Peek behind the scenes of CV Shed
As we come to the top of the 12 months, I believed I’d share a bit extra about what I do right here at CV Shed. I’ve been fortunate sufficient to work on quite a lot of tasks over the past month, which have saved me busy at a historically quiet time of 12 months. That is what I’ve been as much as lately:
CVs for personal shoppers
I’ve had a number of personal shoppers this month, who discover me by way of my
blogs, web searches,
LinkedIn and private suggestions. This side of my work will be actually various and clients this month embrace a British Diplomat, a Police Inspector, an IT Supervisor and an Account Director. These CVs are actually the core of what I do; I like to assist individuals to grasp their worth and assist them in taking the subsequent steps on their profession path.
Freelance CV writing
To fill the gaps between personal shoppers, I write on a contract foundation for a world CV firm. I can take as a lot or as little work as I would like, which supplies me the pliability to prioritise personal shoppers in between freelance orders. I are inclined to concentrate on entry-level, retail, administration, manufacturing and logistics roles for this consumer.
Employees profiles
Nearly all of this month has been spent fulfilling a contract for a building firm, who employed me to put in writing profiles of their key workers. These will likely be used to introduce the staff to the consumer after they bid for brand spanking new work, so though the content material is much like that on a CV, the target market could be very completely different. This mission has been actually pleasant and I used to be in a position to create some robust profiles for employees that engaged with the method and actually thought of their solutions to my questions.
Proofreading
I actually loved the couple of proofreading jobs that got here my method this month. I used to be requested to examine the copy for 2 web sites owned by a monetary planning group, which, though not my traditional subject material, was attention-grabbing for me and a superb probability to step again into one thing I used to do every day earlier than I moved into CV writing.
Running a blog
In addition to working my very own
blog right here at CV Shed, I additionally write paid posts for different firms. Most of my commissions today come from an organization in New York, who want me to put in writing from a British perspective for his or her UK enterprise. I like the writing course of, and, as a further bonus, it might result in extra personal work as weblog readers search me out to work on their
CVs.
Hanging out in a digital workplace
I’m fortunate sufficient to be a part of a web-based workplace for freelance CV writers. Though we’ve by no means met in particular person, everyone seems to be tremendous supportive and there’s at all times somebody in there to supply recommendation / a listening ear / workplace banter at any time of the day. It signifies that, though we’re all working independently in our personal little nook of the UK (and past!), we will nonetheless talk about greatest observe and bounce concepts round.
Managing job provides
I used to be approached on LinkedIn by a UK-based CV writing firm, who requested me to affix their staff. I politely declined, however this goes to point out the worth of an entire and up-to-date
LinkedIn profile – you will be headhunted to new roles with out even making an attempt, in case your profile is as much as scratch! I used to be additionally supplied a short-term freelance position with a publishing firm – I’d have cherished to have taken it, because it’s an space I’m very considering working in, however sadly the amount of labor I’d already dedicated to meant that I wasn’t free after they wanted me. Fingers crossed they’ll ask once more subsequent 12 months!
As you’ll be able to see, the previous few weeks have been fairly full-on. I’m winding down for Christmas now and recharging prepared for subsequent 12 months, so please do
get in touch if in case you have any tasks I will help with in 2021!