Before you spend up to $300 on a resume service you should stop and ask a few questions. All resume providers are not alike and as they could be all that stabds between you and an interview you should make this decision carefully.
Step 1: Evaluate Their Website
A resume service's website is basically it's resume. Evaluate it as if you were an employer. Would you hire this person or group? Is their site laid out in an attractive and easy to read fashion? Is it free from typos and misspellings? Can you quickly and easily find all of the information you need without needing to hunt around the various pages looking for the right links? If you can answer yes to all of these then the resume service has passed the first test.
Step 2: How Do They Work?
Because there are so many resume writing services out there you really need to pay attention to how they go about their business. Will you be assigned an individual writer? Will you see drafts and be able to comment? Is there a window for revisions? Do they operate in Word, or some other easily navigable word processing platform so that you can make edits and additions in the future? Hopefully you can again answer all the above questions in the affirmative.
Step 3: What Kind of Experience Does The Resume Writing Service Have?
It is not hard to set up a resume writing business, and because of this fact you could stumble upon someone who is very adept at making an attractive site, but who has little practical experience in the resume-writing field. A competent resume provider should have been in business for at least five years to be able to identify trends and to have the necessary experience with the wide variety of resume types.
Step 4: How Much Will the Resume Provider Charge for his Services?
While you do not want to pinch pennies when it comes to such an important piece of the job-hunting puzzle, you also do not want to be taken advantage of. Resume services can cost anywhere from $29.99 to $299.99. In general you get what you pay for. With this in mind shoot for something in the middle ground.