How to Choose a CV or Resume Writing Company

Mr. Ravi Mirchandani from Career Placements India is a Certified Professional Resume Writer from Florida USA. The only certified member of the PARW/CC. Professional Association of Resume Writers and Career Coaches.

A Resume CV is the utmost important manuscript of one’s career and future; and a proficient resume writing firm is the perfect solution to aid jobseekers with their resume & assist them in their professional growth. However, one must perform a due diligencewhile selecting any resume writing company. There are scores of resume writing companies accessiblevirtually today, however 99%are freelancers, individuals working from households, these are fake ranking themselves as # 1 etc. There are loads of setups and fake sites readily waiting to service orders and fool jobseekers by furnishing a word document which may have a good format and language, but lack the most vital thing – it’s a RESUME and NOT some office document. Such secretarial documents will not be successful in creating that interview call a jobseeker is targeting.To circumvent such Ponzi companies, one can keep in mind these 4 guidelines and to help select a professional resume writing company

1. Isolating Freelancers/ operating from home service providers –

The question arises that why is choosing freelancers not such a good idea.

Well, a well written resume involves deep market study to understand what proficiency, experiences, skills;capabilities etc. employers are searching for in their potential jobseekers and then rewritingone’s capabilities and proficiencies to their job description (using genuinefigures&attainments). A well written resumealso has an effective usage of keywords so that one’sC.V. shows topmostin a search result when explored by companies / employment agencies. This can be achieved only if the Resume Writing Company is in touch with the pulse of the job market. Otherwise it appears very difficult for any resume writing service provider to have access to such knowledge as it is acquired over a period of time and not available through any other method. Interestingly, majority of freelancers have their routine 9 to 5 jobs and write resume only on part time basis for additional income. Therefore your resume is not on their priority list; So you end up paying for an unprofessionally written resume majority of times.

How to screen the freelancers

a) Check the “contact us” page on their website and see if it has a postal address or is it just a form with an email address.

b) Look for a fixed landline number or mobile phone number. Make a call and check its validity. See on true caller.

c) Screen the website foradditional contact numbers (a reputed company would alwaysdisplaysupplementarycontact numbers and addresses)

2. How old is the company –

Expertise in resume writing comes with time and experience; there is definitely no other method. A Marketing Resume (for e.g.) is worthy or not can be only adjudged by a resume writer who has marketing domain expertise or by a qualified human resources person who has been filtering such profiles for eons. This is obviously true for any vertical and one must not risk if the resumewriter does not possess the domain expertise. A resume writing consultantgathers such knowledge over years and not in few days or over a couple of CV’s. Hence it is very important to understandtheir experience in the space of resume / CV writing.

3) To avoid such newly started companies –

a) Visit whois.com or any who-is website and look for the “domain registered date (website name). This date would tell onetheage of the websiteand the company.

b) Always callthe resume writerbefore placing the order or making the payment– Call the listed number on the website of the consultant and understand their strengths and value adds to you before making any kind of payment. Judge their knowledge; inquire about the resume writer’s profile / experience and if they are competent enough to handle your profile; be point blank and probe if the work is subcontracted to freelancers who work on tailor-made templates. Confirm the resume writing order only when you are thoroughly convinced about the capabilities of the resume writer.

c) Understand the entireprocedure and the services methodology. Take your time to apprehend the process, the time lines, the numberof drafts allowed (A Resume is never ever first time perfect, it always needs revisions/ iterations before the CV is full proof), would there be any discussions with the writer etc. what are their probing efforts and methods.

4) Being watchful, preemptive can helpone in picking the correct resume writing firm.

The Resume Distribution service: Many recruitment firmsnowadays offer a resume blasting service wherein one’scv is sent to hundreds of placements firms and executive search firms nationally.But just think about this service – if 100 job seekers signup forthis service in a day, it would amount to each placement firm receiving 60-100cvs per day – would such regularunsolicited emails land in their inbox or in their spam folder? In addition to this, the job description is sent by the hiringcompanies HR to many placement firms and uploaded on many job portals. Rather than this blasting service it is much easier for the placement firm to subscribe to 2-3 most prevalentjob portals (which boast of a large jobseeker data base) and hunt resumes based on their “freshness”. These portals have smart filters and allow consultants to search with multiple keywords, cv freshness, current locations, experience etc., compared to sourcing for candidates from Email folders or a folder with all the CVs on their pc’s? So please reconsider resume blasting as it may not fetch the outcome that one may beexpecting.