Editorial policy

Who writes and checks our content

Adam Smith edits SimpleCVBuilder's guides and checks every page before it is published. Adam Smith is the editor, and the byline "By Adam Smith, Editor" appears on every guide, CV example, industry page and blog post.

SimpleCVBuilder is a trading name of GCI Solutions Ltd. The About page gives the company's address and explains how the site is paid for.

How we use AI tools

The first drafts of some guide and example pages are produced with AI tools. A draft is a starting point, not a page. Before anything is published, a person checks and edits it against a written checklist:

• every number in the text matches its source, or comes out;
• the example CV reads like a believable CV for that job and level;
• UK terms and qualifications are right, such as GCSEs, A levels, QTS and NHS pay bands;
• the page answers the question it was written for, near the top;
• the text is in plain British English, without hype.

Each guide and example is also compared with our other guides, examples and blog posts, so that no two pages repeat each other. A page that fails any of these checks is rewritten or left unpublished.

Where our facts come from

We do not publish a figure without a source. In practice that means:

• Salary ranges on CV example pages come only from the Office for National Statistics, the National Careers Service, NHS Employers or GOV.UK pay scales, and are typed in by a person, never drafted by an AI tool. If no source gives a figure for a job, the page shows no salary.
• The UK guides cite official sources, such as GOV.UK and the National Careers Service, where one exists. Sources are listed with a date at the foot of each page.
• The ATS checker page explains how its score is worked out and lists the references behind it.
• Blog posts link to or name the study or report behind any figure they quote.

Where a widely repeated statistic has no primary source we can find, we leave it out rather than repeat it.

How we build example CVs

The people in our example CVs are fictional. Their jobs, qualifications and achievements are realistic for the role, but the names are invented, employers and universities are generic or fictional, and phone numbers and email addresses use ranges reserved for examples. Each page says that the person is fictional. Every example is shown in one of our own templates, and you can start your own CV from it.

Reviews

We publish every genuine review left on SimpleCVBuilder, good or bad. We withhold one only for abuse, personal data or spam, and we record which. We ask each user for a review once, after their first download, with no incentive and no screening by how happy they seem. Reviews given in exchange for a download under an older system are not shown or counted. Below five published reviews we show no rating at all.

Advertising

Ads on SimpleCVBuilder are served by Google AdSense. If you are not on a paid plan, including if you are not signed in, you may see them on our longer articles (CV examples, industry template pages, guides, blog posts, the ATS guide and the resume tips page) and, on the free plan, in the app. Pro, trial and Pass users see none. Each ad is labelled "Advertisement" and kept apart from the text, and no ad is personalised without your consent, which you can change through the "Cookie choices" link in the footer. Nobody can pay for a place in our editorial content, and no guide, example or blog post is written or changed to suit an advertiser. Where we recommend one of our own templates or tools, that is us talking about our product, and the page makes it clear.

Dates and updates

Every content page shows two dates: when it was first published and when it last changed. We look at a page again when a source behind it changes, such as a new pay award or new official guidance, and when someone tells us something is wrong.

Corrections

If you spot a mistake, email [email protected] or use the contact form, and tell us the page and what is wrong. We check the point against the source. If we got it wrong, we fix the page and its updated date changes. We reply by email.