Have you thought about hiring a professional resume writer? Do you wonder whether having your resume professionally written would be a smart idea? This presentation will help you decide! Almost always, hiring a professional resume writer (a skilled one!) is an investment that will save you a huge amount of time and money, not to mention eliminating the stress of a long, drawn out job search. For more tips to help with your job search, resume writing, personal branding and career marketing, visit www.distinctiveweb.com or follow us at: Twitter: http://twitter.com/distinctivedocs Facebook: http://facebook.com/DistinctiveDocuments Google+: http://plus.google.com/+Distinctivewebofficial LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/michelledumas

1. What Every Job
Seeker Needs To
Know About Hiring
A Professional
Résumé Writer

2. Ego is a funny thing. It is the foundation of
our self-esteem upon which we build our
competence and ability to meet, if not
exceed expectations.
However, ego can also cloud our judgment,
diminish our objectivity and, ultimately,
distort our decision making. When that
happens, our ego is not our amigo.

3. Whether unemployed and looking for work or simply to change jobs, ego can have both
positive and negative effects on our efforts. Confidence is, of course, essential when looking
for work. Hubris, on the other hand, is not. Take, for example, your résumé.
You’ve probably written, edited, modified, updated, and edited and modified it again. Over
the years, you’ve come up with a document that you’re pretty happy with, one that really
doesn’t need much more than a tweak in your next job search. Or so you tell yourself.

4. “ That, my friend, is your ego talking.”
You may be shaking your head, ready to move on to some other task because
you’re sure what we’re about to share with you doesn’t really apply to you or
that great résumé you’ve got on your computer desktop.
Did you know, however, that your résumé is 40% more likely to get you
noticed and generate you interviews when written by a professional?

5. Humor us for a just a bit. As you know, the labor market remains exceedingly tight as the
economic recovery proceeds at a very slow pace. If you are unemployed,
underemployed or just unhappily employed, standing out among
dozens, if not hundreds, of highly qualified individuals seeking the same jobs as you can
create a substantial barrier to your plans for an adjustment to (or advancement in) your
career.
No matter how experienced you are, no matter how “perfect”
you might be for a particular job opening, your chances of landing
that job are virtually nonexistent if your résumé doesn’t make
it past the first review stage.
And if your résumé doesn’t incorporate the latest formatting
and highlight those things on which employers now focus
when evaluating job applicants, you can count on your resume
never making it to the “call for interview” pile.

6. You’re still not convinced that a professionally written résumé
would be superior to what you can produce?
Or, perhaps you just don’t think you
can afford to have your résumé crafted
by a professional. Believe it or not, you
can’t afford not to. In fact, the greater
the level of competition for jobs, the
greater the potential return on your
investment in a professionally written
résumé.

7. Here’s why…
Looking for a job is not only a job in and of itself, it’s expensive. It’s estimated that a
job search can cost a job seeker as much as $15,000. If you are unemployed, it’s possible
to calculate the cost in lost wages for each day you remain without a job. In fact, it’s quite
simple.
There are approximately 250 working days per year. If your most recent job (or the one
you’re pursuing) pays, for example, $50,000 per year, then you will lose $200.00 per
day for each day you remain unemployed ($50,000/250=$200.00).

8. If, rather than being unemployed you are underemployed, then
each day you remain in a job that pays you less than your target
income costs you money. For example, say you make $70,000 per
year but you should be making $90,000. For each day you
remain underemployed, you are losing $80.00 ($20,000/250
days =$80.00 per day).

9. Now that you know how to calculate how much each day of
are you
still confident that you can’t afford
professional résumé writing?
unemployment/underemployment can cost you,
How many days of reduced wages is it
worth to save a little money? If
professional résumé writing reduces
your job search period by even just one
week, how much extra money would you
earn?

10. Let’s assume that money is no
object for you, that these
calculations really don’t move
you because a few hundred or
even few thousand dollars
don’t, at the end of the day,
mean that much to you (if so,
we want your job when you
leave!). There’s no reason
professional
résumé writing then,
for
right?
Um, not so fast.

11. Remember that we started this discussion of
the topic referring to ego?
While you may be incredibly competent in your
chosen career, it doesn’t mean you are
automatically proficient in everything else. Nor,
with all due respect, are you necessarily the most
objective person when it comes to you.
Having your résumé written by
someone highly qualified in that line of work
will ensure that your résumé doesn’t appear dated
(in either form or content) and also doesn’t read
You
want prospective employers to
focus on your qualifications. Don’t
like an exercise in self-aggrandizement.
hide them in puffery.

12. Michelle Dumas runs of one of the longest-standing and most
respected professional résumé writing firms on the internet,
Distinctive Career Services, LLC (dba Distinctive Documents). Since
1996, Michelle has empowered thousands of professionals with
résumés that get results and win jobs fast. Get insider résumé
writing tips that you won't find anywhere else at her website. Go
now to www.distinctiveweb.com
The Internet’s Résumé & Career Marketing
Specialists…Since 1996
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