Testimonials

I was introduced to Jaqui by a good friend.  At the time, I was in a full time role, whilst being a mother to a toddler, so when I came across a fantastic opportunity I wanted to apply for, I needed support to deliver my best application.  I am a Chief People Officer – so I know what a good CV looks like.  However, critiquing and assessing other peoples’ applications and being objective about your own, are two very different things.  I found, the greatest thing about working with Jaqui isn’t just nailing your CV – it’s the journey she takes you on to get there.  Through discussion and questioning, Jaqui identifies the magic you offer – your unique skills and experience.  She values absolute honesty and transparency, never enhancing or over-promising, simply guiding you to tell the most compelling story of your career journey so far.  I found this process quite inspiring – it certainly boosted my confidence and I entered the interview process feeling ready to deliver my best.   I highly recommend Jaqui to anyone who wants support in portraying the best of themselves through their CV, covering letters and LinkedIn profile."
Rudi S., Chief People Officer, Advertising and Marketing

"Jaqui was very thorough and invested time in understanding me, my roles and my industry experience. Her questions, comments and drafts made me think about how I was representing myself and explaining my skills and expertise. Her writing style was very natural, and the result doesn't read like it was written by someone else, it reads like me - but much better!"
Richard Lainchbury, Operations Director

"I had a LinkedIn profile, but didn’t use it because the platform confused me and it was a technologically overwhelming place to be.  So when Jaqui offered to walk me through it with ease, I jumped at the chance.  A self-confessed technophobe, Jaqui’s approach was perfect for me – hand-holding, efficient and with clear direction.  We had several drafts to get to the final version, but at each stage Jaqui’s logical path made it a far less overwhelming place to be and meant that I could complete it without throwing in the towel (as before).  I’m delighted with my finished personal & company profile now and Jaqui’s service was money very well invested."
Jane Barrett, Nutritional Therapist

"I’m a writer, so imagine how fussy I am about getting someone to write about me. I was incredibly impressed with how Jaqui was able to capture not only the facts but my voice. She pushed me to articulate things that I definitely would not have thought of without her. It’s been a pleasure working with Jaqui on my CV. She managed my expectations and was utterly professional, while also being empathetic and warm. The whole job was a lot less painful than I feared. If you feel like you are pulling your own teeth out over your CV, have a chat with Jaqui!"
Mary Fenwick, Leadership Coach, Facilitator and Journalist

"I had been in the same job for 10 years and following redundancy, I needed a fresh pair of eyes across my CV.  I engaged Jaqui and was hugely impressed by her attention to detail and diligence to gathering information from me. Jaqui encapsulated my career trajectory and accomplishments in a succinct and impactful manner. She made me rethink and celebrate achievements (some I had not even considered mentioning) and she presented my strengths articulately, in a powerful and strategic language. Jaqui's persistence, personalised approach and ultimately, her professionalism are unparalleled.  Now, I am 6 months into my new role, my thanks and gratitude go to Jaqui for being so instrumental in finding it. I highly recommend her services."
Liz Clarke, EVP Strategy & Development

"Jaqui helped me write my graduate CV. She was excellent at assisting in identifying key areas from my experience which employers would be looking for, which has resulted in me securing my graduate role at PwC."
Joe Tweedie, Graduate

"Preparing to come back into the workforce after many years after raising a family, it was daunting just thinking about preparing my CV. Thank goodness for Jaqui, who with professionalism, understanding and patience, expertly pieced together my talents, passion and experience, into a well structured skill-based CV. I'm more than delighted with the result and have no hesitation recommending Jaqui to anyone who needs to refresh their CV or to help ensure it stands a cut above the rest."
Siobhan Becker, Interior Designer and Home Stylist

"Must highly recommend the skills of Jaqui Winston as a CV writer. Jaqui recently redesigned the CV of a dear friend documentary producer. My friend is utterly talented, but needed this little confidence boost, for herself as much as for her business. It worked. Immediately! The first CV sent resulted in a new job, a new BBC documentary. Her self doubts have disappeared and the door to a bright future is now open again.... Amazing job Jaqui Winston."
Brigitta, Professional Photographer (bought the CV as a gift for a friend)

"Jaqui’s work on my CV opened my eyes to things I had not even considered were integral to having a good resumé. The professionalism she displayed was truly exceptional, walking me through changes and making it so that my skills and experience are able to shine through!"
Zain Hassan, IT Analyst

