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Re: Offer HN: I will review and critique your CV.

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Post by RBr »

Does anyone have any recommendations for paid services that do this sort of thing?

KoZeN's offer to review CV's is really (really) nice, but with well over 40 to read, his offer won't likely meet the demand.

I've thought a few times that there must be something wrong with my resume and I'd like to have it reviewed professionally.

Has anyone paid to have their resume reviewed? If so, where, how much did it cost and was it worth it?

Google brings up plenty of options, but I'm nervous to use any of them for fear that they may not have experience in tech / I.T. / programming or worse, that they'll simply find a couple of grammar mistakes and charge me a few hundred dollars.

Any help?

Re: Offer HN: I will review and critique your CV.

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Post by ig1 »

RBr wrote: post #21

Does anyone have any recommendations for paid services that do this sort of thing? KoZeN's offer to review CV's is really (really) nice, but with well over 40 to read, his offer won't likely meet the demand. I've thought a few times that there must be something wrong with my resume and I'd like to have it reviewed professionally. Has anyone paid to have their resume reviewed? If so, where, how much did it cost and wa…

What would you be willing to pay and what would you expect to get out of it ?

I think a big problem is that the return varies a lot, some people have absolutely awful CVs and some people have great CVs. If you're charging a flat-rate for CV reviews then some people will obviously get far more value out of it than others. If you charge variable-rate that's likely to put off customers who want to know upfront how much something will cost.

Re: Offer HN: I will review and critique your CV.

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Post by KoZeN »

RBr wrote: post #21

Does anyone have any recommendations for paid services that do this sort of thing? KoZeN's offer to review CV's is really (really) nice, but with well over 40 to read, his offer won't likely meet the demand. I've thought a few times that there must be something wrong with my resume and I'd like to have it reviewed professionally. Has anyone paid to have their resume reviewed? If so, where, how much did it cost and wa…

I'm glad you brought this up.

Firstly, regardless of the size of the response, I will uphold my promise and provide feedback on every single CV I get, it may take some time but I will deliver.

Secondly, as for a paid service, you absolutely hit the nail on the head as far as your concern about for fear that they may not have experience in tech / I.T. / programming or worse, that they'll simply find a couple of grammar mistakes and charge me a few hundred dollars.

This is the sole reason I haven't set up a paid service myself. How can you charge $100 dollars only to receive a CV that is essentially perfect or even convince your market that you won't just give generic feedback?

Send me the CV and I will do my absolute best for you.

Re: Offer HN: I will review and critique your CV.

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Post by semanticist »

cies wrote: post #22

Thanks for your offer! Currently I do not really have a CV anymore, I link to my linkedin or make a dump of my linkedin to doc/pdf. What do you think of this practice? Anyone else who has opinions on "moving the CV to linkedin"?

As far as I know, LinkedIn makes most of its money by selling access to recruiters. There's definitely automated software that spiders LinkedIn to make it easy for recruiters to search - but they're still going to want a CV to send to their clients.

Re: Offer HN: I will review and critique your CV.

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Post by ig1 »

user24 wrote: post #9

I'm think my CV is pretty well polished, but I've never asked for professional feedback on it, so let me know what you think: http://www.puremango.co.uk/2009/08/php-cv/ I'm particularly interested in whether you think the order of sections (education->work->general->personal) works, and whether my copy sells. Thanks for the offer! PS: I'm not looking for work at the moment, so please prioritise my request lower than…

Generally you only put education first while you're still in education, after your first proper job you put that first.

Re: Offer HN: I will review and critique your CV.

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Post by AndyKelley »

user24 wrote: post #9

I'm think my CV is pretty well polished, but I've never asked for professional feedback on it, so let me know what you think: http://www.puremango.co.uk/2009/08/php-cv/ I'm particularly interested in whether you think the order of sections (education->work->general->personal) works, and whether my copy sells. Thanks for the offer! PS: I'm not looking for work at the moment, so please prioritise my request lower than…

Excellent SEO ability; this resumé is ranked in the top results for “php CV” and “php programmer CV“.

This totally impressed me.

Also, I love this: http://www.geekwallpapers.com/3d-wallpaper-office-plan/

Re: Offer HN: I will review and critique your CV.

#28

Post by dquigley »

ig1 wrote: post #23
RBr wrote: post #21

Does anyone have any recommendations for paid services that do this sort of thing? KoZeN's offer to review CV's is really (really) nice, but with well over 40 to read, his offer won't likely meet the demand. I've thought a few times that there must be something wrong with my resume and I'd like to have it reviewed professionally. Has anyone paid to have their resume reviewed? If so, where, how much did it cost and wa…

What would you be willing to pay and what would you expect to get out of it ? I think a big problem is that the return varies a lot, some people have absolutely awful CVs and some people have great CVs. If you're charging a flat-rate for CV reviews then some people will obviously get far more value out of it than others. If you charge variable-rate that's likely to put off customers who want to know upfront how much…

It does sounds like there might be an opportunity though for a developer-focused CV review service? HNcvreview.com anyone?

Maybe you could get away with a flat rate if you provided additional services besides the review. Maybe taking the CVs and turning them into a profile for them that's indexable by Google or creating a "reverse job application" like a couple people have been floating around lately here?

Re: Offer HN: I will review and critique your CV.

#29

Post by user24 »

AndyKelley wrote: post #27
user24 wrote: post #9

I'm think my CV is pretty well polished, but I've never asked for professional feedback on it, so let me know what you think: http://www.puremango.co.uk/2009/08/php-cv/ I'm particularly interested in whether you think the order of sections (education->work->general->personal) works, and whether my copy sells. Thanks for the offer! PS: I'm not looking for work at the moment, so please prioritise my request lower than…

Excellent SEO ability; this resumé is ranked in the top results for “php CV” and “php programmer CV“. This totally impressed me. Also, I love this: http://www.geekwallpapers.com/3d-wallpaper-office-plan/

heh, thanks :) That 3d wallpaper wasn't made by me, I just added it to my collection.

Glad you like line about SEO. I'm not sure I could repeat the success without puremango being an established & well-ranked blog already, but I like to think I'm good at SEO. Geek Wallpapers ranks highly for several keywords too and that's been going less than a year, so I must be doing something right! :)

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