The answer is simple – YES!
Ever wonder why some of your friends seem to move up the corporate ladder faster than you? Ever wonder why your boss got his/her job, since you are so much smarter than him/her? The answer to these questions may be that they have better resumes than you (of course, your boss may also be related to the Chairman of the Board).
Assuming that the answer more likely is that your friends or your boss have better resumes, it seems wise for you to start there. More importantly, if you have a resume, your resume better be a good one, because it is competing with other resumes for the position you want.
If you have been sending out your resume and not getting interviews, you can certainly blame the resume.
Without a good resume, companies have no idea that you even exist – unless you are invited to an interview by the hiring authority (who knows you from church) you may as well be invisible. We live in a market economy and you must learn to market yourself effectively and aggressively – or suffer in a ‘go nowhere’ job while your friends move on to new opportunities and brighter futures.
Now that you understand the need for a resume, the question is “What makes a good resume”? Anyone can type up words on a piece of paper or copy the resume of a friend who is also in a stinking job. A professional resume writer knows how to market your skills by choosing powerful, competitive, words and uses them strategically in order to trigger positive responses.
A professional resume writer knows how to highlight your experiences, skills, achievements, education, and accomplishments – and knows how to market you effectively with an individually designed resume.
A qualified professional resume writer is someone who understands that the objective of a resume is to get you interviews and to make you easy to interview. If you seek professional help, the MINIMUM qualification you should demand is someone with the professional credential of CPRW (Certified Professional Resume Writer), a highly exclusive designation obtainable only from the Professional Association of Resume Writers after rigorous testing.
