What ever you call them etc...

Where are they,do they cost much?

Cheers big ears.

i'm currently unemployed and meeting with someone from fas that specialises in CV's and it does not cost anything

The White House

You all sound so Irish, lack of initiative is so prevalent here.