Here's some tips: Include your damn contact information! Also, say funny stuff because I enjoy laughing when i'm reading resumes
There is a whole certification and subset of people devoted to this. "Professional Association of Resume Writers & Career Coaches" Here is their site you can search by state: http://www.parw.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?h=1 The price is generally about $100 to $500 for the service depending on person, and what they offer. I was looking to get mine cleaned and formatted better and I looked here in CA and they were charging a lot more. So I started looking in states like Michigan and Indiana and found one there and he did it for $150. We talked on the phone he gave me an interview asked my focus , direction intention. It is definitely an improvement over what I had, and the resume professional will attempt to utilize their general methodologies to overall clean it. It's true you will know your profession better than a resume writer would, but you can use your words and their nice format to improve what exist. Nothing wrong with that. The ability to write a good resume has no bearing on the ability to do the job effectively. If you are hiring someone for resume writer or perhaps some type of writing job, then you might be on to something Prince. I would rather have a good surgeon with strong credentials and good bedside manner, than a sloppy surgeon with a pretty resume. That's just me though Why not get a resume that best reflects you and your skills in the best light?
You need help with the writing or formatting or both? What industry? I'll do it for .005 X your salary if the resume helps win you the job. I know marketing and I know staffing. You'll be in good hands.
I'm a freelance writer, and I do resumes. Message me with the details and any drafts, and I will give you an estimate on how much it will cost and a timetable.
We catch people who have pro resume writers all the time. Its harder to speak to a resume in an interview if you didn't write it.
I'm really more interested in getting someone with experience who can help me with flow, presentation, etc, than filling it with stuff I'm not qualified for. I'm just not sold on it being a pure DIY thing. Experience writing these things has to count.
His post was 1000 times more insightful than your garbage. You may not agree but he at least tried. You just insulted.
http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/investment-banking-resume-university-student/ Fill in the template, tinker with the formatting. and there ya go. it might say investment banking for the header, but it's a good general use template. What's good for Goldman Sachs or JPMorgan is good for any other company. Never forget to save as PDF before you print/email it (or really any resume).
Possible, but every recruiter-sent resume I come across (albeit, small sample size) is littered with typos and basic errors pertinent to the job (e.g. names of common computer programs used). I have to ask myself: is the candidate this stupid, or is the person who's supposed to be helping the candidate in that much of a hurry to make the next cold call? You may go with a recruiter/outside service, but you absolutely have to proof and edit their work. Ultimately, you have to write it yourself.
I registered just to post in this thread lol. Been lurking on here for a while though. I read resumes and employment applications all day every day. Do yourself and people like me a favor. Lose the Objective they're generic, pointless, and all the same. Lose the Summary and Keywords sections unless you plan on putting legitimate effort into making sure the info is directly related to the job you are applying. (ie. I couldn’t care less about your IT experience and certifications when you’re applying for a blue collar job) The purpose of a resume is to get an interview or phone screen, nothing more nothing less. Good luck my man.
So sounds like you are a proponent of the one to page and half right? thanks HR dept.. love the user name. I feel like I should be proper when addressing you.
This. Objectives, keywords, personal interests, etc. should be left off. Anything relevant should be mentioned in your work history. Only thing employers care about is work history. Who is the poster here named dandoritik or something like that? The guy who loves Cheap Trick? I seem to remember him offering his resume writing advice to CF members for free and most of it was pretty right on.
