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.

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!

Peter Holl, Chatham

I contacted CVpal to help with changing my cv to attract new roles and more importantly in different industry sectors. They were able to immediately tell me what was wrong with my current cv and also constructed a really good personal profile and cover letter to go with the cv. They were very professional, very cost effective and ultimately it worked as I immediately gained interviews in different sectors.

The one to one support was brilliant, I was advised on where to put my cv to gain the best exposure and following posting my new CVpal cv on to the internet I was contacted by new employers that I hadnt been contacted by with my old cv.

I would highly recommend anyone contacting them as from having rung around a few cv writing companies they were clearly head and shoulders better and also sensibly priced for the service you get.

Tom Freeman, Dunstable

Since my CV has been updated I received more calls from recruiters and registered with 6 agencies within 1 week.
Andrew and his team is providing a quality service with a tailor-made approach. I will surely be back again once I found my new position. Thank you so much once again for the amazing service!

Susan Harris, London

I was due to leave the Army I applied for a lot of jobs but was not getting a lot back.

I spoke to CVpal and strait away Andrew advised me my cv was not doing me justice when trying to transfer millatry skill in to civilian skills.

I purchase a cv package with a cover letter, Andrew stayed in contact with me when wrighting my cv to make sure everything was how I wanted it.
When Andrew sent me my new cv I was impressed and re applied for a proviouse job.
To my suprise I got an interview, during the interview they took out a copy of my cv and no suprise it was the one CVpal had done for me.

Would like to thank CVpal for there hard work and communication and helping me get my foot in the door, I have not been employed by that company for the past 2 months.

Duane Carey, Swindon