Looking for advice on getting a resume writen. In the past I just made one on my own and had some people look over it, but I figured with the job market the way it is, and I havnt had to use a resume in so long - if it would be worth going to a resume writer? I would perfer going to an actual person than a website in fear of getting more of a template based resume. Also I am not sure anymore what I should include and exclude. Any advice on finding a person who does this?
A couple of ideas: a local college or university, since lots of them seem to provide that service to students (even if you aren't a student, you could probably make some sort of mutually satisfactory deal); a local union office if there have been a lot of layoffs/closures; what about just calling a placement service and asking what they currently look for and/or automatically screen out?
Be careful with this one. Most people will give you the standard college resume. Which won't work in this market.
I'm thinking some sort of stripper/singing telegram type person could get the job done.
Resume writing is dicey. We paid for one a few months ago, came back as word soup in order to get past the automated resume filters. The problem is that once an actual human in HR puts eyes on it, it's almost unintelligible, and it's difficult to make the resume coherent during a face-to-face interview.
I had decent luck with domyresume.net. Linkedin also has a service. It's key talk with them and ensure they know the exact market types/companies you want to be seen by. I had them make up three different resumes and cover letters targeting three different markets. They also typically reboot your Linkedin profile. At the time it was ~$125 which seemed reasonable for the results.
I had taken a corporate downsizing and the reboot really helped me on linkedin hits as well as getting past the AI application bots.
calteg said:Resume writing is dicey. We paid for one a few months ago, came back as word soup in order to get past the automated resume filters. The problem is that once an actual human in HR puts eyes on it, it's almost unintelligible, and it's difficult to make the resume coherent during a face-to-face interview.
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j_tso said:calteg said:Resume writing is dicey. We paid for one a few months ago, came back as word soup in order to get past the automated resume filters. The problem is that once an actual human in HR puts eyes on it, it's almost unintelligible, and it's difficult to make the resume coherent during a face-to-face interview.
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Actually, you don't need to do this exactly, because any HR person should be able to highlight the text and then see it (then she's onto your game! Hah!), but a modified step 1 might work. Simply rephrase the job description as things you've already done or are doing now (as long as it's true).
Job description: The applicant should be able to peel 20 bananas per hour.
Rewrite that under your current job description: Responsible for peeling more than 20 bananas per hour.
This way, word filters are going to catch it, and the hiring person will see that, hey, you do the things they need already.
Good luck!
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