Busy days on the Republic front line.
One curious aspects about being a professional writer, is the angst people go through over the price for a resume.
Some top line writing companies in Sydney and Melbourne charge more than $1000 for a resume.
We charge in the $200-$400 price range but a full executive CV will cost top dollar. Career changer resumes may be expensive too.
The Republic fees are on the website and below:
Let’s do a quick ‘value for money’ calculation.
A professional resume writer – not a back yard ‘shonk’ – will increase your chances of being short-listed by around 30-40 percent.
Of course, you need to be in the ‘ball park’ in the first place and 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 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 have 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.
If you go to a backyard shonk, you’ll pay anywhere between $120 and $175.00.
You’ll keep lodging the resume and it will keep failing because of spelling and grammar mistakes, poor formatting, no ATS protocols, no achievements, etc.
On a cost basis, can you afford not to hire a professional resume writer?