Professional CV Services
Why Professional CV Services are worthwhile
There are many reasons why a professional cv service will be valuable to you:
- To stand out: There are up to as many as 100 applicants for many job categories, especially in the aftermath of a major recession when the number of CVs hitting desks will be monumental
- To secure a promotion: You may be looking to move to another employer to achieve a promotion, but you are finding it difficult to think what they are looking for at the higher level and how to convey the gravitas required
- To find a job in another country: Sometimes you don't know what is required elsewhere or your English writing skills are not advanced enough to convey your experience and skills
- To overcome time pressure: many executives are simply too busy or tired to write a new CV from scratch and want to obtain professional help to craft it and then edit it afterwards.
So one does not need to feel embarrassed by those who say you should be able to write your own CV. This might be true for some, but everyone's circumstances are unique.
Which Professioanl CV Services should I choose
There are dozens of professional cv writing services on the market, many UK based and linked to some of the major job boards and newspapers. The types of cv services could be grouped into the following:
- Low Cost CV Services: There are many services offering CVs for £20-50 per CV. These services will not be very profitable and depend upon high volume. As such, they may improve the cosmetics of your CV by formatting it into a template, but they will not be able to develop a bespoke CV and remunerate the writer suitably.
- "Middle of the Road" CV Services: These CV services are trying to offer something a little more, perhaps crafting a CV using a questionnaire to claim bespoke writing, but the production is still more copywriting excellence, not CV writing. The difference with professional cv services is the knowledge of management expectations and how to position your CV.
- High Quality Professional CV Services: These CV services are higher priced, ranging from £250 to £400 for a professional CV for an executive, but they bring real understanding of the requirements of senior managers and can also bring industry expertise. They will not need to offer lots of additional services, but will provide a truly bespoke service for managers. Platinum falls into this group
- Expensive CV Services: These cv services are highly priced, costing around £600 or more and the costs are driven by exceptionally high lead generation and sales conversion costs that have to be passed on. The actual fee paid to writers is still low and the quality may be no better than high quality services, but you pay for the brand and the overheads.
The challenge is to know which is which! At Platinum Professional CV Writing Services, we believe in keeping our overheads down and so charge more modest fees and pay writers more for their efforts, so that we attract the best.
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