The Importance Of A Professionally Written Resume
Tighter job markets translate into exponentially increased competition × especially for the mid-career to C-level professional. Currently, for any open position, there can be upwards of 1,000 applications received. A rçİsumçİ"s initial screening, usually performed by a software application, HR employee, or executive / administrative assistant, lasts anywhere from 6 to 15 seconds. During this phase of selection, visual appeal, ease of readability and keywords are of utmost significance.From there, 25 to 50 rçİsumçİs are provided to hiring managers, who review each for anywhere from 15 to 45 seconds before the decision to call × or not call × is made. With such a limited window of opportunity, initial impact is everything. Contrary to popular belief, it is not always the "most qualified candidate" that gets the calls; it"s the candidate with the most impactful rçİsumçİ. Great content doesn"t travel far if a rçİsumçİ is difficult to read, or if the most salient information is buried somewhere in the middle of (or, worse yet, beyond) page two. Does your rçİsumçİ have what it takes to make the grade?
In a job market currently maintaining a 10%+ unemployment rate, you can bet that the overwhelming majority of rçİsumçİs that generate interviews are crafted by highly experienced Certified Professional Rçİsumçİ Writers (CPRWs). These professionals are trained and rigorously tested by the Professional Association of Rçİsumçİ Writers and Career Counselors (PARW / CC) to ensure their expertise at creating collateral that is strategically designed to optimize candidates" opportunities for securing interviews. CPRWs know how to create rçİsumçİs in which the formatting, phrasing, readability, and content speak directly to what hiring managers and recruiters generally look for in that crucial window of opportunity, while avoiding the all-too-common mistakes that immediately eliminate a rçİsumçİ from consideration.
CPRWs also understand that a rçİsumçİ is not ever intended to "get you a job." No decision-maker has ever looked at a rçİsumçİ and immediately hired a candidate without at least one interview. The primary purpose, of a rçİsumçİ is to generate calls for the targeted position from desirable organizations / industries. Once initial contact is facilitated by the rçİsumçİ, candidates then leverage their interviewing and negotiation skills to obtain the offer and secure the position.
If your current career search isn"t going as well as hoped for, maybe it"s not due to just economic conditions or bad markets. Perhaps the solution is simply getting a CPRW to optimize the impact of your rçİsumçİ. If the short-term cost for an overhauled rçİsumçİ helps you secure a six-figure income or your "dream job," it may prove to be the wisest investment you"ve ever made.