"Jaqui provided a fabulous Business Development Training session today at our Berkhamsted Athena Network group meeting.  She gave a brilliant insight into how LinkedIn is a fantastic and vast platform for Small Business Owners to have a profile that can stand out from the crowd.  Jaqui also shared some tips about how best to use LinkedIn to make new connections and build strong business relationships. I came away with lots of notes from her session and I'm sure I will be reaching out to Jaqui for further support in the future.  I would highly recommend her for both LinkedIn and CV writing, thank you Jaqui for your time today."
Claire Newell, Regional Director, The Athena Network

"Jaqui is so knowledgeable and supportive! As someone who is really just dipping her toe into the world of LinkedIn, a half hour chat with her left me inspired to take action and I feel sure I will be calling on Jaqui expertise in the near future!"
Joanna Beardsmore-Dilks, Holistic Fitness Professional

"Jaqui supported me build a blended LinkedIn profile for my two roles. Through an iterative process she helped me to hone the essence of what I wanted to put into each section and how I could best market my newly formed career coaching business. She talked me through how I could get the most out of LinkedIn and the dos and don'ts. Jaqui was knowledgeable, personable and patient throughout the process. She has even been there for advice 6 months on as I made tweaks to my page. I am very pleased with how professional my page looks, as it has allowed me to grow my connections, attract referrals and embrace the platform. Jaqui was recommended to me and I would absolutely recommend her services if you need assistance with building your LinkedIn profile. Thank you Jaqui!"
Hannah, Executive Coach and Career Coaching for Women

"It was great getting my LinkedIn profile written by Jaqui! She’s very professional and a pleasure to work with."
Dr Irfana Koita, Fertility Consultant

"After 15 years working in a small business I was about to embark on a significant career change.  Needless to say my CV was in need of attention, and by her skilled questions and patience, Jaqui over 'phone calls and exchanges of emails, successfully pulled together a very polished CV which really highlighted my strengths and experiences.  Jaqui has a great eye for detail, is approachable and delivers to the agreed time frames.
  
Similarly, Jaqui embarked on developing my LinkedIn Profile to modern day expectations - note LinkedIn was not a platform which existed when I last had a CV requirement.  The results of this LinkedIn work were again enlightening and to a high standard.

I would have absolutely no hesitation in recommending Jaqui."
Technical Director

"A very big thank you for all your time, experience and patience on this [CV project].  I'm delighted with the final result and it was a great pleasure working with you on this."
S.M., Sales Enablement Leader

"I have recently used Jaqui's services to help me get my desired job. Not only was she polite, friendly and professional she produced a high quality CV quickly and efficiently. Since working with Jaqui I have noticed a dramatic increase in the amount of responses I get from employers. I feel she really catered to my needs and was very understanding. I thoroughly recommend the use of her services if you're looking to improve your employability and get your ideal job."
Mark Dewey, Pharmacy Dispenser

​"Working with Jaqui was a pleasure. She took the time to get to know me and my business and helped me create a suitable [LinkedIn] profile. Jaqui is incredibly kind and thoughtful whilst being very professional and reliable. She also took time out of her incredibly busy day to help me find a suitable business coach and recommended a short list of suitable people. Jaqui went over and above and I would wholeheartedly recommend her."
Lisa S., Bereavement Counsellor

"You truly are top professional. Exactly as *** described your work.  I thank you sincerely for putting my bio together and enhancing my LinkedIn page, sending a wonderful professional message out there... Thank you again. I hope to be in a position where I can too recommend you."
Milan Mazić, Managing Director

"I found Jaqui highly competent in all matters related to CVs and LI, as well as an absolute pleasure to work with. Very client-friendly, supremely knowledgeable, with a very incisive mind, always happy to go the extra mile to understand her client's strengths, weaknesses, vision and goals. Not a single promise un-kept, not a single deadline missed. Chapeau!"
Victor Prokofiev, Legal Interpreter

"Jaqui delivered an invaluable service that led to the complete transformation of my CV in just 2 working days. Her effort to understand your personality, interests and the job you are applying for, helped produce a powerful CV that I now feel proud to hand over to employers. Factor in her professional and approachable character and you’ve got yourself a brilliant CV writer."
Toby Pickard 
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"I appreciated your proactive, positive way of working, it wasn't just about the end product (which of course I am very happy with), but I appreciated your support though the process. I am not the most confident of people, and your positive can-do attitude helped me feel a lot more confident."
Finance Manager

