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Starting your own CV Writing
Service
Here's a business you can start for virtually
nothing and build into a million pound enterprise in five years or less.
Many established CV writing services in the large
metropolitan areas are reporting annual incomes of £60,000 or more.
Even the smaller operations, in towns as small as
15,000 are experiencing sales of £50,000 or more.
No special knowledge, education or experience are
required for total success in this business.
An awareness of the general format of the modern
CV, and the ability to keep oneself up to date on refinements or new approaches
to presenting CV material are about the only pre-requisites to successfully
operate a CV writing service.
Probably the most exciting and motivational
aspects of this business idea are the low investment and risk factors involved,
and the growing demand for CV services.
Up until the past couple of years, few if any
people really had to look for jobs.
People in general have either forgotten how to
look for a new job, or never knew how in the first place.
But no more!
There are fewer jobs and an increasing number of
people applying for those jobs that are available.
A little while ago, the Post Office advertised
that applications would be accepted on two days only, for 600 upcoming
vacancies.
Would you believe that twenty thousand applicants
showed up to fill out applications?
Can you imagine the post office personnel qeople
reviewing all those applications, and then interviewing all those people?
On another day, word got out that there was going
to be an opening for a forklift driver at a local warehouse.
Fifteen hundred men and women showed up even
before the job was advertised.
Times are tough, and we're moving even deeper into
the age of specialisation. Employers are demanding to know more about the
applicant - his work record, natural talents and personality traits.
They want more information upon which to base
their interview selections than just the cold facts on the application
form.
Personnel managers are placing a higher premium on
their time, and delegating to others the job of 'weeding out' the unqualified
applicants from those whose backgrounds and ooals come closest to fitting the
needs of the company.
To get in to see the person doing the hiring
nowadays, the job applicant has to sell himself, and that calls for a
professionally written CV.
More and more firms are demanding CVs.
Industry estimates are that by the year 2000, most
of the jobs worth having will require a written CV before even an initial
interview is granted.
And that's where you can fit into the picture with
your Professional CV Writing Service.
Probably 80 percent of the people searching for
jobs don't have a CV.
Of the 20 percent who do, many are ineffective;
they simply do not adequately present the applicant's total qualifications.
Everyone - with or without a CV - is looking for
this key: a professionally!written CV, a sales presentation of their
qualifications and experience that will get the job for them - the job they
want.
The job hunters are wound up in their own
specialities and problems.
They don't know how, and they don't have the time
- AND they're willing to pay you to put it all together for them.
Just as you are willing to pay a doctor, dentist
or investment broker, those who need a CV are willing to pay you for this
service.
The market exists in every city and town in this
country, and the demand for this service is growing daily.
Your opportunity for success beyond your fondest
dreams has never been greater!
You'll need a modern, professional typewriter, or
preferably, a uord processor or computer.
Setting up and operating from your own home will
be the most economical way to begin.
In addition to your typewriter or computer, you
should have a typewriter stand, typist's chair, adjustable long arm lamp, and a
file cabinet.
To prepare properly, invest in a good book on how
to write job winning CVs.
Select a book which discusses both the cover
letter and the format of the body of the CV.
The most important part of any CV package is the
cover letter the applicant sends as part of the CV.
This letter states the specific job the applicant
is applying for, explains why he believes he is qualified, and pointedly asks
for an interview.
In most cases, you'll be able to provide an "all
purpose form letter" which your client can adapt to any position that interests
him.
More later about actual writing of the CV and the
cover letter.
The format and style of the body of the CV are the
items you want to learn from your book.
CVs of today are generally in this outline:
1. Name 2. Address 3. Date of Birth 4.
Availability 5. Health 6. Phone Number 7. Type of job or position wanted 8.
Goals and/or desires in life 9. Job history, starting with current or last job
held 10. Special courses, education or training completed 11. Military History
12. Formal Education 13. Activities while attending school: athletics, offices,
awards, etc 14. Hobbies and special interests 15. Notation that names of
business and personal references will be furnished on request
Once you're organised with space and equipment,
you're ready for business.
All that's necessary from this point on will be
advertising, client interview, and producing the final product. Your
advertising needs, in comparison with many other businesses, need not cost you
an exorbitant amount of money.
It should, however, be consistent and
eye-catching.
You should contact your area's most widely read
newspaper and arrange to run a one-column by one inch ad every day for the next
six to twelve months.
By purchasing your ad space on a daily insertion
basis, and over at least a six month period, your rate will be much lower than
the rate charged for shorter contracts.
Your newspaper ad might read something like this:
A Complete, Professional Service LOCAL CV SERVICE Resumes - Letters -
Applications ... that result in jobs! Phone 12345
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