Question:
Anybody know a good resume writing service in NYC or on the Internet?
Answer:
- I'm looking for the same and all i've found so far is resume.com
anyone else know of a place??
- What is the compelling need here for a service to write your resume?
The major problem with using a service is that it no longer is a
personal statement. The feel and sound of it becomes professional and
even to the inexperienced hiring manager, it comes across. You need to
be able to do three things:
1)send a cover letter and resume that gets you an interview
2)have a 30 second commercial that sums up your experience and
education - a summary of your resume
3)and be ready to answer the standard technical/professional interview
questions using your experience/education accomplishments and resume as
reference. You need to say things like, as you can see from the work I
did at... or I tried to note that under the .... you want the manager
making notes on your resume as he listens to you. That way you move out
of the pack or stack.
Unless you are a good actor, reading someone else's script is much more
difficult than reading your own. You are the only one who knows the
nuances and subtle points that you want to make.
But how do I make my resume - go to the other websites where people
post their resumes and spend some time reading alt.jobs.resumes,
ba.jobs.resumes, seattle.jobs.resumes, nj.jobs.resumes, nc.jobs.resumes,
il.jobs.resumes or fl.jobs.resumes and austin.jobs.resumes and
israel.jobs.resumes - misc.jobs.resumes, us.resumes.jobs - you get the
point I'm sure. Look and copy those that have features you like, then
just be sure you have a section with education, one with experience, one
with certification and professional stuff like languages or harware, a
introductory summary and a personal data header, the objective is
optional - BUT no references (these go on a separate sheet unless you
are doing a U.N. cv - http://www.un.org/Depts/OHRM/guidenew.htm - it is
a good general outline also ) and NO controversial sections like
personal - or hobbies - or green card applied for. If you must say
something like your a flag waving republican, Jesus loving red neck,
Bambie killing NRAer, or H1B visa wannabee say it in the cover letter.
In the experience, describe the job responsibilities and then add
bullets that list measured accomplishments. 60% reduction in cost. 25%
increase in up time, No Age, no sex, no married status, no # of
dependents if you are in the US, no picture unless your 36DDs are your
major certification (I suppose that the tightness of your butt and other
lengths might be important if you are targeting your companies but that
is another issue)
- I'm serious. Resume writing services are a rip-off. You're the only
person who can write a good resume for you. Get a book if you have to
("Resumes for Dummies", "What Color is Your Parachute", whatever), but
do it yourself.
- After 8 years in the military I'm new to this job hunting thing. My
resume gets viewed on the internet, but I never get any emails asking
for an interview. I put up my cell phone# but I still never got any
calls. So I thought the resume might be the bottleneck.
- Not all resume writing places are rip offs. I think it's always best to
get your resume done by a professional place who doesn't charge the
earth for doing it. As you can never be objective enough when writing
about yourself. Also the time you spend looking for a job is well
reduced when you get someone professional to complie your CV.
However I don't know of any professional CV place in your area that I
can recommend.
