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The Resume as Personal Branding

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the resume as personal branding tool. From Editorial Emergency’s newsletter, Editorializing It’s no secret that competition for jobs is fiercer than ever. And as the stacks of resumes grow taller and the eyes of HR staff grow wearier, it behooves the thoughtful...

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How it works

What is included in the cost?

Once a TKDAResume writer receives your source materials – your current resume; no more than 1 page of notes about how you’d like to upgrade the resume and where you’d like it to take you; and a single “dream job” listing – she will carefully review your submission and craft a response of follow-up questions and comments.

Once you respond to these, she will generate a first draft.  After you provide feedback, she will generate a second draft.  After you provide final changes/last-minute tweaks to the second draft, she will generate your final draft.

So, included in the price are a comprehensive review/analysis of your existing resume, a meticulously rendered list of follow-up questions/comments, and three drafts of your new-and-improved resume.

How long does the process take?

In general, you will receive follow-up questions from the resume writer within 48 hours; your first draft will be delivered within one week of receipt of your response to those follow-up questions; and the final draft will be delivered within two weeks (depending on the speed of your subsequent responses).  If you’re in a hurry, ask about our rush pricing.

Does my TKDAResume resume have to be only 1 page?

Absolutely.  In this job market, you’re lucky if a recruiter – who may be getting 1,000 resumes a week – even reads to the bottom of ONE page (and if you don’t start with a killer summary, she most definitely won’t).  If you can’t prioritize and effectively encapsulate your experience in 1 page, you represent yourself as essentially unfocused.  Moreover, a second page is by definition viewed as containing information that’s not as important as what’s on the first – so why should a busy recruiter bother with it?  One page is all you NEED.

How will I communicate with my resume writer?

All communication with the resume writer must be conducted by e-mail (not phone) so the writer has an accurate record of client specifications/changes.  If she needs to call you to clarify anything, she won’t hesitate.