Uni students/graduates: Have you used your careers service?

Can one succeed in applications and interviews (numerous times) without the help of the university careers service? Was this the case for you?

I went to mine for the first time today for a CV check (just graduated, was foolish to not use it during uni but what's done is done), and in my opinion I didn't find it that useful. I'm a bit disappointed because I know I have a lot of work to do on my CV but the feedback wasn't that great.

First, I asked her to see if the layout of my CV was satisfactory. She avoided the question and talked about something else. I asked her again and she still didn't give me a direct answer. The reason why I ask is because I haven't had a professional look over my CV before, just my family.

Secondly, I noticed that when I ask her a question about something she always uses the "in my opinion" which I feel is a getaway card. Now obviously, no CV is perfect but the amount of times she has used that (is that normal?). Furthermore, I asked her what she would recommend I should do (in relation to some parts of my CV) to which she replied, "it's up to you". I mean, I know it's up to me but I asked her, if she was in my position, what would she do?

And thirdly, she gave me a cv template organised by the careers group, university of london and told me to follow it. However, from what I have read, it has contradicted a few points that she has made.

Even though it was her first day today at university, she told me that she was in HR for marketing so I thought she could help guide me

After the session, I politely asked a woman at the desk if I could see another person for a second opinion and she just flipped like the old hag that she is. No doubt she will tell the person I had the CV session with that; I feel like I'm now blacklisted at my careers service. I travelled miles and miles and paid a lot of money on my train fare to get to my university.