A week ago, I received a call coming from a friend that is a financial planner. He likes to be a real mover and shaker in the local business community, so I can expect to see a lunch invitation once or twice a year. (I'm low on the totem pole on the local business scene.) More often than not, the lunch will normally include three or four people from similar market sectors that my friend is intending to cross network. I always go. In my business, I don't normally do a lot locally, but it's free food.
This time around, I arrive at a pleasant, sunlit sea food restaurant along the beach to find my friend sitting with some guy in a suit who he then introduces as a resume writer. The guy in the suit quickly attempts to rebrand himself as a career coach, although after a number of questions, it turns out that a lot of his business is just selling people on the concept that they require a professionally constructed resume.
Ostensibly, the thought is that there could very well be some working synergy between a recruiter and a resume writer. I can't blame my pal for the logic, it looks reasonable. All things considered, both take care of people during career transition. However, the reality is that it couldn't be further from reality.
The resume writer endorses the misconception that a resume gets an interview. Further more, they offer the thought that an extravagant (higher priced) resume does a much better job. As a headhunter, we detest that style of reasoning.
As soon as we begin working with a candidate, we work with a method of focus. The most marketable feats from their work history as it pertains to the job being sought and isolated. These tend to be specific illustrations with numbers. The rest is then minimized, and these success stories are shoved to the front and sold.
Amongst other considerations, it means that at our direction, the resumes are likely to be rewritten. Elaborate language and terminology is cut. Padding and embellishment is taken out. The resume is changed into a hassle-free chronological road map which leads from one success to the next. It is not hard to follow in hopes that it will lead an interviewer into speaking of the best things our job seeker possesses.
The moral of the story is that headhunters don't believe in elaborate resumes. The resume should be basic and straightforward highlighting achievements that happen to be specific. Resumes are tools to be utilized at an interview, not to get an interview. Don't subscribe to the myth of a $500 resume. It serves up no real advantage.
This time around, I arrive at a pleasant, sunlit sea food restaurant along the beach to find my friend sitting with some guy in a suit who he then introduces as a resume writer. The guy in the suit quickly attempts to rebrand himself as a career coach, although after a number of questions, it turns out that a lot of his business is just selling people on the concept that they require a professionally constructed resume.
Ostensibly, the thought is that there could very well be some working synergy between a recruiter and a resume writer. I can't blame my pal for the logic, it looks reasonable. All things considered, both take care of people during career transition. However, the reality is that it couldn't be further from reality.
The resume writer endorses the misconception that a resume gets an interview. Further more, they offer the thought that an extravagant (higher priced) resume does a much better job. As a headhunter, we detest that style of reasoning.
As soon as we begin working with a candidate, we work with a method of focus. The most marketable feats from their work history as it pertains to the job being sought and isolated. These tend to be specific illustrations with numbers. The rest is then minimized, and these success stories are shoved to the front and sold.
Amongst other considerations, it means that at our direction, the resumes are likely to be rewritten. Elaborate language and terminology is cut. Padding and embellishment is taken out. The resume is changed into a hassle-free chronological road map which leads from one success to the next. It is not hard to follow in hopes that it will lead an interviewer into speaking of the best things our job seeker possesses.
The moral of the story is that headhunters don't believe in elaborate resumes. The resume should be basic and straightforward highlighting achievements that happen to be specific. Resumes are tools to be utilized at an interview, not to get an interview. Don't subscribe to the myth of a $500 resume. It serves up no real advantage.
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