CV Review

[CAPP0]

I've just received an email, unsolicited. It was addressed to me personally (my name where it says XYZ) and I had actually been considering having my CV reviewed recently. I guess that a previous job website has passed my email address on. I quote the message below verbatim, by cut & paste:

Email I received said:

Hi XYZ

As a registered member of one of our partners, you have been been selected for a free CV review by Total CVs.

One of our experts will analyse the layout, content, style of your CV and will provide you with a detailed overview within the next 48 hours.

In the meantime if you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact us by visiting www.total-cvs.co.uk .



Claire Munday
Office Manager
totalcvs
0845 8388755
44 Fennfields roads, south Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford Essex CM3 5RZ.

So, that's an unnecessary duplication of the word "been", followed by elements of the address being written in a random combination of upper and lower case. I confess that I am prone to chucking out CVs which I review which contain grammatical errors (obviously this depends on the job being advertised, but if you can't be arsed to get something like grammar right when you're pitching yourself for a professional/mid-grade role, what hope is there going forward?), but to advertise yourself as what is essentially a proof-reader/sub-editor, and to do so by sending a mailshot without checking the basics, is something of a self-administered 9mm to the metatarsal, no?

[TIGA84]

What a tloo.