I heard about a service where a person or business helps recreating or fixing a CV and cover letter for a fee.
I don't want to google and start clicking on random websites where someone in India or Philippines will have a resume checked for $$.
Please suggest such a service in Australia. Looking for myself and a friend.
No but would like to get some assistance in reshaping the resume to secure interviews.
Are you a student? If so many career centres will have services like this.
I would just make the resume simple and to the point. List stuff you think is important, use a template from word.
Nit a student anymore. Seems like resume isn't interesting enough ti secure interviews.
Maybe it's because it has typos? ;)
MS Work can fix them with little effort but Chrome can't ;)
It's not as simple as it sounds. Any Tom Dick and Harry (or Sunil, Kapil and Sachin) can edit it, but you need to understand how to get through the ATS for it to be of any benefit to you.
Plenty of expirienced people on Airtasker. My resume was reviewed by an HR guy in Melbourne who did it as a side job.
I was going to suggest likewise. There are a lot of bored people that know their stuff on there.
How much did you pay?
Thanks. I will try that. How much did you charge for the service.. if you remember…
I paid $50 for a new customised cover letter and a review of my current resume. Most resume jobs are going for $40 to $100.
Can you PM me the business name etc?
What is wrong with India or the Philippines - you will get the same, if not better product a damn sight cheaper
Nothing wrong. Good people but heaps of dodgy scammers offering assignments help as well as resume review services on the web.
It is very easy to make a quick buck selling a kind of rubbery result like a revised resume. Quick promotional website, steal some content and wait for the suckers. Then after a few take the bait shut it down, rinse and repeat.
The internet has opened up this type of thing to a global market of suckers for very little actual effort.
Someone living overseas is not going to have the same understanding of Australian employers.
Look for a local that will sit down with you and help, rather than someone you email it to and they email a new version back.
Also consider that as much as your resume doesn’t change much, it does need to be tailored for each application.
I would separate the CV's editing part from the communication part. You should learn how to communicate why you are the perfect candidate for a job. The documents are just the delivery mechanism.
The CV's number one objective is to convince the reader that you are the perfect candidate for the job.
The cover letter’s number one objective is to convince the reader that you are interesting enough to get you in an interview.
The interview’s number one objective is to convince the hiring manager/panel that you are the perfect person for the job and get you an offer.
These being said, the editing part should not be too hard, here are the mechanics I recommend to be considered.
Create a master CV where you keep a track of most relevant work you did and do, every project and achievement you have. All of them!
For each job you apply, create a new CV, only keeping the structure, employment history and the key experience/achievements. Only include the expertise/achievements relevant for the role you apply, take out everything else. I know it’s hard, but consider the readers. They have dozens of CV to read, a sharp focused CV will pop out of the sea of generic CVs. If you have a LinkedIn profile (hit: you should!) just have the essence of your CV there.
The CV must address the key requirements for the job. Use your employment history to create a narrative of progression where you arrive to be the best candidate for the job today. For example, if you apply for a Big Data or Machine Learning job, start from the curiosity of your first encounter with computers and show a build of relevant skills and expertise to present time. Think of what skills and expertise are required for Big Data and Machine Learning and demonstrate how you accumulated them and the context of acquiring them.
The cover letter should address the "between the lines" narrative of the job posting or PD, usually found at the start or the end of it. To help here, read the PD and think “why do they need someone to do this job” and then target those points in your cover letter. Again, use a generic structure and then adjust it for the job you’re applying, for the same reasons mentioned at point 2 (sharp focus). I always recommend including a cover letter, even if not asked for. If you apply by email, make your email the cover letter. If you apply online and the form allows you to upload only one document, make the first page of your resume the cover letter.
If your specific industry relys on recruiters, it complicates the process, as you would have to equally convince the recruiter and the hiring manager. Many make the mistake of targeting the hiring manager only and forgetting the recruiter. There are too many fine details to mentioned them here, but consider the following. Many recruiters don’t have expertise in the areas they recruit, they would have to rely on key words matching the PD to the CVs. This is why when I hire through recruiters, I ask for all the CVs to be passed on to me and then I give them back the short list, they use it to screen for an interview. Many times, I see CVs done brilliantly to target the recruiter (key words matching the PD, big and recognisable previous employers, certifications etc.) but I know from experience what is reality and what is Manga.
If there is interest here on the above, I can put together, in the next few weeks, a CV, cover letter and interview structure to help people "think" well about the process and navigate the CV, cover letter and interview process. Free of charge, of course, this is a bargain hunting website :-)
Just recently, I helped someone, who worked in one of my previous projects, to get a job. Before he came to ask for help, he went to 10+ interviews in the last 6 months with no offers. After a bit of coaching and "mind bending", he scored two offers!
Disclaimer: I don't do this for money, please don’t ask. I'm passionate about helping people go to the next level in their career. I interviewed and hired hundreds and hundreds of people in my 20+ years career and frequently help people get (better) jobs. Check out my Meetup at https://www.meetup.com/Startup-Navigators/ I just created yesterday.
I sent you a PM for a service I'm familiar with.
Thank you :)
If you do use such as service, pro tip is to have a bit of read of it before you send it in.
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