mrmoofo – Member
It’s not that difficult to write your own TBH
Needs common sense and motivation
I’d say it’s really hard to write your own and nothing to do with common sense or motivation. I review a lot of CVs and most of them are absolute shite. And neither experience nor seniority seem to have any impact on how good or bad CVs are!
The most common errors I see are that people state what project / company they worked for, but give no indication of what they actually did, what their responsibilities were or what successes they achieved. It’s actually quite hard to talk about your own successes in that way, so it’s helpful to have someone develop that for you (doesn’t have to be a pro-CV writer). “I was a Project Engineer for 6 years and worked on the following projects….” just doesn’t cut it, but is what 75% of the CVs I see consist of.
Mediocrity is the norm, good stands out. Find someone who knows what they’re doing (mate / colleague / CV writer) and get them to help you. And stick to 2 sides max 😉