Resume Writers

List of Professional Resume Writers

What professional resume writers can do

Professional resume writers can help you make sure your resume is well designed, written and presented. Their experience can help you cover up weak points while promoting your assets as best as you can.

Choosing a resume writer takes some consideration or you may not be pleased with the results. Some writers, typically the cheaper ones, will mainly assist in the typing and layout of your resume. Others may be trained career advisors and can help tie your resume in with your career and job seeking strategy if you wish. The extra time needed for this will mean they will charge more.

Before hiring a resume writer decide what level of service you want from them and check if that is the service they provide. That is, decide to what extent you need resume typing, resume design and career planning. These services do overlap significantly and effect the quality of your resume since your resume is your main career document. See our career section if you need more career planning information.

Q & A

Q: When is it worth using a professional resume writer?
A: Whenever the return (eg. landing a job sooner, landing a higher paid job etc.) will most likely outweigh the cost.

Q: How do I determine if the return will outweigh the cost?
A: If you compare the price of the typical resume service (which usually varies based on experience level) to what you might get for landing a job a few weeks sooner, or getting a 10% better paid job, then it may seem like a no brainer. The reality is that IF (emphasis on the if) a professional can make a noticeable improvement to your resume it will probably be worth the cost in the long run, which leads to the most important question...

Q: How do I know if a professional can make my resume better than what it is now?
A's:

  • Ask them: You can often get a pro to do a review of your resume for less (or no) cost before proceeding to do a full service (to see how much room for improvement there is), and while they will have some bias they also don't enjoy dealing with angry clients if they can't deliver the goods (which helps keep them honest), so it never hurts to ask.
  • Also highly recommended: if you have any family or friends that are either employers or in HR and deal with lots of job applicants, ask them to see if your resume is good, bad or other. If it's not good then maybe seek a pro.
  • Finally: obviously some professionals are better than others, so try to use ones that are recommended to you.