Why it exists
CVBUFFED sells one thing: a CV template and editor for £12.50, paid once. Most people who need a CV also need help with everything around it: working out what to put on it, reading job adverts, preparing for interviews and starting the job. That help is often scattered, out of date or locked behind a sign-up form.
So we made it free. The Academy has no account, no email gate and no paid tier. You do not need to buy anything to use any part of it, now or later.
We are honest about the business reason too. Some people who learn here will decide they want the CVBUFFED template, and that keeps the Academy running. We would rather earn that by being useful than by making the free lessons worse.
Who runs it
CVBUFFED Academy is run by CVBUFFED, a small UK company. The legal details of the business are on our terms and privacy page. You can reach us at hello@cvbuffed.com.
How we check our guidance
Every lesson is researched and drafted by the CVBUFFED team, using a mix of writing tools that includes AI-assisted drafting. Before a lesson is published, it is checked against official and specialist sources, mainly the National Careers Service, GOV.UK, Acas, UCAS and Prospects, and every lesson links to the sources it relies on with the date we last checked them.
What we have not done yet: no lesson has been reviewed by a qualified careers adviser. When that happens, the lesson will say who reviewed it and when. Until then, treat the Academy as well-researched general guidance, not personal careers advice.
Our rules for every page:
- No invented facts. No made-up statistics, studies, recruiter quotes or success stories.
- Fictional examples are labelled. The people in our examples are made up, and we say so.
- No universal rules. Where it depends on the employer, the sector or which part of the UK you’re in, we say that.
- Nothing to make you sound like someone else. We teach you to describe what you really did, clearly. We never suggest inventing achievements, numbers or qualifications.
- Changing figures are linked, not copied. Pay rates and legal limits change, so we link to the official page that holds the current figure.
If something is wrong, out of date or unclear, please email hello@cvbuffed.com. We fix mistakes and update the date on the page.
What we store about you
Nothing on our servers. The Academy has no accounts and no forms that send us your details.
Some activities, like the Strengths Finder, the STAR worksheet, the checklists and the Practice Room, save what you type in your own browser so you don’t lose it if you close the tab. It never leaves your device. On a shared or school computer, clear it when you’ve finished: