There are some people that are better served when they can meet, face-to-face, with their résumé writer and there are some people better served when they do not meet with their résumé writer.
For the first 15 years of his business Dr. Jerry Bills insisted that meeting with clients, face-to-face, was critical to developing a great end product (of course he owned a commercial building that housed his office and was somewhat biased). However, some 10+ years ago now he sold his building and tried to work exclusively using the telephone and emails.
The result? His product, in his opinion, improved because he was forced to become a better listener and didn’t ever make a single value judgment based on appearance.
Today, most (certainly not all) of the great professional résumé writers do not meet with their clients. So, if you are statistical type of person, the odds are greater that your résumé writer will not meet with you face-to-face.
What is CRITICAL, however, is that you know exactly who is going to write your success story and that you are not going to be assigned to some independent contractor who may, or may not, be reachable in the future.