FAQs

We offer two basic levels of service:

The first is a writing service. We take your raw data and transform it into a powerful marketing brochure that will tell the prospective employer why you are the best candidate within that critical 15-second window of opportunity.

Secondly, we offer reformatting if your résumé does not require editing.

We have résumés from $50 to $400. That's a broad range, but we work with people in all fields and at all levels, from entry-level high school students to senior-level executives and professionals. We have a broad range of styles and samples, but our signature trademark is a distinctive brochure style of résumé that is available in one, one and one-half page, and two-page styles.

All final products are available in hard copies, scannable copies, fax copies, electronic copies including Adobe PDF files ready to send as an e-mail attachment, or post to the Internet.

Lifetime updating means that if you lose a copy of your résumé, we'll still have it. We have a secure database of thousands of résumés.

Our company is part of the world's largest and oldest résumé writing service established in 1959.

We are certified by the Professional Association of Résumé Writers (PARW) and each writer on our present team has a minimum of five years of experience.  We’re members of the major trade associations including the Professional Resume Writers Research Association (PRWRA).

We've been represented in the Kansas City and the Bay Area marketplace for nearly 40 years.

We've written résumés for every imaginable occupation - A to Z from dog catchers, brain surgeons, rocket scientists, morticians, musicians, senior marketing managers, executives, evangelists - about every profession you can think of.

Writers on our staff have expertise in different specialty areas.  We have writers who specialize in senior-level candidates, sales professionals, IT/IS consultants/analysts/programmers, education, healthcare, insurance, engineering, accounting, food service, retailing, etc. You name it and we've done it.

On a one-on-one basis, we will show you concrete examples of résumés we've prepared for people that you will be competing with -- real résumés that have proven results.

We conduct our business by conference call, internet, email and Skype.

1. We start out by setting an appointment (phone interview) for a free consultation.
2.  We  review the résumé you've used in the past, or you fill out a profile to provide us with the information. We talk to you about your goals, how you intend to market yourself, where your skills lie, clarify your job duties, and any unique circumstances we  need to know about.
3. We then talk to you about current trends, philosophies and what human resource managers want to see.
4. We will describe, fax, or e-mail Adobe PDF file samples of résumés that will  be in your area of specialty.
5. If you are satisfied with what you see, we will then settle on the price of the package. This initial process takes approximately 30 minutes.
6. If we're going to develop a résumé, it will take about another 45 minutes after the initial interview to collect the information we need to properly tell your story. We schedule a time to visit by phone if required.

• The chronology of employment and education.

• Your areas of strength, effectiveness, demonstrated performance, quantifiables, how you've been able to solve problems or make money for the companies you've been with.

• Accomplishments,achievements, recognition, anything that you can tell us that will help us tell someone whey you're the best candidate for the position within the 15-second window of opportunity. That's the average length of time résumés are read.

We give the résumé the proper focus and write a scenario that tells your story. We use the combination style of résumé that employs the best parts of a chronological and functional style.

We have a profile form that we may fax or e-mail to you. Fill it out with your detailed information and/or submit your old résumé, and we'll schedule a time to talk with you.

Most importantly:

We specialize in is developing a résumé that WILL INCREASE YOUR NUMBER OF INTERVIEWS – a résumé that will tell why you are the best candidate in the first 15 seconds! A SALES BROCHURE, about you -- we SELL you on paper to maximize your interviews.

• Résumés
• Cover Letters
• Follow Up Letters
• Thank You Letters
• Salary Histories
• References
• Custom Letterhead
• Custom Labels
• ...anything you will need to market yourself professionally and discounted packages containing all of the above

If you'd like to request a profile form to fill out, submit a resume, schedule an appointment, provide intake by telephone, fax, or e-mail more information about yourself, contact us in one of these ways.

The staff at Professional Résumé is looking forward to working with you!