{"id":206,"date":"2016-08-15T10:38:17","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T10:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.uk\/career-tips\/?p=206"},"modified":"2022-09-27T10:22:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T10:22:01","slug":"how-valuemycv-can-help-your-job-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.uk\/blog\/how-valuemycv-can-help-your-job-search\/","title":{"rendered":"How ValueMyCV Can Help Your Job Search"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Whether you&#8217;ve just left school, are returning to work after an absence or are looking for a change of career, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.uk\/jobs\/value-my-cv\/upload?utm_source=career-tips&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=how-vmcv-helps-job-search\">ValueMyCV<\/a> can help you in your job search.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Crafting a brilliant CV is hard. \u00a0You\u2019ve probably Googled advice and a fair few templates, then spent hours listing your experience and penning a blinding personal statement.\u00a0 After all that effort, how do you know whether it\u2019s any good?<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s one quick, free and easy way to find out.<\/p>\n<p>Stop tinkering with the font and spacing, because in under a minute you could have run your CV through Adzuna\u2019s ValueMyCV tool and found out just how good it is.\u00a0Here\u2019s how ValueMyCV can help you in your job search:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>It checks your CV is machine-readable<\/strong> \u2013 Your CV will probably be run through a clever computer programme first, so it\u2019s got to tick all the computer\u2019s favourite boxes. Follow these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.uk\/career-tips\/cvs-cover-letters\/how-to-get-your-cv-seen-by-a-recruiter\/\">tips<\/a> for more info.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It checks you aren\u2019t missing something \u2013 <\/strong>Gaps in your CV? This will spot them.\u00a0 And since one in three CVs contains that ultimate no-no, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/03\/30\/adzuna-study-every-third-cv-contains-a-spelling-mistake\/\">spelling mistake<\/a>, this will also stick a red flag on these as well.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It gives you a market value \u2013 <\/strong>ValueMyCV will give you a useful little price tag based on the value of your skills and experience. While that doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re limited to applying for roles within that salary bracket, it can be handy to know where you realistically sit. Some of us sell ourselves short and are turned down because we\u2019re actually <em>over<\/em>-qualified \u2013 this should be a nice little confidence boost if you\u2019re in that camp.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It\u2019s great for people about to make a big career leap \u2013<\/strong> The jobs market changes quickly. You can easily lose touch with how much skills are worth if you\u2019ve been out of work a long time, perhaps raising young children. Same goes if you\u2019ve been in the same role for decades and suddenly want a career change.\u00a0 This is a good way to find out what your skills are worth now.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It tells you if you\u2019re missing keywords or key skills \u2013 <\/strong>Worth more than the value you\u2019ve been given? It probably means you\u2019ve missed out some key skills or keywords. Try adding a bit more info and see if that improves your price tag.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It pairs you with suitable vacancies \u2013 <\/strong>Once it\u2019s got to know you better, ValueMyCV will match you up with the most suitable vacancies. That saves you the bother of wading through pages of unsuitable job ads.<\/li>\n<li><strong>It can set you up with new job alerts \u2013 <\/strong>If you\u2019ve decided you get on quite well with ValueMyCV and want to remain friends, it can send you regular alerts when suitable roles come online. Once you land your dream job you can turn alerts off \u2013 although you will probably want to check back in before too long to make sure you\u2019re still getting paid the market rate!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So what are you waiting for?\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.uk\/jobs\/value-my-cv\/upload?utm_source=career-tips&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=how-vmcv-helps-job-search\">Find out how good your CV really is<\/a>, and let the job hunt begin!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you&#8217;ve just left school, are returning to work after an absence or are looking for a change of career, ValueMyCV can help you in your job search. Crafting a brilliant CV is hard. \u00a0You\u2019ve probably Googled advice and a fair few templates, then spent hours listing your experience and penning a blinding personal statement.\u00a0<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.uk\/blog\/how-valuemycv-can-help-your-job-search\/\"> Continued \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cvs-cover-letters"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}