"Working with Jaqui was an absolute pleasure. I had had my CV written professionally 3 times before finding her, but the difference and refreshing thing with Jaqui is that she really took time to understand the real me as a person and she described my skills in a way I wouldn’t have considered myself. I was really happy with the outcome and feel it's boosted my confidence in my own abilities tenfold. My CV reads like me now, thank you Jaqui!" 
Sharren Baisden, Director, MindTribe

"I enjoyed working on my CV with Jaqui.  The questions she asked me really helped me to reframe my experience so that it is clear for recruiters but also I am more confident talking about it.  She worked efficiently delivering exactly what she said when and alerting me in good time if there was going to be a delay."
Anastasia Fawcett, Communications Consultant

"I have been very happy with your work and am really pleased with the end result which is a huge improvement on my original CV."
Victoria Moore, Corporate Legal Counsel

"I am delighted with the work Jaqui has done.  Articulating key messages from a business perspective comes easily to me…. doing it about myself is a different matter entirely.  Jaqui really got to grips with the industry I work in and my background and was able to bring out the key elements that make me special and unique, in a way I simply could not do.  Jaqui was really easy to work with, very thorough and did a lot of research.  I recommended her to a colleague who said that her personality now shines through her CV.  It provides such piece of mind to know that my CV is in great shape for when the right opportunity arises."  
Senior Executive, corporate sector

"Jaqui gave my CV a complete overhaul, her attention to detail enabled my CV to develop and become a more comprehensive and professional document.
I feel fully equipped to apply for contracts as a freelance designer and found Jacqui is easy to work with and very thorough.
I would recommend anyone in need of a CV to use Jacqui’s skills and specialist knowledge."
Sara Williams, Graphic Designer, Pop Design

​"Jaqui was a tremendous help throughout my interview process. Not only did she help me construct an organised and structured CV. She also aided me with setting up my LinkedIn Profile. She gave me a guidance of what I should have and shouldn’t have on my profile. As for my CV she asked in detail about my hobbies and my characteristics. This allowed her to write an accurate CV that I believe represented me well as a person when I was sending it of to employers. Now I am in a role that I enjoy, and I believe that she had a direct input in getting my foot through the door."
Henry Macknay, Graduate

"I used Jaqui firstly to update my husbands CV and then to do my own. Jaqui is extremely thorough, professional and up to date with what a good CV needs to say and how, for today's world. A delightful person to deal with, discreet and professional I would highly recommend Jaqui. If you are looking to get your CV done, look no further, worth every penny and an enjoyable process."
Angela Leslie, Business Manager

"I am a nutritional therapist training to become certified as a Functional Medicine Practitioner. I needed an up to date CV as part of my certification process and instantly thought of Jaqui. She made what seemed like a pretty onerous time consuming task so painless. There was a telephone information gathering session followed by a draft. Several email exchanges and iterations later it was done. She is extremely intuitive and was therefore, able to articulate exactly what I wanted to get across very succinctly. Jaqui also updated my Linked In CV, which has a slightly different tone and even uploaded it to Linked In for me. Jaqui is extremely organised and efficient. I am more than happy with my CVs. I trust Jaqui implicitly and wouldn't hesitate to recommend her to anyone wanting a new or updated CV."
Tracey Harper, Nutritional Therapist

“Working with Jaqui was the catalyst I needed to take the next big step in my career. Her focus on my values and skills gave me the clarity to pursue and land my ideal job.  It was a pleasure working with Jaqui whom I would recommend to friends and colleagues.”
Mike Armstrong, PR and Creative Content Consultant

"Jaqui was recommended to me by a contact in a networking group and I must say, am very lucky to have found her.  It was extremely important to me to work with someone who took the time to understand my requirements, my strengths and how best to promote myself in the fast-changing workplace.  Nothing was too much trouble for Jaqui and after numerous telephone conversations and drafts back and forth, I now feel much more confident in my abilities.  Armed with my bright, shiny, new CV I am ready to tackle the job market!  Thank you Jaqui for your time and patience."
Isobel Allan, Executive Assistant/Office Support Manager

"Jaqui was absolutely brilliant and professional. I hadn’t written a CV for about five years. She totally got what I wanted to put across in the right tone of voice. It was a quick turn around and she eliminated any stress of what seemed at the time like an arduous but necessary task. I would highly recommend her services."
Tanya Verbeek, PR and Creative Content Consultant

"I had left the pharmaceutical industry, where I had worked for over 25 years and retrained as a teacher. I had a CV which had been added to over those 25 years and generally patched together. It needed a massive tidy up and realignment to my future role.
 
