Why should you choose Bradley CVs?

Founded by Paul Bradley, Bradley CVs was formed in 1993 to provide a specialist CV writing service for its clientele. Our aim is to create an imaginative CV that will stimulate an employer’s interest in inviting you for that all-important job interview. Bradley CVs has built up considerable experience and expertise in writing CVs that get results for clients from all backgrounds. As a leading authority on CVs we are regularly quoted in the national press, including major articles in The Guardian, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Independent, etc. In addition, we also produced a CV for BBC TV's Webwise TV Programme.

Why are our Consultants the best?

Our Consultants are hand-picked for their excellent knowledge of recruitment and their professional copywriting skills. Selected from 100's of applicants our consultants know how to write a CV that will sell you to a prospective employer. We have turned down 100's of applicants who all claimed they could write an excellent CV. These people typically worked for our competitors, or ran their own CV writing business, or worked in either recruitment or HR.

Why did we turn these people down? Because they just couldn't meet our high standards for preparing CVs. HR and recruitment personnel may be skilled in recruitment, but they are are not normally skilled in copywriting and selling your skills and experience to an employer. Whilst the people who have traditionally written CVs come from a secretarial background and are therefore not skilled in recruitment or copywriting.

Our Consultants possess the unique blend of recruitment knowledge and copywriting skills that are required to produce an interview-winning CV. We only choose the best, which means that you can rely on us to produce a CV that will get you noticed.

Who is Bradley CVs Managing Director?

As the Managing Director and Principal Consultant Paul Bradley is responsible for ensuring that your CV will get you the interviews you desire. With many years experience in professionally writing CVs, Paul is totally committed to setting and upholding the highest standards:

• Paul advised the National Advisory Council for Careers & Educational Guidance on the development of nationally recognised quality standards for CV Writing.
• He is a fully qualified recruiter, having successfully completed the Diploma in Recruitment Practice (DipRP).
• As a Member of both REC (Recruitment & Employment Confederation) and the CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development), Paul is committed to ensuring that Bradley CVs meets and exceeds the highest professional standards. Click here to learn more about the REC or CIPD.

Please see Paul's CV below:

Paul Bradley BSc, DipRP, MREC. Bradley CVs Limited, 7 West End Avenue, Gatley, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 4DR. Telephone: (0845) 2000 365 PROFILE: A successful and talented Managing Director / Principal Consultant with extensive experience in recruitment, including advising clients on how to find a job and producing CVs that win them interviews. First-class interpersonal and communication skills allow him to build good relationships with colleagues and clients alike. Works well under pressure and achieves clients' deadlines. MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:   Successfully obtained interviews for clients with innovative CV designs and expert wording of the CVs. In some cases clients have achieved a 100% success rate in securing interviews with their target companies.   Advised and assisted clients in finding a job - this has led many clients to obtain interviews and secure jobs that they would not otherwise have obtained.   Achieved a 99% excellent/good performance rating from clients for the CVs produced for them.   Advised the National Advisory Council for Careers & Educational Guidance on the development of nationally recognised quality standards for 'CV Writing'.   Recognised as a leading authority on CVs, job hunting and handling interviews and regularly quoted in the national press, including major articles in The Guardian, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Independent and other newspapers and journals.   Elected as a Member of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (the professional body for the recruitment industry) with the designation MREC.   Awarded a Diploma in Recruitment Practice and a Diploma in Recruitment Interviewing Skills by the Associated Examining Board (AEB).   Assisted 1000's of people to successfully prepare for interviews and find a new job by creating a highly informative and comprehensive website (BradleyCVs.co.uk). CAREER HISTORY: BRADLEY CVs, 1993 - DATE Managing Director / Principal Consultant   Expertly writing and presenting CVs for one of the UK's leading providers of quality CVs, which caters for clients from all occupational backgrounds, from students to Managing Directors.   Advising and assisting clients on CV layouts, the professional wording of CVs, the targeting of CVs for specific jobs, job searching strategies and handling interviews.   Successfully interviewing clients with no prior CV to produce an interview-winning CV for them.   Producing interview-winning covering letters for advertised vacancies and speculative applications.   Researching and analysing recruitment trends and CV layouts to give our clients a competitive advantage in today's job market.   Ensuring clients' CVs and covering letters are outstanding and would persuade employers to invite our clients for interviews.   Producing work for clients to very tight deadlines (often same day), achieving a 97% very fast/fast performance rating from clients.

Page 2 of 2 DATA SCIENCES UK (A SUBSIDIARY OF IBM), 1985 - 1992 Senior Technical Writer, 1988 - 1992 Technical Writer, 1985 - 1988   Produced technical documentation for one of the top 10 UK software houses, undertaking projects for a variety of important clients including Government, industrial, financial and commercial clients.   Managed a team including assigning tasks, allocating timescales, supervising and motivating others to meet agreed deadlines.   Chaired meetings and performed important presentations to clients.   Analysed clients' requirements and produced technical documentation to agreed timescales.   Successfully achieved agreed project deadlines and met project quality standards to ISO 9000.   Saved the company time and money by speeding up internal company procedures.   Gained a broad experience of preparing quality plans/procedures to ISO 9000 and handled quality audits by external consultants.   Provided first-class technical support to projects and sub-contractors. QUALIFICATIONS / EDUCATION:   Diploma in Recruitment Practice (DipRP), AEB, 1997 - 1998.   Diploma in Recruitment Interviewing Skills, AEB, 1997 - 1998.   Member of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (MREC).   Affiliate Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development.   BSc in Mathematics, Warwick University, 1982 - 1985. COMPUTER SKILLS:   Word-Processors: Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, Lotus Ami Pro.   Web Design: Macromedia Dreamweaver, Macromedia Fireworks.   Presentation: Microsoft PowerPoint, Corel Gallery, Corel Photo House.   Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows 95 / 98 / XP, MacOS, Unix.   Database: Corel Paradox.   Book-keeping: Quicken, QuickBooks. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:   Driving Licence: Full, clean licence. HOBBIES / INTERESTS:   Grand Prix racing, walking, eating out, cinema, theatre and photography.

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