Disabled for the time being. Student CV Maker's sharing features (publishing a CV, private links, confirmations, references and the employer features) are disabled for now, and will come back later. You can still write your CV and download it. What this page says about sharing is how it will work when it is back.
See which facts have been confirmed.
Every Student CV Maker link shows which facts someone else has confirmed, where the confirmation came from, and how the words got into the editor.
Confirmed facts first
Grades confirmed from a school, college or university email (an address ending .sch.uk or .ac.uk), or by a careers team we have approved, and jobs confirmed by a manager from their own email. The confirmer types their own name and job title, and that is what you see. We show the email domain, so you can see whether it came from a school, a company or a personal address. We check how the address ends, not whose it is: students have school, college and university addresses too, and a confirmation sent from one says so. A job confirmation covers the role, employer and dates, not the description. A fact that isn't confirmed shows as not confirmed. That means nobody has confirmed it as it now reads. It doesn't mean it's wrong.
How the words got in
The writing report is recorded by the editor in the writer's own browser, so it shows how the words got into the editor, not who wrote them. It shows the share typed here, the pasted text still in it, the time spent writing, the number of sessions, and a note if the writer added one. The label is one of "Mostly typed here", "Typed here and brought in" or "Mostly brought in from elsewhere (pasted, dictated or imported)". People draft elsewhere, dictate or use assistive technology for good reasons. It's a starting point for a conversation, and never a reason on its own to turn someone down.
References
Written by the referee on our site. The candidate can't edit them. They only show on a private link the candidate sends you with references switched on.
Confirmations can lapse
A job confirmation lapses after 24 months. The fact then shows "Confirmation lapsed" and the date. A qualification confirmation never lapses, but it always shows the date it was given.
Or be withdrawn
Whoever confirmed a fact can withdraw it at any time. You then see "Withdrawn by" their name and the date. If the candidate changes a fact after it was confirmed, it shows as changed since it was confirmed. Under each fact you see its history: confirmed, withdrawn, lapsed or changed. You never see a correction or a decline, or what it said.
People under 18
Student CV Maker is open from age 16. Anyone under 18 joins through a careers team, or has a parent or guardian approve instead, and what they share is approved by their careers lead or by their parent or guardian. Each CV and private link says which: "approved by a careers team" is a school or college team we have approved, and "approved by a parent or guardian" is someone who confirmed by email and whom we have not otherwise checked. You can't send a contact request to anyone under 18, and we don't tell you who is.
Getting in touch with people
Apply
You need a Freddie Sparrow Limited business account, opened with your work email. A personal account, including one made with LinkedIn, is for your own CV and can't apply. Your business must be based in the UK. Sign in and apply with your company name, your job title and your company website, and your Companies House company number, which is required. We look the number up on the Companies House register before we approve you. You also read, and tick that you have read, a short notice about your duties under the Equality Act 2010 and about the writing report, which is not a basis for any decision about a person.
Approved employers
Someone at Freddie Sparrow Limited looks at the company details and the work email you apply with before we approve you. We don't check individual jobs. Only approved employers can send contact requests.
Have their link
You can only ask people whose public CV link you have, or who sent you a private link (you need the link and its code). There is no search or list of candidates.
Request contact
Ask to contact someone about a role. The role is a job title line, checked for links and contact details. Obviously discriminatory wording, such as asking for a certain age or sex, is refused, so describe the job, not the person. There's no messaging: they see your company, its website and the role.
Employer pass
Sending a request needs an employer pass, £49 for 30 days (see Pricing). You can buy one after we approve you. It's a business purchase and it never renews. Looking at a CV is free.
They decide
They can decline, stop you asking again, or report a request. We can't promise anyone will accept. If they do, we email you the details they choose to share. Use them only for that role.
Private links
When a candidate sends you a private link, it's for your email address only. Opening it needs a code we email you. The code works once, so their contact details stay between you and them. Anything a private link says about right to work in the UK is self-declared: we don't check it, and it never shows on a public link. Make your own right-to-work checks, as you normally would.
Common questions
What does an employer see on a Student CV Maker CV?
Which facts someone else has confirmed, who confirmed them, their email domain and the date, and how the words got into the editor (typed or pasted, time spent, sessions). Under each fact you see its history: confirmed, withdrawn, lapsed or changed since it was confirmed.
Can I look through a list of candidates?
No. There is no search or list of candidates. You can only ask to contact people whose public CV link you have, or who sent you a private link.
How do I become an approved employer?
Open a Freddie Sparrow Limited business account with your work email, then apply with your company name, your job title, your company website and your Companies House number. Your business must be based in the UK. Someone at Freddie Sparrow Limited checks the company details and your work email before we approve you.
What does it cost to contact a candidate?
Looking at a CV is free. Sending a contact request needs an employer pass, £49 for 30 days, which never renews. The candidate can decline, and nobody under 18 can be sent a request.
Do confirmations expire?
A job confirmation lapses after 24 months, and the page says when. A qualification confirmation never lapses, but it always shows the date it was given. Whoever confirmed a fact can withdraw it at any time.