A week ago, I received a call coming from a friend that is a financial planner. He likes to be a real mover and shaker in the local business community, so I can expect to see a lunch invitation once or twice a year. (I'm low on the totem pole on the local business scene.) More often than not, the lunch will normally include three or four people from similar market sectors that my friend is intending to cross network. I always go. In my business, I don't normally do a lot locally, but it's free food.
This time around, I arrive at a pleasant, sunlit sea food restaurant along the beach to find my friend sitting with some guy in a suit who he then introduces as a resume writer. The guy in the suit quickly attempts to rebrand himself as a career coach, although after a number of questions, it turns out that a lot of his business is just selling people on the concept that they require a professionally constructed resume.
Ostensibly, the thought is that there could very well be some working synergy between a recruiter and a resume writer. I can't blame my pal for the logic, it looks reasonable. All things considered, both take care of people during career transition. However, the reality is that it couldn't be further from reality.
The resume writer perpetuates the fable that the resume gets an interview. Further more, they offer the concept that a fancy (high-priced) resume does a much better job. As a recruiter, we detest that brand of belief.
If we start working with a candidate, we work with a tactic of focus. The most marketable achievements of their work history as it pertains to the job being sought and isolated. These are typically specific cases with numbers. Whatever else is then minimized, and these success stories are moved to the front and advertised.
Amongst other factors, this means that at our direction, the resumes are normally rewritten. Flowery language and jargon is cut. Padding and embellishment is eliminated. The resume is changed into a uncomplicated chronological road map which leads from one success to another. It is a snap to follow hoping that it's going to lead an interviewer into dealing with the best things the job candidate possesses.
Our moral for this story would be that recruiters don't believe in complex resumes. The resume ought to be simple, easy and straightforward highlighting achievements which are very specific. Resumes are tools for use inside of an interview, not to get an interview. Don't buy into the myth of a $500 resume. It provides no real advantage.
This time around, I arrive at a pleasant, sunlit sea food restaurant along the beach to find my friend sitting with some guy in a suit who he then introduces as a resume writer. The guy in the suit quickly attempts to rebrand himself as a career coach, although after a number of questions, it turns out that a lot of his business is just selling people on the concept that they require a professionally constructed resume.
Ostensibly, the thought is that there could very well be some working synergy between a recruiter and a resume writer. I can't blame my pal for the logic, it looks reasonable. All things considered, both take care of people during career transition. However, the reality is that it couldn't be further from reality.
The resume writer perpetuates the fable that the resume gets an interview. Further more, they offer the concept that a fancy (high-priced) resume does a much better job. As a recruiter, we detest that brand of belief.
If we start working with a candidate, we work with a tactic of focus. The most marketable achievements of their work history as it pertains to the job being sought and isolated. These are typically specific cases with numbers. Whatever else is then minimized, and these success stories are moved to the front and advertised.
Amongst other factors, this means that at our direction, the resumes are normally rewritten. Flowery language and jargon is cut. Padding and embellishment is eliminated. The resume is changed into a uncomplicated chronological road map which leads from one success to another. It is a snap to follow hoping that it's going to lead an interviewer into dealing with the best things the job candidate possesses.
Our moral for this story would be that recruiters don't believe in complex resumes. The resume ought to be simple, easy and straightforward highlighting achievements which are very specific. Resumes are tools for use inside of an interview, not to get an interview. Don't buy into the myth of a $500 resume. It provides no real advantage.
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