Criteria For Choosing The Right Executive Resume Writing Service

By Anita Ortega


It is tougher to get a job nowadays, even if you are a highly skilled executive. Many executives lost their jobs during the credit crunch and economic fiascoes of the past few years and there is tough competition for scarce managerial positions. The only tool that an executive has to get back into the job market again is a good curriculum vitae or resume. But not all are good resume writers so some may need the services of a good executive resume writing service to assist.

The boom in this kind of service marketed on the internet and print media has been quite evident. Thus it can be assumed that it is demand driven and there are quite a number of people that clamor for this kind of service. The challenge therefore is getting one or choosing one that suits your needs.

Setting up a checklist with some search criteria should help do the trick in choosing the right service for you. Remember that price does not necessarily factor always as a criteria, although it is very important. There are other qualities or criteria that you can consider. On your checklist, consider the following points being relevance and adaptability, level of conciseness, and clarity and accuracy.

Much has changed in the way that curriculum vita and resumes are made and used these days. In the past it was expected for one to have thick resumes with complete references and supporting work experience documents and the like. However, we are in a new age and times have changed, so we must also adapt the way we do things so that we become more relevant.

The resume adapted for the modern age is much different from the resumes of the past. The ones in the past were a lot of pages thicker and much more detailed with supporting documents. Nowadays they are much briefer and more to the point. Also there are standard professional formats used so when someone looks at it they can tell precisely what kind of professional is applying for what. Curriculum vita of today also use 14 points as a standard size and usually uses times new roman and arial as its stylized font.

What you have written and submitted should be concise. It should be to the point and direct. The more information you can put across in as little words as possible will do wonders in your being shortlisted. Have a wide use of vocabulary but avoid extremely superfluous or exaggerated words.

Being accurate in what you submit in your application is also one of the keys to success. Fit your resume to the job requirements at hand so as to be able to grab attention and a possible interview. This is a good basic rule of thumb to remember, to fit your resume to their needs.

So to choose the right service for your needs, ask them to send a sample of what they can provide so you can decide. Look for all the qualities that has been covered in this article and shortlist your candidates accordingly. A good shortlist of possible services you can hire should be at least three, and you can then eliminate from there using whatever other criteria you may want to use.




About the Author:



No comments:

Post a Comment