One notable aspect about being a professional writer, is the angst people go through over cost. I understand it but it’s important to look at some facts.
Some top line writing companies charge more than $1200 for an executive resume.
We charge in the $200-$400 price range but a full executive CV will cost more.
Let’s do a quick ‘value for money’ calculation.
First of all, working with a professional writer means your resume will pass ATS screening programs, many of which are out of date.
A professional resume writer – not a back yard ‘shonk’ or AI slop program – will increase your chances of being short-listed by around 30-40 percent.
Forget AI resumes – they hit the spike hard.
Of course, you need to be in the ‘ball park’ to meet the basic criteria for a job.
We’ve had people wanting us to create an IT manager resume when they’ve never worked in IT.
Let’s say the job you are targeting pays $80,000 per annum and a resume costs $250.00.
For .25 per cent of your yearly salary, your chances of being short-listed, may increase by up to 40 per cent.
You’ve leapt over scores of other candidates and now you have a shot at the big prize.
But a professionally written resume doesn’t stop working for you there.
If the selection panel can’t make up their mind between you and another candidate, they go back and compare the resumes. The best resume wins.
On a cost basis, can you afford not to hire a professional resume writer?
I recently had an IT specialist who wanted to move from an oil and gas company to BAE.
He was on a $100,000 per annum. His new salary was around the $140,000 per annum mark.
He thought $320.00 was too much for a resume.
Another prospective client assessed the professional writing competition, and hired me for the same job, which appeared 18 months later.
He was short-listed and killed it in the job interviews. He moved from a salary of $110,000 to $145,000.
It pays to get the odds on your side.
Outstanding experience
“I was in the process of moving jobs and reached out to Republic Resumes to help me with build a new resume based off an old draft.
Working with Malcolm made this process seamless. We started with the original base draft which included what my previous employments were, skills acquired, licenses etc and in particular what was the job I was aiming for. In this instance particularly targeting the mining / drilling industry.
With Malcolm’s insider knowledge and doing his own research on this particular industry, we bounced this key information between each other to add to the resume. Through speaking with me he picked up on qualities that he could see from not only as someone who builds resumes to a professional standard on a regular basis, but from an employer’s perspective as well. These qualities were added and noted to the resume.
The resume that I received through Republic Resumes from Malcolm was one of the pivotal things that helped me land my new job working as a Driller on a salary of more than $110k.
The Final product was fantastic not only in terms of presentation of the resume but down to the professionalism of the information that was on there. I received the final product in both Word Doc & Adobe PDF Format which then I can add directly to my Seek profile or print at my own leisure.
I highly recommend Malcolm for anyone who is considering getting their resume done professionally.
Adam H