CV Plaza
CV Plaza is an independent information, advice and guidance organisation based in the West Midlands. Our mission is to help everyone – particularly students and graduates – achieve their career goals and realise their full potential.
Our website, www.cvplaza.com, has become a popular online destination for students, graduates, job seekers and young professionals to further their careers. Over the past five years, we have helped more than six million people with free careers resources and information such as CV templates, cover letter examples, job profiles, job hunting guides, job interview tips, and more.
Supporting clients
The following are the ‘gaining and retaining employment’ services that we can offer depending on the client’s needs:
- Career guidance interviews
- Finding work experience opportunities, placements or paid employment
- Navigating education and employment transitions
- Tailored one-to-one support sessions
- Skills development workshops
- Preparation for work sessions
- Writing the perfect CV and Cover Letter
- Completing job applications & forms
- Job interview preparation and training
- 'On the job' support
- Continuous monitoring to ensure success
Supporting the most disadvantaged
At CV Plaza, our Equality Policy commits us to ensuring that there is no discrimination against anyone when providing career guidance services. Some of our clients with varying degrees of disadvantages include:
- Clients with physical and mental disabilities
- Mature students and graduates with no work experience
- Clients with communications and language barriers
- Clients with major employment gaps
We firmly believe in equal opportunity for all, and we are currently improving our services to appropriately address the needs of all our clients. Embracing equality and diversity at a broad level brings countless economic and social benefits to individuals, communities and the society at large.
Supporting partners
We have established great links with many charities, community organisations and educational institutions with the aim of supporting their IAG services. We regularly donate careers resources (booklets, guides, hand-outs, etc.) to our partner organisations. We encourage any charity or not-for-profit organisation to get in touch if they are interested in receiving free careers resources.