Resume Writer Matthew Greene

Resume Writing Services:
How to check them out

by

Matthew Greene, M.Phil.

More than 100 million job seekers have already used professional  resume writing services for creating their resumes and cover letters. Those  who chose a good resume writing service, also achieved their main goal – to  beat the competition for jobs and get hired.  The others had to learn the  hard way that not every writer has the skill or expertise required to create  a winning resume.

A skilled professional resume writing service could be worth its weight in gold.  It can greatly increase your chances of being hired for a better job, help you get offers of a bigger salary or income, improve your chances of  obtaining promotions and, generally, advance your career.  That's why those  who have used a good resume writing service, nearly always return.

But you also need to be very careful.  Recently, I was asked to improve and even redo a few resumes that had been produced by "better" resume writing services.  At first, I was puzzled but after questioning each of the clients concerned, I discovered that their resumes had not been prepared by the expert writer who is supposed to be in charge but by "Christine", "Bob" and "Susan" – their hired assistants.

You also need to be aware of the growing practice of farming out (outsourcing) resume writing assignments to part-time writers.  Outside parties usually lack the experience to produce a truly effective, high-quality resume.  They are the ones who typically describe an accomplished senior executive as "highly motivated" or "self-motivated" which is very, very amateurish writing.  Such phrases would be appropriate for an entry-level resume!

You see, the fact that such writers or English teachers or journalists might have earned a certificate in resume writing is no guarantee that they won't write yours in the language of literature instead of using the employer's own keywords!  Perhaps they won't even know which to use in your resume or cover letter.  One learns what the best "selling points" are by analyzing the skills required in related job ads and by writing hundreds of resumes that have already worked!  This is why you need to determine up front WHO will be writing your resume.  He or she may NOT be the same party whose face and impressive credentials are featured on a very attractive website!

In some "group" resume writing services they try to impress by advising that they have a "team of expert resume writers" waiting to assist you.  How are you supposed to check out the expertise of the particular party who will be doing your resume?  What is his or her track record in resume writing?  What guarantee will you have of getting a high-quality product for your money – an effective resume?

Many inexperienced resume hacks and quacks can be found on the Internet.  Who are they?  In 1999, a legal transcription service on the West coast grabbed entire pages from this copyrighted website, replaced our name and address with theirs and instantly became an "experienced" and "professional" resume writing service!  (Although I was flattered by their choice of my site, I managed to stop those resume writing phonies real fast!  After all, I had paid my dues for the previous 15 years; they hadn't!)

The vast majority of those companies are only "paper mills" that are staffed by untrained and inexperienced  personnel.  Or they've been churning out the same weak versions year after year.  As a rule, they can only prepare very basic resumes, not focused or tailored ones that today's employers expect.  Even those writers who may be sincere, are grossly inept!  Some are only typing or secretarial firms whose products are worth $10 – or less! These won't help you at all.  In fact, you will lose job opportunities or get hired for a lower-paying position than you deserve!

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