Even when I started writing this blog, I had a negative opinion about professional resume writers. I don’t have to dig my head into the sand6 signs that help you recognize the successful resume writer 6 signs that help you recognize the successful resume writerlike an ostrich, though. This profession was not invented today or yesterday. It will be around tomorrow and in a year as well. For this reason, I decided to share with you how to recognize the good professional resume writer.

Experience matters. We shouldn’t pretend that it doesn’t. When you decide to use the services of a professional resume writer, always make sure that he or she has the required experience in the field. It is funny to entrust your future at the hands of a person who just attended one course in ‘making money through resume writing’.

Price is not decisive. There are services that start from a couple of bucks and skyrocket to thousands of dollars and even more. But simply put, it works like the car. What matters is getting from point ‘A’ to point ‘B’ on time. Whether you will be driving an old Ford or a brand new Mercedes, it doesn’t matter at all. Make reasonable choices.

Avoid automatization. If you happen to be on a website that directly asks for your credit card number, just close it. Resume writing is a strictly individual process. Some may say ‘But we are of the same profession, right?’ Well, teeth inside the mouths of all people are also 32 (typically). But when we go to the dentist’s office for a filling, we don’t have a ready casting placed. The filling is made to fit the hole in the tooth, right?

The best advertisement. Don’t trust the ads you see in the search machines, the specialized websites, and the magazines. Ask a friend of yours, an acquaintance, or a colleague for a good resume writer. Find someone who has used the services of a particular writer and at least got the job interview. The best advertisement is the one that spreads from mouth to mouth.

Find the person with capital ‘P’. There are writers who will help you even if you don’t use their services. These people give pieces of advice, pointing at the mistakes that job seekers make when writing resumes and cover letters. For them, hands on my heart, I can say that they first try to help people. I hope you can find such writers as well.

Analyze. Even you’ve found a writer who meets the above-pointed criteria, it is nevertheless important to know how many of his or her clients have managed to have a job interview scheduled and got actually hired. Ask him or her about the percentage of successful resumes and cover letters he or she has written. Find evidence, not just sweet words. This is your money.

In the following articles, I will introduce for you the most successful, loved, and experienced resume writers. People to whom the above six criteria apply.

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