Why You Must Have a Resume Written by a Professional Resume Writer?
Imagine you had a very bad case of appendicitis. Would you try and perform surgery on yourself if you weren’t a surgeon?
How about defending yourself in court if your life was on the line? Would you try it if you weren’t a lawyer?
What about flying an airplane? Would you try to fly an airplane just because you have read a few books about aviation?
I am hoping that your answer to all of these questions would be a resounding, “No! No way!”
In all of the above cases, you would want a professional who specializes in each of the individual fields mentioned. The same should also apply to your career.
A professional resume-writer is a specialist. He or she works hard to be a subject matter expert in their profession. They do not try to be “all things to all people.” They are constantly learning about the job market and put their knowledge to use every day in their line of work.
One of the biggest concerns of people contemplating using the services of a professional resume-writer is that of cost. And for good reason…
If you do an online search today for resume-writers, you will see their prices vary from as little as $35 for a basic, “cookie-cutter” resume to well over $1,900 for a package deal that includes resumes, cover letters, books and resources, interview and image consulting, and more.
I would like to teach you something that I learned a long time ago and I can almost guarantee that you will never look at products or services in the same way ever again…
It’s called, “The difference between Cost and Value.”
The “cost” of something (whether it is a product or service) is the price that you pay for it. In terms of purchasing services, “cost” is sometimes the time that you have to give up if you were to perform that service on your own (provided you were able or qualified to do it in the first place).
Now “value” on the other hand, is what you get out of a product or service. In other words, the benefits!
Let’s imagine if you lost a job that had a yearly salary of $36,000. In this case, you are losing $690 every week, or $3,000 each month until you get paid again!
And in many cases, the average time it takes from when one is fired from one job until they are getting their firs paycheck at their next job is about three months. Now does it make sense why financial advisors recommend you have at least three months of savings set aside?
Now when it comes to your resume, I have to ask what is more important to you…the relatively small “cost” of a professionally-written resume and cover letter, or the much greater “value” of getting a job that will allow you to support yourself and your family, pay your bills, and re-establish your savings?
I hope that you are the kind of person who chooses value over cost!