Thoughts on cv/resume writing services?

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Waste of time if you are no longer in school

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Having rewritten resumes for a bunch of friends and colleagues, most people are terrible at writing a good resume. Hire someone.

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Agreed. Write your own CV. You need to know it back to front anyway.

Citi: it's worth the small investment or try at least once. Either way You will learn helpful ways to format, word , and present your skills and job history in a manner tailored to our industry . Also, It may offer you a leg up in successfully marketing yourself. Your Alma Mater may have resume/cv workshop and services for Alums either free or at a low cost. Otherwise there are plenty reputable, BBB certified services available online or through professional networks in your area at reasonable costs.

Actually GS1 has a good point. If you're unsure about how to do it, make sure you get some advice from somewhere. I just got friends with a great deal of experience to help me tailor mine, but then again when I was in the office yesterday I found a CV someone had left lying around. I shit you not the guy had 7 years of professional experience but still put his GCSEs on the front page, has no 'skills' but did have an 'activities' section with 'I take healthy living very seriously' - don't be that guy. I

Internally Citi have some great info on CV writing and interviews. Just search for it on intranet results will come up.

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