"Not what was expected"

Not what was expected, I was promised the earth that my revitalised CV would open doors that were being blocked. After receiving my rewrite, I applied for a further 47 jobs, and to my surprise, I received no invite to interview.

I reached out to several of the companies I applied to and was faced with the reality......

11 companies informed me that my CV was weak, the formatting and content did not portray my real life experience and was not conducive to mt vast experience and attributes.

Do not use this service, it was a waste of my time and money, I've tried to reach out to then and to date, I have had no feedback, they take your money, then they leave you high and dry.........

"Natalie was so responsive and helpful"

Natalie was so responsive and helpful. She was very good with words and I am very happy with the results. Thank you.

"Ask Co-pilot to rewrite. Cheaper"

The service is to “improve” a CV. Get better scores via Ai algorithm - it's the same!
Zero replies from a person. No reply to E-mail, no calls back.
Not concluded - final outcome and review to follow. So far 1/10
(update) - I had a VOIP call from "Cardiff" - wink - I still do not have a reviewed CV, no changes, and STILL not what has been asked. (Offshored Authors) - still 3/10

"They know what they are doing "

They took the time to find out my full potential by the information, qualifications and experience provided and develop my CV and LinkedIn profile to suit. It is so much more professional.

"Worst experience money deducted without…"

Worst experience money deducted without intimation after I got rejected due to mistakes in my cv

"Friendly CV writer and timely delivery…"

Friendly CV writer and timely delivery of service

"Great work"

Excellent job on the CV

"Good for entry level, not for professionals"

This service is slick in terms of the tech-stack it uses.

Experience: The writer was friendly but the production of the CV and cover letter were not within a cultural context. There seemed to be a disconnect from the questionnaire that was completed and the writer's access to the information as we had to repeat a lot of the questions. Changes when requested were transactional and not helpful in terms of creating impact. The CV and letter are uninspiring and hardly likely to be picked from a pile. There was too much emphasis on ATS and not on building a compelling narrative. Whilst a good ATS score is helpful, what TopCV didn't do is understand that at senior level, it is more likely to be a headhunter or recruitment manager you are speaking to directly, so that clear narrative and success story is so much more important. The letter was uninteresting, lacking in detail and influence. Despite this, the language used was bombastic in places and not authentic for the country for which it was intended to be used.

Comms: You get bombarded with comms on a daily basis, few of which are useful. The writer can take a while to acknowledge you. Worst is on the live chat, the person I was communicating with was un able to answer a question and there was no critical thinking.

Outcomes: I got no positive invites to interview with the new CV and letter compared to applying for the same jobs with my old CV. Therefore, the whole experience was a waste of time and money.

Advice to others: for entry level, or only a few years of experience, I would say it might be helpful. However, to more senior professionals, it is a better investment to work with someone that will really work with you to create something compelling.

"£120 for a CV that gets nowhere."

£120 for a CV that gets nowhere.

Have applied for 90+ jobs using this CV and have gotten absolutely nowhere with it. I experimented by creating a CV in Word in 15 minutes, creating a new job search account, applying for a role I was rejected from using this CV and you know what happened? I was invited to interview!

Something fundamentally wrong if an "expert' writing your CV gets you zero interviews and you've paid over £100 for it but a basic CV created for free gets you more.

Would absolutely not recommend paying to have your CV written by this company and instead write it yourself - you'll probably do it better!

Update 12.03 - Per the reply from the company below, still not had a single response from anybody. Absolutely disgraceful.

"That was the most honest and detailed…"

That was the most honest and detailed CV review I have ever got.
Thanks.