There are some really great résumé writing services and tons of really poor ones - you should be careful and check for these elements:
1. If you can’t tell who your resume writer is going to be by name, then you are working with a factory. Résumés are a unique form of communication, you need to be able to talk with your writer about everything.
2. Look at their website – if you can understand their website it is likely that your new résumé will be easy to read and understand.
3. Credentials: The most important is CPRW but there are people with that designation that have not been in business very long.
4. Length of time in business: The résumé business is highly competitive and only the good writers tend to stick around.
5. Samples: There are good samples and bad samples – the choice of what style will work best for you is generally best left to the professional. Certain occupations lend themselves to certain styles – choose the wrong style and you have shot yourself in the foot.
6. Understand about skills and accomplishments as these can be critical – not for everyone, but for most.
7. Get a free evaluation of your current résumé and if the writer calls you and starts to pressure you into buying quickly exit. If you get a form response then it is likely your résumé wasn’t actually reviewed.
8. Type of interview: Some firms use questionnaires and that may be OK if the client is outside of the US but the best method is a telephone interview where dialog flows both ways.
9. Guarantee: No good résumé writer will ever offer you a full “money back” refund – but a good résumé writer will always agree to work with you, without charge, if the new résumé is not producing interviews.
10. Price: High prices do not translate into high value – nor do low prices mean inferior products. When the cost is reasonable and if you go to work even one day earlier, when the result will be a profit. No résumé is worth more than $300 and those costing less than $100 are probably cookie-cutter form resumes that don’t present you and your skills, knowledge, and abilities correctly.
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