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Some great advice in there.

Do you think people who work in recruitment don’t ever have to look for jobs themselves? The difference is that they can see it from BOTH sides of the fence, where as you can only see it from one. I think Frank would have come around to my side by now.

Probably the worst advice I’ve ever read on this subject.

The main problem with recruitment is mentioned in your sentence above. The employee isn't the customer, the client is. The employee doesn't pay the fees, the clients do. Candidates tend to think that the recruiter is trying to do a good job for them, but they aren't, they are trying to do a good...

This is correct. Plus some recruitment databases or client HR systems that the recruiter will use don't like PDFs.

I'd say the recruitment agent is probably talking sense if he says it is 'too wordy'. However, rather than tell you that and you considering paying £300 for a CV writing service, he should do it for you if he wants to work with you. Or at least help you do it. 1 page is great if you can do it...