I needed someone to help me to objectively pull out the experience that I could realistically apply to teaching, and also the strengths that I had demonstrated – whilst also significantly shortening my CV. Jaqui was very honest and helpful in exploring my past employment history and future aspirations to pull together a much more concise and relevant view. She also has amazing attention to detail, ensuring a really professional looking CV.
 
I would strongly recommend Jaqui for her objective and honest approach, her attention to detail and her commitment to achieving a CV that represents you and your future career."
Dr Sarah Coren, Science Teacher

“Using my new CV from Jaqui got me a role in under a month. Thanks Jaqui!” 
James Coughtrey, Science Researcher and Analyst

Jaqui provides an extremely professional and high standard of service without losing sight of your personal requirements to project your talents. Very meticulous particularly with planning, interaction and detail to create the CV for you to showcase your experience and skills."
Vinny Payne, Film Colourist and Scanner

"Jaqui provides an excellent service, she was willing and able to work to our very tight deadline at short notice and her expertise made a major difference to the quality of the end product for what was an important CV. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Jaqui and would certainly use her services again whenever needed."
Brian O’Neill, Care Home Manager

"As I was about to embark on a major career change, I felt that my CV was in need of an upgrade. By her careful and thorough evaluation of my current CV and by skilled questioning and information gathering, Jaqui successfully pulled together, in an amazingly short turnaround time, an excellent CV for me which really highlighted my strengths as well as ensuring that it focussed on exactly what a potential employer would be looking for. I needed a fresh pair of eyes for this job, as well as the benefit of Jaqui’s business and employment expertise to ensure that my CV hit the mark. Jaqui is approachable and flexible with an amazing eye for accuracy and detail. I am delighted with my CV and I would have absolutely no hesitation in highly recommending her."
Caroline Wainman, Language Teacher and C of E Ordinand

"I had a broad range of experience across a number of roles and sectors, which meant my CV was patchy and lacked flow.    I contacted Jaqui who came back to me the same day to discuss my goals and outline the process.   Jaqui took the time to understand my career journey to date and future goals, she objectively reviewed all my experience, drilled down to uncover key facts I’d overlooked, pulled out my key achievements and created a cohesive CV that highlights my strengths.   I have already recommended Jaqui’s services to friends and colleagues."
Pam Barker-Mears, Learning and Development professional

"After 30 years of working I suddenly found myself looking for new employment and in urgent need of a CV, a LinkedIn profile and someone to help me identify market sectors that would suit my skills.

Having no real idea on where to start I got in touch with Jaqui, who I knew had loads of experience in this area.   After a brief chat to put me at ease, Jaqui began by establishing clear goals – what I wanted to achieve from the exercise and by when. With that sorted we then talked at length about my experiences/achievements. Throughout this stage it was clear that Jaqui had a real talent for drilling into and drawing out the facts that had real relevance to my new employment goals, and that built a compelling story around my career that would makes sense to a potential hirer and maximise my earning potential.

The first draft made impressive reading, even drawing out aspects that I had forgotten or set aside and it was this attention to detail that made her work stand out. After a few refinements over the following week I had a great foundation (and the much needed confidence) to go job hunting with vigour.

I’m delighted to say that I found work again, in my ideal job, within 4 months of getting Jaqui’s assistance – in no small part a testament to the quality of her work and guidance.

Throughout the exercise I found Jaqui to be highly supportive, clear-minded and goal focussed and I would have no hesitation in recommending her services to friends or colleagues.”
Neal Packman, Sales & Marketing Director

"I was recently referred to Jaqui to update my CV as I was looking to change my career path. Within an hour of downloading my amazing new CV Jaqui had produced for me I was inundated by phone calls and messages from potential employers stating that they had seen “my excellent” CV online and were keen to speak to me regarding positions they had available. I’m so glad I took the advice and enlisted Jaqui’s expertise she is certainly very good at her job and I would highly recommend her services."
Samantha Seabourne, Administrator