Answer: Depends.
People who regularly charge $50 to $125 and offer little more than a typing service are not bargains, especially if you have to pay for a cover letter and the resume in more that a single format. Most of the time you get someone working, part-time, out of their home that has little experience with various careers.
Dr. Jerry has been writing resumes for more than 25 years and his simple promise is “if you can offer a job that I have never faced before, I will write the resume for free, period.” Warning: only once in the last 10 years has this happened. The client was an MD, double Ph.D., and wanted to be a ‘ski instructor’ so she could meet and marry a rich american and get out of her present country.
Dr. Jerry understands that times are tough and a lot of people, with some really bad résumés are unemployed. He decided that it was his responsibility to try to help people in that environment so he began offering a new résumé and cover letter for the unemployed at the price of $99. In order to qualify for this “special” the client cannot be currently employed nor in need of a résumé for a Senior Management or Executive Level opportunity.
What Dr. Jerry offer the unemployed is a shortened interview (saving him time) when he gathers the information necessary to write the résumé. He then sends you a draft and the two of you discuss any necessary changes, modifications, or additions; then he sends you the final documents in all 3 formats (MS-Word, PDF, and ASCII) plus a cover letter. You should be able to easily make minor changes to the résumé and changes to the cover letter using the MS-Word version. Note: Dr. Jerry uses MS-Word 1997-2004 so that everyone can open, read, and make changes without problems. He does not recommend ever using MS-Word 3007.
