As a HRD with 16 years experience of working as an Interim for Corporate and SME clients, I needed a new CV to market my service to both Interim Executive Recruiters or to CEO/HR teams. I have been extremely impressed with the service provided by CV Pal who truly understood my needs and provided excellent value for money services in a professional yet friendly manner.
Linda E Thorpe, Bromley
An exceptional CV service, very happy to recommend to others.
I was looking for a new job after being at my current company for 6 years, they helped me by writing my CV in a way that really sold my skills and show how they would be transferable to another company. I got a great job at Disney on the back of this and I would definately recommend their services to other people.
Kirsty, London
I was a little dubious about using CV Writing Services to begin with, but after 3 months of not receiving any interest from numerous online applications (and being pretty sure it was not to do with a lack of skills or experience) I decided to give it a try. After checking a few companies out and sending off for some free CV reviews, CVpal's initial feedback was the most detailed and explained exactly where I had gone wrong. I then spoke to them on the phone and had a very valuable and not too sales-pitchy conversation, which made me feel comfortable handing over the service fee.
Peter Holl, Chatham
In less than a week I received the initial draft and was most impressed! It was beautifully presented, included all the relevant information and added key words that I can see now were really important. If I was to be really picky (with my ex-IT Teacher and new IT Trainer hat on) the only issue I had with my CV was that it was manually formatted throughout, rather than using Styles, but this is certainly something I could overlook! After going back and forth a couple of times to make some minor adjustments I felt it was time to start sending it out and seeing how well my new CV worked.
I had stopped applying for jobs for a period of 2 weeks while I was hunting for CV Writing Services and waiting for CVpal to redo mine, so on the following Monday I sent out 5 new applications. By the next day I had had 4 responses of which I turned down 1, 1 never followed up and 2 went to the telephone interview stage. One of these then went to final face-to-face interview and within 2 weeks of sending out my new CV I was finally offered a new job (which I start in the next week or so and am really looking forward to!).
There is clearly a knack to writing CVs as recruiters seem to be looking for very specific information presented in a very specific way, and the staff at CVpal clearly know what they are doing. Although it may seem a lot of money to begin with, on reflection it was definitely a worthwhile investment and I would have no hesitation in recommending CVpal's services ( I will most probably use them again in a few years when my CV needs an update!) If in doubt, give their free CV Review service a try and give them a call - I'm sure you won't regret it!
I am a total skeptic and a difficult customer to please. After failing to even get a response from my CV, I decided to enlist the help of an expert. Having spent a lot of time narrowing down my choice of services, I decided on CVpal. What influenced my decision was that Andrew was the only person out of all the services that I contacted who phoned me back (and promptly) and took the time to answer all of my concerns without putting pressure on me to use CVpal. I feel that his service is thorough, exceptional value for the amount of hard work he did, completely re-writing my CV. Within hours of uploading my new CV my phone rang constantly for days. Within 48 hours I had 3 interviews lined up and I was offered a role. If you are in any doubt I fully recommend Andrew and CVpal.
Dan Anonlastname, Potters Bar
Andrew many thanks for the CV and covering letter.I would recommend your service to anyone who wants a quality product produce on time to a very high standard.May i wish you every success in the future and I thank you again for all your help
Jon Hoath, Shefford