CV writing service

tbx

Can anyone please recommend a good CV writing service, preferably in Cork. I last used my CV 6 years ago and think the format / layout is probably out of date at this stage.
Thanks

blindsider

You might be better off having a go yourself. run it by a few friends etc and see how you get on. There's lots of free stuff online e.g.

http://career-advice.monster.ie/cvs-applications/free-cv-templates/jobs.aspx



TBH - writing a CV for someone else means sitting down with them for at least an hour to discuss their experience and achievements.

Then 1-2 hrs writing it up, formatting, proofing and sending it back to you for final checks.

3 hrs work - it's not going to be cheap.

Snakeweasel

Dont pay anybody to help with your CV. As long as you go in the format of personal info first, then education, starting with most recent and working back, employment history, starting with most recent and working back, then additional training/qualifications, interests and hobbies and finally references.

HR departments just want a CV that is clear as they scan over them so quickly you would not believe, so make sure to sell yourself!

blindsider

Snakeweasel wrote: »

Dont pay anybody to help with your CV. As long as you go in the format of personal info first, then education, starting with most recent and working back, employment history, starting with most recent and working back, then additional training/qualifications, interests and hobbies and finally references.

HR departments just want a CV that is clear as they scan over them so quickly you would not believe, so make sure to sell yourself!

TBH I'd put Employment History before Education, unless you've got very specialised qualifications for the job, and little employment history.

Employers want to know what you're doing now....

tbx

Thanks guys for the tips.

Snakeweasel

blindsider wrote: »

TBH I'd put Employment History before Education, unless you've got very specialised qualifications for the job, and little employment history.

Employers want to know what you're doing now....

I was just basing that on my own experience of working in HR. When you are recruiting for a role that could get anything up to and over 100 applications, 90% of which are in the format I mentioned, you get used to seeing them in a particular way, which makes it easier to scan through. Anything that makes the recruiters job easier will always go in your favor in your application!

Even specialised qualifications shouldn't take more than a few lines. I completely agree with going most recent first in terms of your work experience, the only thing more annoying than someone that starts with their first job and then works to most recent, are the people that jumble dates all over the place to put their most relevant experience all near the top, makes for a near impossible to read CV.

blindsider

Snakeweasel wrote: »

I was just basing that on my own experience of working in HR. When you are recruiting for a role that could get anything up to and over 100 applications, 90% of which are in the format I mentioned, you get used to seeing them in a particular way, which makes it easier to scan through. Anything that makes the recruiters job easier will always go in your favor in your application! [Absolutely!]

Even specialised qualifications shouldn't take more than a few lines. I completely agree with going most recent first in terms of your work experience, the only thing more annoying than someone that starts with their first job and then works to most recent, are the people that jumble dates all over the place to put their most relevant experience all near the top, makes for a near impossible to read CV.

There's only one place those CV's are going......don't care who or what etc - it's just not happening!