Resume Tips:

Why Use a Professional Resume Writer in 2010?

Matthew Greene, M.Phil.

Since 1984, Matthew Greene has written or edited more than 14,000 resumes.  Nearly  95% of his clients have been successful. He is a resume writing expert,  career coach, and author of the best-selling book, Winning Resumes --"Sure-Hire" Tactics.... (Penguin). [ http://www.Winning-Resumes.com ]

" I know that once I get in front of an interviewer, I can get the jobs. My current resume is in process and is really frustrating me. How do I tell someone about my extensive managerial, construction, real estate and overall business experience? Can you please let me know how much you charge to help write a resume? I don't want to spend days and weeks trying to do it on my own if you think you can help me."

The best person for any job seeker to consult in 2010 is an experienced and skilled resume writer, someone who does it full-time. He or she can be more OBJECTIVE about your credentials than you could possibly be. Such a party can also help you judge how well (or how poorly) you are coming across to picky employers in the recession.

Resume professionals have to deal with all kinds of resume-writing challenges on a daily basis. They are hired to find solutions that work -- especially in this awful recession. A skilled writer will help you decide how to FOCUS your resume, the best FORMAT or layout to use, the most suitable LENGTH and, above all, what to emphasize and what to omit. "

CLEANING UP" your resume is an important aspect of preparing it. (You can't learn that from "perfect" samples.) Throughout the process, the professional writer will require your INPUT and collaboration. More specifically, the professional should be HELPING you write your own resume.

Unfortunately, this is NOT how many resume services operate. Some only require you to complete a form on-line and send your money. Others ask for your credit card particulars in advance -- before they know anything about you. These are the resume factories or paper mills. Avoid them like the plague.

But well-meaning people whom you know and trust (at work, on campus or at home) will also be offering to help you with your resume. Sadly, this army of resume-writing amateurs WON'T be qualified to assist you in 2010 -- even if they happen to be your spouse, teachers, business executives, personnel officers, your secretary or a professional typist. Despite their own success, very few corporate vice presidents know anything about the art of resume writing. None of your friends or relatives is likely to have the expertise required to advise or assist you in preparing a winning resume for this recession.

You also need to be on guard against any and all "advisors" who tell you that they have received, read and critiqued hundreds of resumes. Such folks are seldom able to design, construct and write them as well! Even if they do have a knowledge of resume writing, will they be able to help in your case using your "ingredients" and having to address your particular shortcomings? Most advisors will have NO track record or formal certification as resume writers and worst of all - no army of successful clients to attest to the advice they give.

I am not denying that some people can help you prepare a nice-looking resume but, at best, it will be very "basic" and bland. It WON'T be the marketing tool you need to compete in the Recession of 2010 because it will usually fail to present your best "selling points" in the most effective way. I have seen this hundreds and hundreds of times.

And as for potential negatives, "red flags" or turnoffs, such advisors WON'T know how to "clean up" your resume in order to minimize or eliminate all of your resume "blemishes". The result? You'll be screened out in Round 1 and you will never understand the reason why!

In short, resume writing is a minefield of well-meaning amateurs and professional hacks and quacks. Some folks might be sincere in trying to help but lack the resume-writing skill and experience you need. At best, they'll give you an attractive-looking resume that WON'T "sell" you to any employer. Good resume paper, attractive fonts and sharp laser printing will NOT create the marketing tool you need to beat the competition in the recession. That, in turn, will cost you dearly in missed job opportunities and lost earnings. It may even hurt or harm your entire career.

Many amateurish self-written efforts have been posted on the Internet for weeks, months or years without getting even ONE response. How is yours doing? Lost opportunities or lower salaries are a very high price to pay for relying too much on the resumes of others or asking UNQUALIFIED advisors to assist you!

Always remember that a spouse is a spouse, a teacher is a teacher, an executive is an executive and a printer is a printer. NONE are resume writing or marketing experts.

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