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Honest feedback on your CV.

Find out exactly why your CV is not getting the responses it should with our free, professional and confidential CV review from a recruiter.

Know exactly what is holding you back.
Recruiter and ATS view.
Honest feedback in 2 days.
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Free CV review

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Upload your CV below and a senior recruiter will review it personally. Free, confidential, and with no obligation to buy anything.

Reviewed by a real recruiter · Feedback within 2 days · Confidential, no obligation

Professional CV review service

Two angles. Both matter.

Every CV we review is assessed from two distinct perspectives – the way a recruiter reads it, and the way technology filters it. Both have to work. Most free CV reviews are automated: an AI tool scans your document, generates a score, and sends you a generic report that could apply to anyone. Ours is different. Every CV submitted to The CV Squad is reviewed by a senior recruiter with 25+ years of hiring experience – a real person, reading your actual CV, and giving you honest, specific feedback on exactly what is working and what is holding you back. No algorithms. No templates. No obligation to buy anything.

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How a hiring manager reads your CV in the real world.

Recruiter View

With 25+ years in recruitment, we review your CV the way a hiring manager does - fast, critical, and with a clear idea of what they are looking for. We assess how quickly and clearly your value comes across, whether the structure makes sense for your career stage and target roles, and whether a recruiter could confidently champion you to a client or hiring team based on what is on the page. Most CVs fail this test not because the experience is weak, but because it is not presented in a way that lands in seconds.

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Whether your CV is being filtered out before a human ever sees it.

ATS and AI View

The volume of online applications has made manual screening impossible for most employers. Hiring teams now use ATS and AI screening technology to filter CVs before a recruiter ever reads them. If your CV is not structured, formatted, and keyword-aligned to pass these systems, it is almost guaranteed to be filtered out - regardless of how strong your experience is. Your CV is no longer just a personal document. It is a technical one. We check it against both requirements and tell you exactly where it is falling short.

How our free CV feedback works

Free CV feedback from a recruiter.

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Upload your CV

Drop your current CV into the form above — PDF, Word, any common format.

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We assign a recruiter

Your CV is matched to a senior recruiter with direct experience in your sector.

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You receive feedback

Specific, honest feedback on structure, language, ATS fit and overall impact.

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You decide next steps

Use our feedback yourself or let us rewrite your CV. No pressure either way.

Free CV feedback from a recruiter

Five factors that decide your CV’s success.

Direction and clarity

Whether your CV clearly communicates the roles you are targeting and positions your experience to match them.

ATS compatibility

Whether your structure, formatting, and keywords meet the requirements of the automated systems most employers now use.

Recruiter readability

Whether your key strengths are surfaced quickly and clearly, or buried in a format that loses a hiring manager in the first ten seconds.

Content and length

Whether your most relevant, recent experience is front and centre, and whether older or less relevant content is holding your CV back.

STAR methodology

Whether your achievements are presented as results and impact, or as a list of duties that tell a hiring manager nothing about what you actually delivered.

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“I recently worked with the CV Squad for an overhaul of my CV and LinkedIn profile, and I couldn't be more satisfied. I was especially impressed with the additional time I had with their recruitment director who provided me with valuable industry insights that will be beneficial for my career advancement.”

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“The CV Squad team has been incredibly helpful in making my CV look professional and tailored to the job opportunities I am looking for. Highly recommend it!”

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“From the start service was excellent and my CV was done and dusted within a week, always on hand to reply quickly and nothing was a problem, highly recommend.”

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What is a graduate CV writing service and how does it work?
A graduate CV writing service pairs you with a specialist who builds your CV from scratch, tailored to your career stage, target roles, and the specific requirements of the UK job market. At The CV Squad, every graduate CV is written by a senior recruiter with 25 + years of hiring experience, keyword-mapped to your target roles, and optimised to pass automated applicant tracking systems before it reaches a human.
Can a CV writing service help if I have no work experience?
Yes, and it is one of the most common situations we help with. Having no formal work experience does not mean you have nothing to offer. Our graduate CV writers are senior recruiters who know exactly how to present education, part-time work, volunteering, extracurricular activities and transferable skills in a way that genuinely resonates with employers hiring for entry-level roles.
Do you offer a CV writing service for school leavers as well as university graduates?
Yes. Our graduate CV writing service covers school leavers aged 16 to 18, further education college graduates, and university graduates at every level including Masters and postgraduate. You are matched with a squad member who has experience hiring at your level and in your target sector, so the CV is always relevant and targeted rather than generic.
What makes a graduate CV writing service worth using?
The graduate job market is more competitive than ever, with employers receiving hundreds of applications for every entry-level role. A graduate CV writing service is worth using when it is written by someone who has actually made hiring decisions. 94% of our clients report a meaningful increase in interview invitations. That result comes from CVs written by recruiters who know what gets shortlisted, not writers who have learned to imitate them.
How do you write a graduate CV with no experience?
We start with an onboarding consultation to understand your education, any part-time work, volunteering, projects and interests. Your senior recruiter then maps the skills and qualities employers are actively looking for in your target sector and structures your CV using the STAR methodology - Situation, Task, Action, Result - to demonstrate real impact even without a formal employment history. Every CV is ATS-optimised and recruiter-certified before delivery.
Is your graduate CV writing service ATS optimised?
Yes. Every CV we write is fully ATS optimised as standard. Most graduate applications are screened by automated applicant tracking systems before a human ever sees them. Our recruiters keyword-map every CV to the roles you are targeting, format it correctly for ATS parsing, and ensure your skills and achievements are surfaced in the language hiring systems are looking for. This is not an add-on, it is built into every package.
How is The CV Squad different from other graduate CV writing services?
Most graduate CV writing services are built around writers or editors. The CV Squad is built around recruiters. Every CV is written by a senior recruiter with 25 or more years of hiring experience, someone who has actually hired graduates, made shortlisting decisions, and knows what separates a CV that gets read from one that gets ignored. You are matched by career stage and target sector, and we stay accountable for your results with unlimited revisions and an interview guarantee.