Shoutout to the $45 resume review I almost skipped

I paid a local career center in Cincinnati $45 for a professional resume review last spring. The woman there pointed out I was using a 15-year-old format with an objective statement nobody reads anymore. She showed me how to restructure it with bullet points for recent achievements instead of just listing duties. Within two weeks of applying with the new version, I got three callbacks after months of silence. Has anyone else had luck with a paid resume service or is it better to just use free templates?

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cameron42616d ago

Sure, because nothing says "total scam" like paying someone to tell you your resume looks like it was printed on a scroll from 2006. I'm glad it worked out for you (really, three callbacks is solid proof), but I imagine most of these services are just charging you to hear "delete the objective statement" and "use action verbs" which is basically free advice from a 5-minute Google search. For $45 you could buy a nice lunch and argue with a friend about your resume instead, which honestly sounds like a better deal. But hey, if it got results, then maybe that lady just had good timing and a confident tone, which is worth something I guess.

luna_kim4017d ago

It's great that it worked out for you, but I gotta say I'm a little skeptical about paying for it... I think a lot of those places just tell you generic stuff you could find in a youtube video for free. Like, sure, maybe your old format was bad, but you probably could have asked a friend in a different field or looked up a few modern examples online and saved the 45 bucks. I've seen too many people get talked into paying for extras like "keyword optimization" that just sounds like a scam to me. Not saying it's worthless for everyone, but I'd try the free route first before pulling out your wallet.