Resume Writing Services: You Get What You Pay For

As owner and manager of a resume writing company, Resume Phenom, LLC, I often hear the same question over and over again from prospective clients'""Why do most professional resume writing companies charge over $150 for a resume? Isn't that a lot? I've seen other companies offer resume services for as low as $40!"

That is a valid question. There are many answers to that question, but here is one answer that you should strongly take into consideration when shopping for a resume.

First of all, a resume writer, like any other writer, is vulnerable to "writer burnout." If a resume writer were to sell resumes at a mere $40 per project, then he/she would likely have to sell and write 4 or 5 resumes per day to make a respectable living. That adds up to 20 resumes per week . . . and over 1,000 resumes per year. When you are working with such a high workload, you can never really be focused on one project for an extended amount of time. You'd have to limit just 1 or 2 hours per client in order to finish all of your resumes for one day. In these cases, it is very typical for a writer to "breeze" through a resume with generic phrases and bullets just to get to the next one. By paying $150 to $400 per resume project, you are more likely to gain ATTENTIVE and DEDICATED work from your writer. Most writers would be willing to spend an entire day focusing on just one resume if they receive over $200 for a resume project. At this rate, they would only have to write 5 a week to make a respectable income of around 50K. Writing 5 a week is a good number . . . a number that is NOT likely to cause writer burnout! Brian Munger, CPRW, can attest to this, as he worked at resume writing companies that churned out 4 to 5 resumes per day from each writer. He also worked for companies that only churned out 1 to 2 resumes per day from each writer. The difference in quality was significant!

Also, you have to consider the time and effort it took for the writer to achieve their current status. Attaining status as a Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW) from the Professional Association of Resume Writers is not an overnight task. In order to pass the certification test, a writer must have a plethora of resume writing experience; otherwise, it is back to the drawing board. Just like a doctor, a certified resume writer rightfully earns additional income (in comparison to non-certified writers) due to reputable credentials and testing.

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