CareersPro Inc.  Resume Critique and Review Service

 Is your resume holding you back?

Take this quick test and find out ...

·         Have you been sending your resume to employers for jobs you KNOW you're perfect for ... and not getting called for interviews?

·         Have you posted your resume on sites like Monster or CareerBuilder ... and employers aren't calling you?

If so, your resume is definitely working against you -- and it's robbing you and your family of the paychecks you deserve.

How much is your sub-par resume costing you, exactly?

Well, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, the median income was $48,202 in 2006.  Which means that every week you go without a job costs you $926.96. That's no small amount of money, is it?

With the Bureau of Labor Statistics reporting the average job seeker was out of work for 17 consecutive weeks in 2006. That means the average job seeker loses out on $15,758.34  in wages when it's all said and done -- far more than the $926.96  you lose in a week.

That's the real cost of unemployment, if your resume is holding you back.

There’s a lot more to landing your dream job than writing and sending a resume. But you know what? Your resume is usually how employers ‘meet’ you. And their decision to interview you – or not – is often made after a quick glance at this all-important document.

Here’s the challenge: Most resumes look the same, read the same and, quite frankly, they’re boring. Most are cookie-cutter exercises in mediocrity, even though each candidate claims to be ‘driven,’ ‘dynamic,’ ‘creative,’ etc. But empty assertions like these won’t land you an interview. You must prove the claims in your resume to get an employer’s attention.

Your resume is a marketing tool, plain and simple. Is yours so powerful that it grabs the attention of hurried employers, forces them to slow down, read on, pick up the phone and call you? It must! Because your resume has to get read to get you hired.

Warning! Just because you spent four hours writing your resume doesn’t mean it will be read with care. As a hiring professional who reviews resumes every single day, I can tell you that your resume has less than 10 seconds to impress a reader enough to compel them to read it entirely. Ten seconds. Or less.

Since writing a resume ranks about the same as having a root canal on the ‘Fun Meter,’ many people create just one version to use in every situation. They stuff this all-purpose resume with gobs of ‘duties included’ and ‘responsible for’ language. Unfortunately, your resume can’t be all things to all hiring managers. As a result, generic resumes fail to produce job offers.

Your resume is your personal emissary. It should provide a positive first impression and an honest summary of your skills and attributes. It must convince the reader that you are reliable, responsible, ready, willing and ABLE to do the job.

If the job you seek is worth pursuing, it’s worth pursuing right. So send a resume that’s carefully written, with one specific job in mind. Length is not an issue. Content is. People will read any length of resume IF the content is compelling. That’s the secret.

Don’t make the mistake most job hunters do when looking for a job. They write a catchall resume filled with duties and responsibilities, ask friends and neighbors if they know of any job openings, respond to newspaper ads, reply to job postings online . . . and that’s it.

But that’s not enough. Not today. That’s what everyone else does. Most job hunters are chasing a relatively small number of advertised jobs along with a huge crowd of hungry competitors. Good luck to them – they’ll need it.

Instead, make 100% sure every resume you send is aimed at the specific job an employer wants to fill. If that seems like too much work, then ask yourself this question: How important is my future?

CareersPro, Inc. Resume Editing and Review

Have our experts review your resume to make sure that it presents your case as a job seeker most forcefully and clearly.

 CareersPro, Resume Editing and Review Price List

Entry-Level (Recent grads to 1 year of work experience)	$129
Mid-Career (2-5 years of work experience or graduate degrees)	$179
Senior/Executive (6+ years of work experience)	$219

***Note: Any resume/CV that is more than 1.5 pages will be automatically considered and charged as at least a mid-level review. Any resume/CV that is 2 pages or more will automatically be considered and charged as a senior-level review.