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Resume Reviews from Job Sites
I uploaded a new resume to Indeed yesterday and they offered me a complimentary resume review via a company called TopResume. They sent me an email this morning with the review- I may be overreacting a bit, but it seemed to tell me my resume was terrible in multiple ways and tells employers I'm actually looking in a different field all together. And oh, here's what the different packages are.
Does anyone have any insight on this? It's left me feeling pretty terrible about myself and my job prospects. Thanks ladies!
Alice JohnsonComputer nerd-ish, travel lover, connector
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07/11/19 at 8:50PM UTC
There's nothing wrong with having someone look over your resume, but I would not go through TopRecruiter. The ones I've seen from them are honestly, not that good, as someone who has done interviews. If you are questioning your resume, send it out to people in your field, people you trust, and recruiters you know.
Sweet Caroline
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07/11/19 at 3:23PM UTC
I recently paid for a resume writing service because I have essentially been using my college resume for the past 20 years! I understand ATS and the way job searching has changed and I wanted to be sure if I were job hunting or in general just circulating my resume it was appropriate. My initial submissions to those online reviews all came back telling me I had 0 years of experience, no relevant work experience or education etc.... I as horrified because I had paid a significant sum for this new fancy 21st century resume!
I forwarded to a few friends in the HR world to get their take, had I in fact wasted my money? The resounding answer was no!!!! These online sites want you to buy their services even if you have a good resume. My friends were able to offer a few tweaks but agreed the service had done what I paid for and I had an acceptable, professional, 21st century resume that clearly highlighted my strengths and accomplishments.
MariaHR Lead and Writer
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07/10/19 at 8:30PM UTC
I've generally found resume review sites not to be very helpful. Your best option is to ask a few people to go over your resume and see what sticks out or what is missing. A lot of it is presentation as much as information. If you know of a good recruiter, have them take a look at it as well.
Ariana NunezSprints and meetings in NYC.
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07/09/19 at 5:50PM UTC
What Msutton said. It's bait.
Johana TatlowResearcher | Consultant
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07/09/19 at 5:39PM UTC
I am a resume writer with a couple of services. I uploaded my resume to Monster for review last week, because I wanted to see what feedback people were getting, and the "system" gave my resume a score of 0. I know people get jobs with the resumes I write; they come back and tell me so. As long as your resume is 1) neat, 2) in readable English, not just a list of technical skills, 3) has your accurate job descriptions, and 4) mentions major accomplishments, you are probably good to go. Every once in a while, some one has picked a too fancy format that the ATS genuinely can't read. So, simple but elegant will do the trick.
Keri WilsonBusiness Excellence Consultant
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07/09/19 at 5:34PM UTC
BTW - is there any guarantee with this service? Do you get your money back if you don't get a job with their newly tweaked resume?
It seems that everyone likes some different anyway. The days of printing a one-pager on high quality paper in a nice, readable font are over. My career coach suggested I pick 5 "talents" and exploit them throughout the page. LinkedIn's "free" service told me to highlight my work experience and past companies. The unemployment workshop recommended I have several "personalized" resumes so the recruiterbot can find key words. The government contracting firm wanted everything I've ever done, laid out in chronological order (6 pages! and I got that job!). I don't know the "right" answer - just keep in mind, they're trying to run a business and make money on tweaking resumes.
Tami WolfInnovative & Experienced Project/Program Manager
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07/09/19 at 6:51PM UTC
There is a guarantee... with the second-tier package ? I’ve gotten all kinds of conflicting advice as well. It all should have taught me there is no “right” way to do it, but that doesn’t seem to have stuck.
Johana TatlowResearcher | Consultant
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07/09/19 at 5:41PM UTC
Government resumes have a particular, extensively detailed set of requirements. As to others--it really depends which ATS system they are using, and who the human on the other end is.
Mikal SuttonGovt. relations exec and policy wonk.
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07/09/19 at 3:30PM UTC
I’ve had the same thing happen. I think they are overly critical because they want you to spend money on their resume writing services.
I would suggest asking a friend or two or perhaps a business mentor to help tweak your resume to update and refresh everything. You could also look for examples of good resumes online too.
Tami WolfInnovative & Experienced Project/Program Manager
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07/09/19 at 3:52PM UTC
That's what I started thinking after I calmed down a bit. I worked with a career coach recently and this is the resume we did together, so I'm doubly shocked that they said it was so bad!
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