Resume software WON'T help you build or write a winning resume. All you'll create is a weak resume that will NOT impress anyone. It WON'T help you to sell yourself to employers.
Recently, James X, a reader of this blog, wrote a comment: "You could do everyone a service by addressing the fill-in-the-blanks, cookie-cutter resume creation software that cranks out GENERIC 'resumes' that are harming careers."
During the past 25 years, I have checked out most resume software programs. These are quick, do-it-yourself resume writing "solutions" that DON'T help!
First, no one can create a winning resume in 60 minutes -- with or without this software. Many things will be wrong with it. Second, these programs DON'T show you how to sell yourself and that's the most important aspect of any resume.
Frankly, resume building software offers you a modern SNAKE OIL type of answer for your resume writing problems. Those programs DON'T help you create a good resume that will help you to get hired. Nevertheless, they are used by thousands of innocent job seekers who don't know any better. All they'll be able to create is a very weak basic resume. In this recession, that type of resume is worse than having NO resume at all. It will be screened out in seconds.
ALL resume software does NOT help you build a strong and effective resume for today's recession -- a focused or better still, a tailored resume with "sell". Such software and resume templates are a lazy "solution" intended for good times when jobs are plentiful.
Unfortunately, resume building software also fools you into believing that you'll construct a resume that will work for you. You WON'T. Not a chance! You need a tailored resume.
When you later find out that it does NOT work because it CAN'T work, you'll turn around and blame the job market. In fact, the GENERIC resume you produced CAN'T even start to compete against the custom-made resumes written by expert professional writers. Yours will look like thousands of other cookie-cutter resumes! All will end up in File C -- the circular file.
Frankly, you are wasting your time and money on any type of resume building or resume creation software. It may well be the cheapest way to create a resume but it is the WORST solution for trying to impress today's employers. You will lose job opportunities. Guaranteed!
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3 comments:
Matt:
I have had a 25 year career working with Fortune 500 companies and know what employers are looking for, especially in this recession.
As a career coach I, myself, have benefited from your wise counsel and writing skills. So I read the first few posts of your blog and, I must say, Matt, they are TERRIFIC. I consider you the Dale Carnegie of Resumes! You could easily rename your winning blog, "How to Influence Employers and Win Jobs." You give straight-talking, down-to-earth, realistic advice that carries a tough message but also gives the reader possibility and hope.
They say you never get a second chance to make a first impression. For many employers, your job resume IS that first impression. It is your most important job search tool, especially in this terrible job market. Your services are affordable and it is a pleasant surprise to discover such honest value in these challenging times. I wish much success to all who visit your blog and also contact you later for a FREE consultation!
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