How do I know that I need to hire a professional resume service?

Professional resume writers are just like many of the other professionals you use when you need expert advice or services, such as lawyers, doctors, real estate agents, etc.

Today's job market requires your resume (and all your job-search marketing correspondence) to be focused, professional, and powerful. Your resume must highlight and market your key accomplishments, skills, and education.

An experienced professional resume writer takes all the information you provide and uses his/her experience to transform that information into a resume that will make employers take notice.

Do you need to hire a professional to work on your resume? If you're not sure, take our free online assessment: Could You Benefit from a Professional Resume Writer? An Assessment for Job-seekers

What makes your service the best resume-writing service?

You should hire our experts to write your resume because...

• We guarantee interviews in 30 days or we'll rewrite for free! Our power resumes work so well we guarantee they will get you interviews! With our personalized resume writing service, we produce the best possible resumes -- complete with our guarantee that they will work! In fact, even in this economy we have achieved a 98.7% effectiveness rate!
• We offer outstanding credentials and have been quoted hundreds of times in nationwide publications.
• Our resume writing service includes a one-on-one personal telephone interview with a Senior Writer so we can produce a document that truly makes you stand out!
• We provide a COMPLETE JOB SEARCH PACKAGE: you get a formatted Print Resume, an ASCII version for web sites, a Scannable Resume for databases, a reusable Cover Letter, a Thank You/Follow-Up Letter and dozens of industry and job specific web sites for you to post your resume.
• We work with you one-on-one to give you the power resume you deserve!

What kind of guarantee do you offer?

We guarantee interviews in 30 days or we'll rewrite for free! Our power resumes work so well we guarantee they will get you interviews! With our personalized resume writing service, we produce the best possible resumes -- complete with our guarantee that they will work!

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How do I order? What's the process?

Our steps are simple:

• Place your order right online.
• Start with our questionnaire, which asks you questions about your career goals and experiences.
• Receive personal attention in an in-depth phone interview.
• We will prepare a draft for your review within 3-5 business days.
• You receive a distinctive resume — ready for you to land the perfect job! And remember: we guarantee interviews in 30 days or we'll rewrite for free!

How do the prices for the services provided by Quintessential Resumes and Cover Letters compare with the industry average?

We don't entice you with low-cost resumes and then add on charges for the other things you need. All our packages are complete with exactly the right documents required for your job search. You get:

• A professionally written resume
• An electronic copy of your print resume (MS Word)
• An ASCII version of your resume, for internet postings
• A scannable resume for HR databases
• A personalized cover letter that you can re-use for each job application
• A post-interview thank you letter

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What services do you offer?

We offer the following services for executive job-seekers.

• Resume writing packages complete with printable and electronic resumes, cover letter, and thank you letter
• Distribution to the largest Recruiter database in the U.S
• Posting to the Top 15 executive job boards and top 10 specialty boards
• Special Direct Mail campaigns to Targeted Companies -- over 70% effectiveness rate!
• Executive career coaching on subjects including career clarity, interviewing, salary negotiations, networking and job search strategies

Resume Services for all job-seekers include:

• A professionally written resume
• An electronic copy of your print resume (MS Word)
• An ASCII version of your resume, for internet postings
• A scannable resume for HR databases
• A personalized cover letter that you can re-use for each job application
• A post-interview thank you letter

Can I see some sample resumes?

We're pleased to present our resume samples, which showcase just a few of our most popular resume formats, layouts, and designs. Virtually endless variations are possible, depending on the individual needs of our customers.

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Can I read some customer testimonials?

Of course we have testimonials from our customers! Please feel free to browse through these customer testimonials.

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Why is the ASCII version of your resume we provide such a significant advantage?

More than 80 percent of employers are now placing resumes directly into searchable databases and an equal percentage of employers prefer to receive resumes by e-mail.

The format that career experts currently recommend for sending your job-search material consists of:

• A formatted, "print" resume in document form sent as an attachment to an e-mail message to the employer.
• An ASCII (text-based) e-resume stripped of most formatting and pasted directly into the same e-mail message into which your print resume is attached.

Sending your resume in text-based format directly in an e-mail message removes all obstacles to an employer's placing your resume right into a searchable database. If that's the case, why do you still need the formatted, "print" resume in document form sent as an attachment? Because the employer may want to print out your resume to review it, especially once the database search has narrowed down the candidates, and the formatted, print version will be more reader-friendly than the text-based version. You'll also want to have a print version of your resume on hand to take to interviews and for occasions when employers request resumes in "old-fashioned" ways -- by mail or fax.

Some employers still prefer the formatted document version of your resume attached to an e-mail message, while others won't open attachments because of concerns about viruses and incompatibilities among word-processing programs.

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What's the difference between a resume and a curriculum vitae (CV)?

CVs and resumes both have similar purposes -- as marketing documents that provide key information about your skills, experiences, education, and personal qualities that show you as the ideal candidate. Where a resume and a curriculum vitae differ is their use, format, and length.

In the U.S., a curriculum vitae is often used for medical and scientific positions, as well as positions in higher education.

Outside the U.S., the CV is the more widely used job-seeking document.

While resumes are generally limited to two pages, CVs can be unlimited in length and include many more categories than a resume. Outside the U.S., CVs generally include information that would rarely, if ever, be included on a U.S. resume, such as personal data, hobbies and interests, and greater detail about education than would be included on a U.S. resume.

Why do I need a cover letter?

A cover letter should always accompany your resume. Even though most job ads don't always specifically mention a cover letter, it is expected. Few employers will seriously consider a resume without a letter. A cover letter tells the employer exactly what kind of job you want to do and tailors your qualifications to that job.

Frequently the job-seeker will see this line in a rejection letter: "We chose the candidate who provided the best fit with our needs." The cover letter is the way to show an employer how you fit the company's needs.

Given the screening process, a cover letter may have fewer than 20 seconds to grab an employer's attention. A well-written, interesting cover letter that opens a window on your personality has a much better chance of enticing the employer to interview you than a boring, formulaic one.

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Do you offer career tips and advice beyond what's on this site?

You bet! Our parent site, Quintessential Careers, boasts more than 4,500 pages of articles, tools, tips, and tutorials, as well as links to all the best job sites. Special sections for teens, college students, and all other job-seekers (by industry, geography, and job-seeker type) makes this site a comprehensive resource for all. It's the ultimate career, job, and college site, offering comprehensive free expert career and job-hunting advice.

Do you have a job board where I can post my new resume?

Yes. In fact, we have one of the best job boards for job-seekers, where you can post your resume and search job postings. But besides those key elements, our job board also offers many other features for job-seekers. Read more about using our job board.

Go to the Quintessential Careers Job Board now.

Do you offer coaching services?

We offer executive career coaching on subjects including career clarity, interviewing, salary negotiations, networking and job search strategies.

Quintessential Resumes and Cover Letters is pleased to provide a directory of life and career coaches -- so that when you feel you need one -- you can find the perfect professional for your needs. Go to our Directory of Life and Career Coaches.

Do you provide a site map to this site?

Yes. To help you find the information you are seeking about our professionally developed career-marketing documents, we provide a very straight-forward guide to our site.

Go to the Site Map of Quintessential Resumes & Cover Letters.