Resume Writing Challenge: Enter to Win

Attention professional and amateur resume writers...

It's been a full year; it's officially time to update my resume.

Despite writing this blog and staying ahead of the curve on online career resources, I realize that I've hit a wall. It's time for fresh eyes to come in and give my resume a tweak - or an overhaul.

Over the years, we've received many e-mails asking if hiring someone to re-write your resume is worth the money. Here's the answer: I have no idea, but I'm about to find out.

Welcome to the Jobacle Resume Challenge. The mission, should you accept to choose it, is simple. Take my current resume and rework it as you see fit. Make your changes and the results will be featured on Jobacle.com. A winner will be chosen by our panel of Jobacle writers. We'll explain the process of working with a resume writer to our readers and provide your link and contact information - even if you don't win.

The winner will receive bragging rights, an approved Jobacle icon to place on their Web site, a three-month banner on Jobacle.com announcing your superior resume writing skills and a $100 donation to the charity of your choice.

Interested? Fill out this form to get started. There's no set criteria. Our writers and readers will know an amazing resume when they see it. (But we are suckers for creativity).

Challenge runs until September 15, 2008. Resume will be provided after you indicate you are interested. Good luck!

Comments

[Jessie P.]

Great idea! I've been thinking about hiring someone but have not been sure if it is worth the money. I look forward to seeing how your resume turns out and if I should hire the same person. I might even take a crack at it just for fun!

[Mike]

I once made the mistake of paying $250 to have my resume written by a "friend" who was also a writer. Unfortunately the experience did not work out for me. Part of the problem was that I was not clear with what my job responsibilities were for each position. I think success is largely contingent on communication between the resume owner and the resume writer. No one knows what you do better than you. It's your job to convey that information.

[Mary Ann Murphy]

I filled out the form to enter.

[Joe Banks]

Novel idea, Andrew. I enjoyed your recent coverage of Razume and have found the free service to be of some help. Though nothing can compare with a National Resume Writers' Association professional,it sure makes for a good start.

[Jared J. H. Catapano]

Some people tell ya what to put in your resume. Sometimes you need to know what NOT to put in your resume!

http://job.ology.com/2009/02/06/listology-top-8-things-not-to-include-on-your-resume/

-Jared J. H. Catapano (ology.com)

[Jason]

I always find it helpful to write a resume with a list of buzz words. There's some good ones online at http://www.resumebuzzwords.net. Maybe others will benefit as well.

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[Blogger for Resume Builder]

Hey Andrew,

That was a great idea for a contest. Shame I missed out on this one. Who won anyways? Have you published the outcome of the challenge? I'd be interested to know.

[Resume Writing Services]

So how do we see the resumes that were submitted and who won?

[Andrew G.R.]

You can find out who won here:

http://tinyurl.com/n4tdmp

[Laura Paris]

This was a good idea for the competition. Thanks again... :)

[Laura Paris]

This was a good idea for the competition. Thanks again... :)

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[hemen parekh]

Re-writing of a resume involves

 Paraphrasing the content without distorting the substance

 Re-arranging of the presentation for great visual appeal

This makes resume re-writing a highly-skilled job , best left to expert / professional resume-writers.

But converting one's plain text resume into

 8 visual / analytical graphs

 Re-arranging these graphs into thousands of unique combinations

- and doing this Online / Automatically / Instantly , is something which is impossible without the help of an intelligent software.

It took me quite some time to develop precisely such a software – then make it freely available to all at

www.CustomizeResume.com

hemen parekh

hcp@RecruitGuru.com

Mumbai - India

[resume]

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[Jay B.]

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[hemen parekh]

As compared to a jobseeker writing her own resume, a resume written by a professional expert resume-writer would any day prove better.

But

Before sending that well-written resume to a recruiter, can a jobseeker figure-out in advance what would happen if that resume

 gets " rated / ranked / scored " by recruiter ?

 gets compared automatically with resumes of other applicants ?

Will she get an interview-call ?

To know what is likely to happen , she has to just type "Resume Rater" in Google / Yahoo / Bing , and download this software tool ( free and without even login ) from any of the 35+ websites. Then rate her resume.

Resume Rater mimics the " resume-evaluation " process of recruiters’ minds but does it in an unbiased / objective way.
Resume Rater is absolutely non – discriminatory.

Regards

hemen parekh


Jobs for All = Peace on Earth

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[marilynmorado]

Thank you for the article, I use career successions at http://www.careersuccessions.com/LandingPage/Site/resume-software.html for their resume writing software, I only paid $50 for my resume to be made and i got a job the 1st time i used it